White is white. When you try to explain why "white is white" you go nowhere. You invent words to explain words. And with time you end up with bad cases of the "Emperor's Clothes".

Intelligence (the useful type) is an Attitude.

Not hard to see that the results on IQ tests, for example, will greatly differ depending on how hard the person is trying.

Gardner should have added "sexual intelligence" to his list of 8. Might have really impacted the educational system.

As long as people think we won't screw up. But once people start using labels such as "learning styles" or "Blooms taxonomy" there is a huge risk of letting words lead the way. "Connectivism" and "Construtivism" are also dangerous labels.

Nice to see that you question the models. Models are usually just a bunch of words.