I think my version of your refusal to believe in intelligence is to refuse to treat intelligence as a scalar quantity - it really has a lot of dimensions. Saying "that person is smart" is pointless because it doesn't give you any idea of what they are actually smart at.
It's also strong belief that most people are pretty smart at something, and those of us who normally get labeled as being conventionally smart are just lucky enough to have easily identified aptitudes which are picked up in school/university.
Some of the stupidest things I've ever seen people do were actually done by people who were exceptional in a narrowly defined area.
It's also strong belief that most people are pretty smart at something, and those of us who normally get labeled as being conventionally smart are just lucky enough to have easily identified aptitudes which are picked up in school/university.
Some of the stupidest things I've ever seen people do were actually done by people who were exceptional in a narrowly defined area.