A multispective list of (200+) human intelligences.


By Daniel Montano

You don’t have to read the entire list below, it’s point is simple:
Our human intelligence is an emergence of (thousands / millions?) of “smaller” intelligences.

If I were given the task of constructing a robot that would be just like a human being I would have to construct an endless number of intelligent algorithms to catch up with the ever-changing human being.

  1. – feedback loop intelligence
  2. – chemical intelligence
  3. – electrical intelligence
  4. – physical balance (under different terrains and conditions – each one of these requiring different algorithms)
  5. – muscle contraction (an algorithm for each muscle type?)
  6. muscle relaxation –
  7. convergent thought
  8. divergent thought
  9. relational thought
  10. correlational thought
  11. multirelational thought
  12. voice modulation
  13. voice and sound copying
  14. ideation
  15. symbolic relational intelligence
  16. multisymbolic relational intelligence
  17. energy location and identification
  18. strategic thinking
  19. risk scenario thinking
  20. imaginary scenario building
  21. dreaming
  22. walking
  23. recognizing other humans
  24. sound pattern recognition
  25. visual pattern recognition
  26. heat sensing and heat intensity assessment
  27. pattern coding
  28. visual memory
  29. olfactory memory
  30. touch-based memory
  31. touch-based identification
  32. judging distance
  33. recognizing shape
  34. recognizing emotions through facial expressions
  35. recognizing faces
  36. expressing anger
  37. expressing fear
  38. expressing pain
  39. sensing pain
  40. sensing pleasure
  41. sensing threats / recognizing threats
  42. adjusting visual lens
  43. drawing energy from sunlight
  44. white blood cells (self-defense)
  45. distributing energies to all cells (electrical)
  46. distrituting fuels to all cells
  47. dynamic sub-division of cells
  48. specialization of cells
  49. sperm specialized cells
  50. zygote specialized cells
  51. female egg specialized cells
  52. digestion enzymes
  53. taste buds
  54. dynamic tool creation (e.g. bones, teeth)
  55. identity model creation (dynamic)
  56. empathy
  57. human energy sharing
  58. environmental energy transformation into other types of energy (e.g. we eat minerals, plants, animals etc and we transform them into energy, we breathe the atmosphere oxygen and we translate it into energy)
  59. dynamic weight distribution for dynamic / changing balancing
  60. future-casting (different types)
  61. anticipating weigh distributions, impacts and other physical actions
  62. dynamic language learning
  63. multiple language processing (non-verbal, verbal etc)
  64. temperature control
  65. dynamic design of concept processing
  66. breathing pattern+emotional control
  67. copying thought models
  68. attitudes
  69. idealism and optimism (algorithms necessary for the persistence of life of the “robot”)
  70. hope –
  71. faith
  72. dynamic thought model creation
  73. dynamic thought model adaptation
  74. dynamic thought model correlation
  75. dynamic thought model complexity
  76. stress control
  77. emotional interpretation processes
  78. emotional interpretation processes adjustments
  79. emotional processing correlations
  80. emotional processing: multi-systemic process and multicorrelation
  81. emotional and symbol correlations
  82. different operational modes
  83. different operational levels
  84. different operational algorithms
  85. dynamic design of operational algorithm
  86. manual dexterity
  87. touch sensing: texture identification
  88. touch sensing: codes
  89. touch sensing: pressure variation
  90. touch sensing: texture and possible risk to injury correlation
  91. spacial recognition
  92. depth recognition
  93. depth, space risk injury correlation
  94. recognizing other human’s emotions: via face
  95. recognizing other human’s emotions: via touch
  96. recognizing other human’s emotions: via body language
  97. recognizing other human’s emotions via: tonality (voice)
  98. recognizing other human’s emotions via: written text
  99. recognizing other huma’s emotions via: symbols
  100. recognizing other human’s emotions via: context variables
  101. correlations of other human’s emotions with possible causes
  102. voice accent modification and shaping
  103. voice accent identification
  104. the shape of our human bodies
  105. the size of our human bodies
  106. color recognition
  107. our visual system
  108. our nervous system
  109. our somatosensory system
  110. our intuition system
  111. cultural system development (a rapid adaptation system)
  112. teaching others
  113. ability to design
  114. dynamic ability to create correlation systems
  115. ability to create lexicon systems and linguistic methods of expressions and communication
  116. micro biological abilities
  117. psycho biological abilities
  118. social psychological abilities
  119. computer human interaction
  120. —-
  121. philosophy (thousands ? thousands?)
