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Intelligence
An investigation into the nature of intellect, instinct and intuition

Let us begin by considering intellect. What is it? Where do we keep it? Where does it come from? Where does it go to in the end? We ourselves have not the slightest idea what it looks like. It might be triangular, square, oblong, or even round—like a hollow circle! There seem to be slight indications thatpeople do possess intellect sometimes, but these occasions are so rare that we often wonder if intellect exists permanently, or only appears through spontaneous generation in special instances of dire need for heavenly guidance. We know of many scholarly books in which science goes into lengthy explanations about intellect but none of them tell us what it really is. Is intellect caused by thinking, ordoes thinking bring about a state of intellect? Science does not have the answer! Some people are very offended when it is suggested that animals think, forgetting that they themselves are animals, some only one step above sheep. Such will say that animals cannot think and only respond to stimuli. We don't know about you, but we have met plenty of people in the pub who respond pretty quickly whenasked: "What's yours?" We suggest that the difference is one of degree, not of kind. Those of you who own pets will probably agree with us. Have we not all seen the cat weighing up the pros and cons of pouncing on the canary because it knows its mistress has strictly forbidden it to catch birds? If thinking and acting upon thoughts requires intelligence, then animals certainly have it.

Butthinking alone does not make intelligence, or perhaps we should say there can be no thinking without generalisation. We need speech, or at any rate, words, and the vocabulary must include abstract terms. It is said by most psychologists that we think in pictures, not words. This may be true, but only partly so, for thought and language are closely connected as behavioural science teaches us. But isthis not also true of thought and action without words? Or action without many words, like the conversations we may overhear on a Saturday night out: "Yeah?" says one reveler. "Yeah!"...smack! replies another. Is this an example of thought and action equalling intelligence? Many people are unaware that a large part of comparative psychology is derived from the study of animal behaviour because theiractions resemble those of humans. This prompts us to ask if there is much difference between an animal hunting for food or a 'B list' celebrity digging for gold? Perhaps animals aren't so dumb after all!

Men and women are often called intelligent when they succeed in acquiring wealth and fame, and it has been argued that the pleasures we derive from art, poetry and music do not pay the bills.Mary Shelley was a gifted writer, but lived in grinding poverty after the death of her famous husband. Who derived more intelligent pleasure, Mary from her writing, or Paris Hilton from her luxurious lifestyle? Is the bliss of one a higher order than the other? We seem to be getting deeper into a maze of questions as we develop this theme. Let us try again.

For the biologist the amoeba is justas admirable as the whale. If the whale is called the higher animal of the two we mean that it is a more complex creature. For this reason you might assert that Mary Shelley's bliss was of a higher order than Paris Hilton's, but we should say that Mary had a higher order of intelligence. Please do not confuse this question with 'morality', we are trying to discover what is meant by 'intelligence.'Merriam Webster defines intelligence as: "the ability to learn or understand." We should say it is on account of a better memory. Wikipedia dodges the question entirely by stating that: "Numerous definitions...about intelligence have been proposed...with no consensus reached by scholars." Some of these 'scholars' say that: "intelligence is the ability of the organism to adapt itself adequately...