“Intelligence is not the ability to store information, but to know where to find it.”
“Intelligence is not only the ability to reason; it is also the ability to find relevant material in memory and to deploy attention when needed.”
Source: Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011), Chapter 3, "The lazy controller", page 46 (ISBN 9780141033570).
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“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.”
Source: Strategy, structure, and economic performance. (1974), p. 119
“The ability to learn is older — as it is also more widespread — than is the ability to teach.”
Source: 1960s, Continuities in Cultural Evolution (1964), p. 44