Part of the human condition is the engagement with existential questions, and every five-year-old demonstrates existential intelligence through constant questioning about why things are as they are.

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Speaker

Howard Gardner

Evidence Quote

“every five year old has existential intelligence because five year old are always asking why this, why that”

Source

8 Intelligences: Are You a Jack of All Trades or a Master of One? | Best of '16 | Big Think— Big Think
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:19:19 AM

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