Below are some very personal thoughts on intelligence vs. memory. These are not validated by anything but my own experience.
I think these things are related:
- Some people have a good memory and thus are able to access a lot of things. Paradoxically, although it might be unclear, I think these people have good creativity due to their large memory abilities. On the downside, they might not see very well the logical paths.
- (I consider myself rather in this position.) Other people might have a weak memory and need to use their intelligence in a lot of situations. Thus, they can be intuitive and use logic.
So, when facing a new project, people with good memory are able to find new solutions but might fail to see what’s logical.
People with poor memory might be more intuitive but miss some creative processes.
Creativity is great; you need some good memory for this. But intelligence and intuition are also fine.
PS, 2023.09.16: M.B.A. Students vs. ChatGPT: Who Comes Up With More Innovative Ideas? – WSJ:
We put humans and AI to the test. The results weren’t even close.
(ChatGPT won; he has more memory, the MBA students are more intelligent)
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