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Originally Posted by Arch0wl

What spectrums of thought do you think are unmeasurable? I feel like you're relying on the ambiguity of the phrase "spectrum of thought" here in expectation that I will accept it and shut up. What I think you're underestimating is just how much thought has indeed been classified by the cognitive sciences.

Again, though, you are relying on the ambiguity of 'intelligence' to coast you through this claim. Your defense here -- that intelligence does not cover the entire spectrum of thought -- suggests that intelligence should encompass something which it is not. "to cover the entire spectrum of thought" would imply that intelligence should strive to be the definition of something like 'cognition'. Intelligence, however, is a type of cognition. It occupies its own area on the spectrum of thought, to use your metaphor.

Just quoting a small portion of what you said, and I wanted to say that I truly was asking a question when I asked about what kind of "intelligence" was being measured. It's because I do not know I ask. I was trying to be ambiguous with what I said, because I feel like one process of thought, which would be considered better in society, to be discouraged. There are people who score very well on tests that measure cognition and all, but some people have abilities to do things, mentally, that those others can't. Personally, my IQ score was actually pretty high, but I do not want to rely on that to determine things such as creativity and my value of "intelligence." I don't know if I'm making this clear, I never really was good with English.