There is a quote that says we should learn the rules to break them, and I try to live by that rule. I found the conversation from class today really interesting. I like how we talk about intelligence in class because it’s so different than how it is typically discussed.Following the rules doesn’t make you intelligent.  From day one in the class, the professor talked about being playful with ideas and that as long as you could build your idea on a firm foundation, you weren’t really wrong. I liked that, and I like that we acknowledge that intelligence looks different on everyone, it’s almost like a specialization. Some people are so book smart and could learn and pick ideas and topics up quickly, and ace a test or essay. But that isn’t the only was that intelligence looks. Intelligence is not mindlessly gaining information, intelligence is also originality and creativity, and being restorative and common sense.

This brought up the idea of if computers and technology was smart. I had never really thought about it, but my TV is literally a SMART TV and like my iphone knows more than I do. But I stand my my statement about how mindlessly collecting information isn’t what makes you smart. Computers don’t have a self. They aren’t intelligent because intelligence is a self. For example, curiosity is a sign of intelligence because computers can’t be curious. I think that the more uncertainty there is, the more information. Going about thinks in an intentional  and curios mindset is what makes intelligence because you have to know what you’re doing in order to be intelligent.