[voidhorse]

Nice article. The commonplace, contemporary understanding of intelligence is hyper reductive, even within the bounds of what we'd consider intellectualism. For instance, I know many people that are quite good at solving problems in a specific scientific domain but who lack almost all appreciation and knowledge of art and literature. It hasn't registered to them as important or requisite for being "intelligent".

In many cases our notion of intelligence is really just "knowledge that supports my income" which is a real shame. In spite of the existence of the internet, which you'd think would drive a neo-renaissance, where the average person takes a healthy interest in almost everything, no such renaissance spirit is to be found in most corners of contemporary life (personally, I think it's because the amount of information available and speed of access has actually proved too overwhelming, letting other incentives and structures (mass entertainment, social media) win our attention instead).