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.
If you take two equally capable people and give one a better education the better educated one will be generally smarter.
They’ll be more knowledgeable and better educated. They won’t be smarter.
What do you think smarter means if not more knowledgable and better educated?
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?