Intelligence, guesswork, language
- 1 July 1983
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 304 (5923) , 207-209
- https://doi.org/10.1038/304207a0
Abstract
A satisfactory definition of intelligence has never been found, and as a result it means different things to different people. What it is may remain too complex for a succinct definition, but the theory and practice of information handling have clarified what it does for us: it enables us to guess better, and the discovery of unexpected orderliness is the chief means of doing this.Keywords
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