  122. problem solving methods (hundreds? thousands?)
  123. organizational systems (hundreds? thousands?)
  124. drama writing (the design of emotional sequences)
  125. mystery writing (the strategic hiding and revealing of information)
  126. verbal self-defense
  127. argumentation / discourse
  128. archeology
  129. symbolic interaction
  130. human-computer design
  131. theories (millions of them)
  132. dynamic questions design (zillions ?)
  133. complex contextual awareness
  134. contextual awareness and multiple system dynamics correlations
  135. multisystem dynamics awareness
  136. variable interaction correlation and forecasting of scenarios
  137. multicultural competence
  138. multilingual competence
  139. handwriting recognition
  140. personality development
  141. musical abilities
  142. seduction (a complex intelligence)
  143. dancing
  144. communicating through 3-d shapes
  145. transformation of text information into 3-d shapes
  146. modularizing of concepts (imaginary)
  147. integration of concepts (imaginary)
  148. visualization (imagination)
  149. visual cones (visual receptors)
  150. moral / ethical system design
  151. architecture
  152. consensus building
  153. negotiation
  154. critical thinking
  155. cross-cultural variable awareness
  156. context-variable correlation
  157. declarative memory
  158. reflexes
  159. training muscles for reflex-like actions
  160. self-awareness
  161. multiple-empathetic awareness (putting yourself in other’s shoes)
  162. multiple-empathetic awareness with cross-cultural variable factors considered
  163. system distributed causation awareness
  164. transmutation of human energies (recycling of human energy for any purpose we want)
  165. transmutation of expressed emotions (using the energy from an expressed emotion for a purpose)
  166. focus and attention
  167. fear diffusion through risk assessment and risk scenario-solution pre-design
  168. assessment with dynamically varying factors and variables
  169. conceptual framework construction and design
  170. cultural design abilities
  171. emotional design abilities
  172. guilt (usually based on a cultural and personal model of “right” and “wrong)
  173. affection
  174. friendship, companionship, human connection
  175. hierarchical systems
  176. humanism
  177. implicit memory
  178. multinformation recognition (recognition of information in different forms)
  179. introspection
  180. meta-thought (ability for thinking about thinking)
  181. self-control
  182. physical force, pressure, intensity adjustment
  183. emotional expression adjustment
  184. mechanical intelligence (ability to understand mechanical systems and relationships)
  185. verbal (ability to process language both as flat dimensional meaning and as abstract meaning)
  186. syntax recognition (recognition of how the order of words changes the meaning of a message)
  187. syntax-emotional meaning recognition
  188. spatial abilities (physical movement)
  189. fluid intelligence
  190. environmental adaptation
  191. contextual adaptation of physical movement
  192. contextual adaptation of voice and speech and language
  193. dynamic linguistic switching (bilingual, trilingual)
  194. spatial-motion control (control of external objects)
  195. body extension adjustment and movement, pressure, dynamic control
  196. perceiving
  197. task-breakdown abilities
  198. fractal relationship correlations
  199. emotional expression through song, dance, arts, etc
  200. multilevel problem solving (conscious and unconscious, dreams etc)
  201. multi-system pattern recognition
  202. multi-system pattern correlation
  203. understanding of distributed multi-system causation and multi-system dynamics
  204. micro-system awareness and understanding
  205. macro-system awareness and understanding
  206. multi-attentional capabilities
  207. multi-conversational capabilities
  208. simultaneous processing of multiple informational inputs
  209. simultaneous processing of multiple informational inputs and switching back and forth between them while assigning hierarchical value
  210. standard value concepts
  211. multivalue awareness
  212. multivalue identification skills
  213. multivalue staging skills
  214. respect
  215. theorizing

I’m leaving out quite a bit as you may suspect. I could probably sit here for days writing these in full detail.

Our ability to use some of these intelligences will depend on our awareness of these intelligences. They are like tools. Becoming aware that you have thousands of tools is one level of awareness. Learning how to use them is another level.

Wikipedia: Cellular communication>>
Wikipedia: “Cell signaling”>>

Biomimesis (bio-mimetic) intelligence: intelligence that mimic biological systems

Biomimesis Related links:

Biomimesis: the Road Less Traveled. >>

Biomimetic Robots >>

Biomimesis Presentation at TED Talks by Janine Benyius >>

[Recommended] – Wikipedia’s Thinking Portal >>


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