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With regards to #2...

Maybe I am not smart enough for this, but can someone define "General Intelligence" for me?

"Practically speaking, the best way to become smarter is to learn a lot of stuff and cultivate a lot of skills. Since knowledge and skills are more specific than general intelligence, that may be less than we desire, but it still matters a lot."

Would "learning a lot of stuff and cultivating a lot of skills" not boost your general intelligence?

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> Maybe I am not smart enough for this, but can someone define "General Intelligence" for me?

I think about this a lot and frankly don't have a good answer, but my current definition is something like "the speed and the depth at which someone can synthesize and comprehend new ideas."

It's by no means perfect, but when I observe people around me that just "seem smart" to me, the above statement is generally true.

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