culture really plays a significant role in defining the meaning of intelligence.. Like here in the Philippines, a person that cannot speak English well is sometimes look down (colonialism). Ang di marunong magsalita ng Ingles ay bobo ika nga ng nakararami kaya try hard mag Ingles kahit nagkamali mali na..But, one thing is always true we are all intelligent in our own ways :)
RE: The difference of Eastern and Western conception of intelligence