>Play board game
>Finally run into someone that's smarter than me
>Realize they can hold information better in their brain and retain it solidly enough to plan in advance and beat my future moves
>Realize intelligence isn't much more than working memory, and some people have more of it than others
I think IQ is just a measure of working memory and nothing more. Processing speed is probably just a part of it, but working memory is the bulk of it.
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Yeah because success in science and math is determined by working memory...
>success in science and math is determined by working memory
It is, to a great degree, determined by working memory. In order to get the right answer, you need to be able to hold a thought in your brain and see that it's the right path to take while crossing out other alternatives. Before your hand ever hits the paper, a thought is in your brain.
I fucking hate IQ threads but I'll bite.
You are comparing intelligence and competitive game strategy. The two aren't related in the least. I won't even go into the reason that intelligence is at all correlated with strategic ability in competitive games, but it's entirely sociological.
Have you ever even taken an IQ test? A person with short term memory loss could ace one. They are 100% pattern recognition. The reason these tests are used to describe "intelligence" is because pattern recognition is one of the most important fundamentals in problem solving. The ability to generalize - to draw abstract concepts from a set of examples or a set of more specific concepts or rules - is the skill that truly describes intelligence, because this skill is what is needed to develop, regurgitate, and revolutionize any objective field (as opposed to subjective fields like those of the arts).
Or more like working memory is a very important component of intelligence.
You can improve your memory with drugs. There's nothing that can improve intelligence.
>It's entirely sociological
I doubt it.
One person good at one game generally tends to be good at all of the games.
You can only see patterns when you can hold variables in your brain and connect them. The better you can retain information, the better you can manipulate it.
people who have great intelligence make connections between things in their working memory more quickly
you can see this in how memory strength is not a good predictor for success in mathematics, i.e. a good student of history or biology or some other fact-driven discipline often (maybe characteristically) has trouble dealing with layers of logical abstraction.
You mix up two things, kiddo. IQ and intelligence aren't the same thing.
>IQ is just a measure of working memory and nothing more
Ever seen Mensa's test? Or Raven's progressive matrices? They test IQ but don't test working memory at all.
That being said, working memory is surely a vital part of person's intelligence, and both things correlate to a great degree.
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Working memory isn't crystallized intelligence.
It's literally "Right here, right now"