Agathodaimon comments on The metaphor/myth of general intelligence - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Agathodaimon 29 August 2014 05:24:56AM 1 point [-]

Brains are like cars. Some are trucks made for heavy hauling, but travel slow. Some are sedans: economical, fuel efficient, but not very exciting. Some are ferraris sleek, fast, and sexy but burn through resources like a mother. I'm sure you can come up with more of your own analogies.