Nothing defines humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract thoughts, whether about the universe, the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink.

没有什么比传达抽象想法的能力更能定义人类，无论这些想法是有关宇宙、心灵、爱情、梦想，还是点一杯饮料。

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At the top of the list is the notion that intelligence is measured by your ability to solve complex problems; to read, write and compute at certain levels; and to resolve abstract equations quickly.

最重要的一点是，智力是通过你解决复杂问题的能力来衡量的；一定的读写和计算能力；能快速解出抽象方程。

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While good documentation has no substitute, you can offset its absence by having the ability to navigate the process in an abstract fashion.

好的文档是无法取代的，如果没有这样的文档，只要能用一种抽象的方式浏览整个过程，那么也可以抵消一些负面影响。

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But fluid intelligence, the ability to analyze abstract situations involving novel sets of rules, plays an outsize role.

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Superior mental faculties, such as language and the ability to engage in abstract problem solving, are the sort of explanations that are currently all the rage.

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But when the same test was presented simply as an abstract laboratory tool, with no relevance to ability, the scores of blacks and whites were virtually identical.

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