Quotes on Intelligence

We need to be vigilant about how we design and train these machine-learning systems, or we will see ingrained forms of bias built into the artificial intelligence of the future.

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

You can tell how smart people are by what they laugh at.

[I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.

Bear in mind that brains and learning, like muscle and physical skill, are articles of commerce. They are bought and sold. You can hire them by the year or by the hour. The only thing in the world not for sale is character.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

I believe God did intend, in giving us intelligence, to give us the opportunity to investigate and appreciate the wonders of His creation. He is not threatened by our scientific adventures.

It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.

This crime called blasphemy was invented by priests for the purpose of defending doctrines not able to take care of themselves.

I wish my name was Brian because maybe sometimes people would misspell my name and call me Brain. That's like a free compliment and you don't even gotta be smart to notice it.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.

Being a unique superpower undermines the military intelligence of strategy. To think strategically, one has to imagine oneself in the enemy's place. If one cannot do this, it is impossible to foresee, to take by surprise, to outflank. Misinterpreting an enemy can lead to defeat. This is how empires fall.

Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken.

The main functions of intelligence, that of inventing solutions and that of verifying them, do not necessarily involve one another. The first partakes of imagination; the second alone is properly logical.

The power of generalizing ideas, of drawing comprehensive conclusions from individual observations, is the only acquirement, for an immortal being, that really deserves the name of knowledge.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.

What really matters for success, character, happiness and life long achievements is a definite set of emotional skills - your EQ - not just purely cognitive abilities that are measured by conventional IQ tests.