Intelligence

It seems like there are two opposing forces in the world of intelligence today.  One side is interested in the output from the person, how they react to the world, and can they function in it.  And the other side is looking for each individual process in the brain.  Even though there is an overlap of the two there are also many differences.  In Gardner's article he omits intelligences that seen as socially important as others.  but these individual intelligences that aren't as important might build to others that are.  I think the best way to truly discover the different intelligences is from the ground up.  Find as many isolated intelligences as possible, then build them to see how they effect each other.  The only problem is this means you need to isolate each part of the brain, or shut off all others.  Only by systematically going through the brain can you really discover each individual intelligence and where it is located in the brain.  But outside observations and even observations that scan the brain aren't sufficient because they don't allow for enough of a control.  There are too many factors that can be overlooked, and even if you see part of the brain light up, there might be a secondary point that is also important, but isn't as busy.  So I feel like until this is done there will be more debate than consensus on what defines intelligence and how it can be used to rack and stack students in the classroom.  Because that is what measuring intelligence is about.  It's about projecting which students should be challenged in what areas then  let off in others.