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ahbwramc comments on What is the difference between rationality and intelligence? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ahbwramc 14 August 2014 09:36:50PM 1 point [-]

Perhaps (and I'm just thinking off the cuff here) rationality is just the subset of general intelligence that you might call meta-intelligence - ie, the skill of intelligently using your first-order intelligence to best achieve your ends.