Education & Intelligence
There are many ways to define intelligence. I recall having debates in psychology class back in the day over whether intelligence is due to "Nature or Nurture". The reality is that just about every trait exhibited in man is a combination of nature and nurture.
In the modern era, where there is abundant knowledge, one who has access to and takes advantage of the great wealth of knowledge already developed has a significant advantage over one who doesn't. The access to that information gives a good head start, that can compensate for inferior intelligence.
I could put it simply: Education is more important than Intelligence.
I suppose this rule holds more in fields where there has been great consecutive sequential development, such as mathematics and medicine. However, in new fields or ones that have a disorganized structure, this rule finds less expression.
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I suppose this rule holds more in fields where there has been great consecutive sequential development, such as mathematics and medicine. However, in new fields or ones that have a disorganized structure, this rule finds less expression.
William James would put it this way: In new fields or ones that have a disorganized structure, this rule is less true.
Is not the "expression" of a rule the only true test of its "truthfulness"?
It's funny that you say that. I originally used that terminology. Later, I rejected that because I thought that truth should be a boolean variable.
why should "true" be boolean? any more than "good," "blue," or "far"?
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