existential intelligence

a kind of intelligence proposed as a “candidate” intelligence in the multiple-intelligences theory. It is involved in understanding larger fundamental questions of existence and the role and place of humans in the universe. At present, there are no developed measures of existential intelligence.

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December 7th 2024

psi-hitting

n. in parapsychology experiments, performance on a test that is significantly above chance expectations. Compare psi-missing.