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Comment author: [deleted] 17 May 2011 07:38:51AM 5 points [-]

here is an ad-hoc set of axes of intelligence

Upvoted because I think this approach is useful.

There's another axis of intelligence that I've frequently noticed: the ability to imagine consequences.

Rationalists are often bad at noticing success and failure.

Citation needed.

Maybe it's because we're good at following instructions - instructions on how to be rational.

What if the instructions say, loosely speaking, "observe, plan, act, measure, adapt"?

If the instructions say that, and people don't follow the "measure, adapt" part, then they're not good at following instructions.

If the instructions don't say that, then they're lousy instructions.

Comment author: Dreaded_Anomaly 17 May 2011 08:41:20AM 4 points [-]

There's another axis of intelligence that I've frequently noticed: the ability to imagine consequences.

Do you intend this in the sense of taking ideas seriously? I would agree that such an ability merits its own axis.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 18 May 2011 03:40:30AM 0 points [-]

Rationalists are often bad at noticing success and failure.

Citation needed.

Ya got me. I can't support this as a claim. Consider it a hypothesis.

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