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3、Back UnitNine Clickthebuttontolistentothetext Asimovexplainswhythereismuchmoreinintel-ligencethanjustbeingabletoscorehighonintelligencetests.WHATISINTELLIGENCE,ANYWAY? IsaacAsimovWhatisintel
4、ligence,anyway?WhenIwasinthearmyIreceivedakindofaptitudetestthatallsoldierstookand,againstanormalof100,scored160.Nooneatthebasehadeverseenafigurelikethatandfortwohourstheymadeabigfussoverme.(Itdidn'tmeananything.ThenextdayIwasstillabuckprivatewithKPasmyhighestduty.)AllmylifeI'
5、vebeenregisteringscoreslikethat,sothatIhavethecomplacentfeelingthatI'mhighlyintelligent,andIexpectotherpeopletothinkso,too.Actually,though,don'tsuchscoressimplymeanthatIamverygoodatansweringthetypeofacademicquestionsthatareconsideredworthyofanswersbythepeoplewhomakeuptheintell
6、igencetests--peo-plewithintellectualbentssimilartomine?Forinstance,Ihadanauto-repairmanonce,who,ontheseintelligencetests,couldnotpossiblyhavescoredmorethan80;bymyestimate.IalwaystookitforgrantedthatIwasfarmoreintelligentthanhewas.Yet,whenanythingwentwrongwithmycarIhastenedtohi
7、mwithit,watchedhimanxiouslyasheexploreditsvitals,andlistenedtohispronouncementsasthoughtheyweredivineoracles-andhealwaysfixedmycar.Well,then,supposemyauto-repairmandevisedquestionsforanintel-igencetest.Orsupposeacarpenterdid,orafarmer,or,indeed,almostanyonebutanacademician.Bye
8、veryoneofthosetests,I'dprovemyselfamoron.AndI'dbeamoron,too.InaworldwhereIcouldnotusemyaca-demictrainingandmyverbaltalentsbuthadtodosomethingintricate,orhard,workingwithmyhands,Iwoulddopoorly.Myintelligence,then,isnotabsolute.ItsworthisdeterminedbythesocietyIlivein.Itsnumerica
9、levaluationisdeterminedbyasmallsubsectionofthatsocietywhichhasmanagedtofoistitselfontherestofusasanarbiterofsuchmatters.Considermyauto-repairman,again.Hehadahabitoftellingmejokeswheneverhesawme.Onetimeheraisedhisheadfromundertheautomobilehoodtosay:"Doc,adeaf-and-dumbguywentint
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