A moment´s reflection reveals that each of these individuals is attaining a high level of competence in a challenging field and should, by any reasonable definition of the term, be viewed as exhibiting intelligent behavior. Yet it should be equally clear that current methods of assessing the intellect are not sufficiently well honed to allow assessment of an individual´s potentials or achievements in navigating by the stars, mastering a foreign tongue or composing with a computer.

Howard Gardner