So you think you are born with a specific capacity for intelligence that cannot be changed to make people have a greater capacity to learn? (Obviously blunt force trauma can make someone less capable).
I played the bassoon for over a decade. I had access to truly excellent instructors and a great music program and worked hard at it. And after years of training and work, I was decent. I saw other people with no prior music background pick it up and get better than me in 2-3 months.
I’m saying that people are varied and that individuals have a maximum potential. Not everybody can lift weights to the point they become the strongest person on the planet, and not everyone can study until they’re the most-knowledgeable person on the planet.
We’re not clones. Everyone is born different with different brains and bodies, and it’s important to recognize that so we can cater to people’s individual needs, learning styles, abilities, and passions.
That’s not the question I asked. It seems like you think you are born with a set unchanging amount of intelligence and my understanding is that simply is not true and that through education you can increase that capacity for knowledge.
Smarts/intelligence is the capacity to learn. An educated person has been taught. A knowledgeable person has learned.
So you think you are born with a specific capacity for intelligence that cannot be changed to make people have a greater capacity to learn? (Obviously blunt force trauma can make someone less capable).
There’s definitely variance in human intelligence, yes.
That’s not what I am asking.
Do you think you are born with a specific capacity for intelligence that cannot he altered in a positive fashion?
Yes. People have different natural abilities.
I played the bassoon for over a decade. I had access to truly excellent instructors and a great music program and worked hard at it. And after years of training and work, I was decent. I saw other people with no prior music background pick it up and get better than me in 2-3 months.
People’s brains are wired differently.
So do you think intelligence is like a stat in an RPG?
I’m saying that people are varied and that individuals have a maximum potential. Not everybody can lift weights to the point they become the strongest person on the planet, and not everyone can study until they’re the most-knowledgeable person on the planet.
We’re not clones. Everyone is born different with different brains and bodies, and it’s important to recognize that so we can cater to people’s individual needs, learning styles, abilities, and passions.
That’s not the question I asked. It seems like you think you are born with a set unchanging amount of intelligence and my understanding is that simply is not true and that through education you can increase that capacity for knowledge.