The title of this review indicates the fundamental difficulty of defining the difference between intelligence and knowledge. Here some of the basic differences and similarities are discussed, and by analogy with energy, the author postulates the existence of potential and kinetic intelligence. This leads him to the definition of intelligence as the generation of successful novelty. IQ tests and the difficulty of designing a balanced test are an integral part of the discussion which leads the author to his novel definition of intelligence.
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