A good place to learn about current theories of human intelligence is the Theories of Learning Index at www.uwsp.edu/education/lwilson/LEARNING/index.htm . You can learn about the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence in a Skeptic magazine interview with Robert Sternberg, at www.skeptic.com/03.3.fm-sternberg-interview.html; Sternberg's theory proposes there are three components of intelligence: analytical, creative, and practical intelligence. (The brief introduction to Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence at www-cs.derby.ac.uk/tip/stern.html is no longer available.) Howard Gardner proposed that people have many ways of understanding the world and each contributes to intelligence. You can learn about Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences at www.scbe.on.ca/mit/mi.htm. An interactive checklist based on the theory of multiple intelligences is at www.iols.com/users/berolart/o7inte~1.htm. For basic information on the theory of emotional intelligence, read the interview with Daniel Goleman from the San Francisco Chronicle at www.sfgate.com/ea/holt/1018.html. Does intelligence require consciousness? To learn about human consciousness, check out Going Inside: A Guide to the Dynamics of Brain Processing and Consciousness at www.btinternet.com/~neuronaut.