There seems to be a thing called “competence” for particular abstract tasks. Further, there are kinds of tasks where competence in one task generalizes to the whole class of tasks. One thing we try to measure by intelligence is an individual’s level of generalized abstract competence.
I think part of the difficulties with measuring intelligence involve uncertainty about what tasks are within the generalization class.
There seems to be a thing called “competence” for particular abstract tasks. Further, there are kinds of tasks where competence in one task generalizes to the whole class of tasks. One thing we try to measure by intelligence is an individual’s level of generalized abstract competence.
I think part of the difficulties with measuring intelligence involve uncertainty about what tasks are within the generalization class.