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A IQ test is a snap shot in time, taken repeatedly over time they are a pretty good indication of cognitive ability.

I view intelligence as the quickness with which one can grasp abstract and or complex ideas. There are a number of people on this Board who have more HP under the hood than I do, but then comes the utilization of that HP. I am of the opinion that most people have so much clutter in the form of unresolved issues that it acts as a distraction. In other words it is like having AC pump on a racing motor, it robs HP. If you can resolve your clutter you then have the capacity to focus your attention which acts like a turbo charger.

Then we come to the issue of neural plasticity, as an apprentice becomes a master craftsman's the configuration of the brain changes to reflect the learned knowledge. Thus an apprentices brain may be firing on synapse A while a master craftsman maybe firing either on synapse D or any combination of synapses A through D.