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Introduction
Man is a species that has dominated the world. He has flown to the moon, cured the incurable diseases, climbed the highest mountains, built the greatest buildings and crossed the widest oceans. He has defeated the greatest beasts: the blue whale, the African elephant, the brown bear, the saltwater crocodile, the whale shark, and many more. But the universal question remains to be discussed on an understandable level: what makes him different from other species? What allows his species to thrive? Man is not the strongest or largest species, he does not have any claws or large teeth to protect him, yet he does not cease to exist. Although man does not have any offensive or defensive physical characteristics, he has what no other species has: the greatest brain. Man can use his brain to accomplish anything he desires, so to speak. What makes him different to other species is the ability to think logically, and to reason rationally, to acquire knowledge, and to use this knowledge to adapt to unique situations. Man has evolved into a species that can accomplish great things, using just his intellectual mind.
Conclusion
Intelligence is a topic that a great amount of knowledge has been acquired about in recent years but still has many questions unanswered. This makes the reliability of information questionable, as there has not been any research conducted or even made possible on certain topics. Such topics range from what factors intelligence exists of, specifically environment, to the definition of intelligence itself. Even though nearly all of the information in this booklet has been acquired from reliable psychologists from all around the world, some of the information is assumptions made by known psychologists themselves, and analysed by myself, based on known facts and rational, logical thinking.
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