🧵 Measuring intelligence

Anonymous at Wed, 15 May 2024 02:07:05 UTC No. 16176495

The current most accurate way to measure intelligence are through IQ tests, but IQ tests at best are limited in measuring all types of intelligence and fragile to error.

Measuring intelligence objectively is challenging. We can easily measure physical attributes like height, weight, etc. in an objective manner with 100% accuracy but we currently cannot do the same for intelligence. An example of objectivively measuring intelligence would be the fact that Albert Einstein's brain had 17% more neurons than the average person. If we could measure intelligence in a full-scale with 100% accuracy, we can recognize our own intellectual potential and place it in wherever we want.

Just like some people are physically talented, some are also intellectually talented. But unlike measuring physical potential, we can't easily measure intellectual potential. So the question is at what point will we be able to measure the full-scale of intelligence with 100% accuracy?