Talk:Enhanced Intelligence/@comment-4939556-20120404215215/@comment-13830384-20130925142555

That's tough because usually someone with a high intelligence tend to have a pretty good memory. However, I think overall intelligence wins out. If you just have a great memory, it won't do you much good. You can memorize anything, but your only power would be to recall that information. What about actually learning concepts? Applying knowledge? Sure, someone with a photgraphic memory can pass an exam that just asks for facts, but what about incredibly difficult word problems? They'd probably get stuck. As the example below, Kim Peek could memorize and recall anything, but he wasn't INTELLIGENT. He couldn't do basic things like drive or cook, I think. I highly doubt he would last in a smart institution like MIT. But William James Sidis was an uber genius. Sidis taught himself like 6 languages before he was 10 years old. Sidis was a math genius, and could solve difficult math problems in his head. He went to Harvard at 11! So, Intelligence beats out pure memory because a high intelligence can enable you to make the world a better place, make discorveries, solve difficult life problems, etc. You can't do all this with just a strong memory.