"It turns out that was the most important question in terms of the intelligence failure that never got asked," Mr. Hadley told a discussion organized by the RAND Corporation and Foreign Policy magazine.
But in humans, up until recently, Woolley says that the intelligence of a group was thought of in mostly in terms of the intelligence of the individual groups members (like thinking about the smartness of a single ant).
What are the sorts of situations we envisage our armed forces being involved in? "What is the threat that we face in terms of cyber, in terms of the amount of intelligence we need?
France was let down by its neighbours in the run-up to the Paris attacks, in terms of intelligence, the tracking of suspects' movements and the transportation of weaponry.
The discovery, some experts expect, will help scientists understand intelligence in terms of the genes that foster it and the childhood experiences that can promote it.
And the kind of publicity and exposure and transparency of one poses certain kinds of challenges in terms of the maintenance of the integrity of intelligence and the like that others don't".
While intelligence agencies may have gotten a few level 90 characters out of the program, they didn't reap much in terms of usable intelligence – the documents reveal that a so-called "deconfliction" group was needed for Second Life, for instance, just to make sure that the various agencies involved (including the FBI, CIA and the Pentagon) didn't trip over each other's feet.
"First of all, of all the drivers, we have the best - in terms of speed, intelligence in the race, and a capability to work with the team.
Retired quarterback Rich Gannon, a former NFL most valuable player, said Manning is "head and shoulders above the rest of the league in terms of his intelligence".
"In terms of intelligence, strategy and the passion of the players, that scores two goals, hits the woodwork three times and had other chances, it is a deserved victory.
Right now, there's a lot of pressure on the SEC to institute regulations that will ensure some kind of base level of transparency and accountability, because, let's be honest, the crowd is fickle, can be swayed easily, and tends to have a lower common denominator in terms of intelligence than the individual.
