there are plenty of things that can define a person's intelligence far beyond "can you remember things good?"

and i hate that our society treasures that barebones version of intelligence so much

there are so many damn ways to be smart

why limit it so much

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@vahnj As someone with a terrible memory and weapons grade ADHD:

THIS, OMFG THIS. >..<

@mawr @vahnj Agreeing here too. My memory is bad for /some/ things and stupidly /good/ on others (less valued).
I also have high spatial intelligence, and am good at improvising tools and solutions quickly. Most of which isn't tested for and isn't being actually utilized by me very much.

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