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I am saying the opposite. Having a goal, in Eliezer's sense, is contrary to being intelligent. That is, doing everything you do for the sake of one thing and only one thing, and not being capable of doing anything else, is the behavior of an idiotic fanatic, not of an intelligent being.
I said that to be intelligent you need to understand the concept of a goal. That does not mean having one; in fact it means the ability to have many different goals, because your general understanding enables you to see that there is nothing forcing you to pursue one particular goal fanatically.
Smells like a homunculus. What guides your reasoning about your goals?