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Actually, yes. Gardner also puts forth different ideas and ways of looking at cognitive development (challenging those of Piaget) that coincide with his "multiple intelligence" theory. Intelligence has always seemed to me to be a very unique quality that would be difficult to quantify merely by a number. I think we can all recognize the differences between someone of low intelligence vs a genius, but in between those 2 poles exists a lot of room for variety. For example I am not very good at all with spatial reasoning ( I can't drive my way out of a paperbag) but I excell at expressing ideas and concepts with verbally. (That is why I always get an A on papers and then get lost driving home... :P)

I guess the important thing to remember is that these are theories. Theories in psychology attempt to explain the human mind and behavior, and I don't think any one theory is intrinsically wrong or right. I think there is a lot to be learned from all sorts of different ideas, even conflicting ones.

I tend to think a lot of classical Freudian thought is a bunch of hogwash (to my modern mind) yet in his time, his theories were cutting edge (ideas about the id, sexuality, ect...) Now that I have bored everyone, I will stop blabbing.