Subject: Fluid Intelligence
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:29:08 +0000
From: TruthSlave <TS@home.com>
Organization: TeraNews.com
Newsgroups: alt.philosophy

Fluid Intelligence

In exploring personal and global transformation, it is important
to talk about the concept of fluid intelligence in relation to
the ability to grow and expand our awareness. Fluid intelligence
has little to do with IQ or "book" intelligence. It is rather the
ability to step outside of our beliefs and consider information
which does not fit into our previously accepted view of reality.

Our deepest beliefs and conceptions about life and the world are
to some degree conditioned by our childhood experiences, our
education, the mass media, and various other external influences.
n individual's level of fluid intelligence can be determined based
on the degree to which he or she is able to let go of previously
held conceptions on encountering reliable information or experiences
which show these conceptions to be mistaken or overly simplistic.

At the other end of the spectrum from fluid intelligence is static
intelligence. If an individual is rarely willing to reconsider or
challenge their established beliefs, they are said to have a high
degree of static intelligence. They aren't much interested in
thinking outside of the box.

http://www.wanttoknow.info/fluidintelligence

In psychology, fluid and crystallized intelligence (abbreviated gF
and gC, respectively) are factors of general intelligence originally
hypothesized by Raymond Cattell (1971). Fluid intelligence is the
ability to find meaning in confusion and solve new problems. It is
the ability to draw inferences and understand the relationships of
various concepts, independent of acquired knowledge. Crystallized
intelligence is the ability to use skills, knowledge, and experience.
It should not be equated with memory or knowledge, but it does rely
on accessing information from long-term memory. The two "forms" of
intelligence are believed to be separate neural and mental systems.
Most IQ tests attempt to measure both varieties.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_intelligence