It Requires More than Intelligence to Solve Consequential World Problems

Autor/in	Funke, Joachim
Titel	It Requires More than Intelligence to Solve Consequential World Problems
Quelle	In: Journal of Intelligence, 9 (2021), Artikel 38 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Funke, Joachim)
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2079-3200
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Intelligence; Problem Solving; Sustainable Development; Ethics; Social Problems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intelligenz; Klugheit; Problemlösen; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Ethik; Social problem; Soziales Problem
Abstract	What are consequential world problems? As "grand societal challenges", one might define them as problems that affect a large number of people, perhaps even the entire planet, including problems such as climate change, distributive justice, world peace, world nutrition, clean air and clean water, access to education, and many more. The "Sustainable Development Goals", compiled by the United Nations, represent a collection of such global problems. From my point of view, these problems can be seen as complex. Such complex problems are characterized by the complexity, connectivity, dynamics, intransparency, and polytely of their underlying systems. These attributes require special competencies for dealing with the uncertainties of the given domains, e.g., critical thinking. My position is that it is not IQ, but complex problem-solving competencies for dealing with complex and dynamic situations, that is important for handling consequential global problems. These problems require system competencies, i.e., competencies that go beyond analytical intelligence, and comprise systems understanding as well as systems control. Complex problem solving is more than analytic intelligence. (As Provided).
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