“… Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man devised questions for an intelligence test. Or suppose a carpenter did, or a farmer, or, indeed, almost anyone but an academician. By every one of those tests, I’d prove myself a moron, and I’d be a moron, too.” Source
One of my favourite science fiction authors (creator of the three laws for robots) Isaac Asimov wrote this little piece.
Long before Gardner he was on the track of multiple intelligences, that is that a person can be skilled in various ways. Gardner counts to eight and others recognize even more.
Filed under: IQ scores, Practical intelligence | Tagged: Howard Gardner, IQ, IQ test, Isaac Asimov, Multiple intelligences
