We can observe the effects of intelligence but we cannot observe intelligence, just as we can observe the effects of consciousness but not consciousness, itself.
I would say intelligence is an attribute of consciousness, as is memory and the ability to perceive. All these attributes are “subjective”- meaning experienced by the self or consciousness (if that is how we define self) - not objective, meaning observable like an apple.
Certain brain and body states may be associated with various states of consciousness, but they are not the experienced thing itself which is what we call "consciousness". For example, when we visualize an apple or dream of an apple there is no apple in the human brain to be found, just neurons firing etc.
This is why brain and mind (or more accurately, consciousness) remain connected but separate things!
I would say intelligence is an attribute of consciousness, as is memory and the ability to perceive. All these attributes are “subjective”- meaning experienced by the self or consciousness (if that is how we define self) - not objective, meaning observable like an apple.
Certain brain and body states may be associated with various states of consciousness, but they are not the experienced thing itself which is what we call "consciousness". For example, when we visualize an apple or dream of an apple there is no apple in the human brain to be found, just neurons firing etc.
This is why brain and mind (or more accurately, consciousness) remain connected but separate things!
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