Everything is math and/or story. Depends what language you are using to look at the universe. Everything is seen within our limitations.
Intelligence is more than pattern matching though… I like when it is defined as the capacity to adapt to situations that are new to us.
That’s just you discovering a new pattern that already existed but you didn’t know about.
Possibly. But nobody had to explain it or demonstrate it. It’s not acquired knowledge, it’s “intelligence”. True that patterns probably come to play also in the other sections of an IQ test, like verbal comprehension. Dunno, I assume there is more because I usually ace the “pattern recognition” section of the test and lose point on the rest. If it was only patterns recognition, I’d be a certified genius. And I am far from that
Yes, that is the definition.
Another is "the ability to learn, understand, and make judgments or have opinions that are based on reason".
Understanding math and pattern recognition is information some people can utilize to make sound judgements and adapt. But there are people that excel at them, but are inefficient at putting them to use in their life.
Intelligence is proven in the application.
