Intelligence has long been quantified for practical, collective purposes, but the emphasis in that kind of quantification has always been on innate intelligence or on the instrumental purposes to which the mind can be put. However, in our story we focus on individual uniqueness and creativity, something that cannot be judged by some immediate practical application, and must be nurtured in a different way.
其中捨坊間中文翻譯書籍習見的「多元智慧」而用「多元智能」，則是考量智能 (intelligence) 比較側重先天的優勢才能，並傾向於單方面、工具性的能力，這和從生命中歷久錘鍊而得、具有整個人格圓融無礙特質的智慧（wisdom），還是有所區隔的。