2005-11-09
AQ
No, the title is not a typo. It is AQ I wanted to talk about, not IQ or EQ. You all know what IQ and EQ are, I suppose. Today I learned about a new form of intelligence that would be the ultimate human intelligence. It’s spiritual intelligence, or SQ! Just a quote from the author Danah Zohar:
"Spiritual Intelligence is.....
Our access to and use of meaning, vision and value in the way that we think and the decisions that we make. The intelligence that makes us whole, that gives us our integrity. The soul's intelligence, the intelligence of the deep self. It is the intelligence with which we ask fundamental questions and with which we reframe our answers. Our transformative intelligence."
Unfortunately, the author of this book shows her knowledge of intelligence by stating that IQ is something that computers have. I wish my computer had some IQ!
Nevertheless, I think SQ is an interesting notion. Of course I would say so. It’s about reflection on ones behaviour and existence. I would like to put those Q’s in an order (a Q-queue): EQ, IQ, SQ. The emotional quotient has to do with social capacities; it is something a dog has as well. IQ has to do with more specific rational thinking. I don’t think a dog is capable of this kind of thinking, but some animals, e.g. apes have a bit of it, humans a lot. Then there is the spiritual, this very unique human capacity. Well I assume it’s something uniquely human.
Still I’m missing something. Before anything else a human is a physical being. We move around, eat and do our things. Shouldn’t we have a quotient for that as well? I propose to use AQ. No, it’s not standing for animal quotient, but Athletic Quotient. It’s about muscles and bones.
So finally we have the sequence AQ, EQ, IQ and SQ. However, be careful with the Dutch. They pronounce EQ as AQ, IQ as EQ and AQ sounds (a little) like IQ.
"Spiritual Intelligence is.....
Our access to and use of meaning, vision and value in the way that we think and the decisions that we make. The intelligence that makes us whole, that gives us our integrity. The soul's intelligence, the intelligence of the deep self. It is the intelligence with which we ask fundamental questions and with which we reframe our answers. Our transformative intelligence."
Unfortunately, the author of this book shows her knowledge of intelligence by stating that IQ is something that computers have. I wish my computer had some IQ!
Nevertheless, I think SQ is an interesting notion. Of course I would say so. It’s about reflection on ones behaviour and existence. I would like to put those Q’s in an order (a Q-queue): EQ, IQ, SQ. The emotional quotient has to do with social capacities; it is something a dog has as well. IQ has to do with more specific rational thinking. I don’t think a dog is capable of this kind of thinking, but some animals, e.g. apes have a bit of it, humans a lot. Then there is the spiritual, this very unique human capacity. Well I assume it’s something uniquely human.
Still I’m missing something. Before anything else a human is a physical being. We move around, eat and do our things. Shouldn’t we have a quotient for that as well? I propose to use AQ. No, it’s not standing for animal quotient, but Athletic Quotient. It’s about muscles and bones.
So finally we have the sequence AQ, EQ, IQ and SQ. However, be careful with the Dutch. They pronounce EQ as AQ, IQ as EQ and AQ sounds (a little) like IQ.
# posted by Sander @ 23:36 
