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Graciewilde's avatar

Wait. Do you really wish for 85,000 Substack followers? That's a lot of follow up (if you care about following up?)🤣

Ah, intelligence is so very complex. I think we humans used to think we had the whole thing figured out. And, by the whole thing, I mean life.... But, back to intelligence, how exactly is it being measured? and what type of intelligence are you measuring? Do you even believe there are different types of intelligence? I certainly do. So much to delve into and it's all fascinating. Thanks for a thoughtful post.

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Fred Singer's avatar

Eighty--five thousand is a bit of an exaggeration; I'd be satisfied with 50,000. (I need a smiley face emoji. Where are those things on Substack?) Intelligence measurement? There are so many, many studies supporting the efficacy of intelligence. The citations are enormous in "The Bell Curve," by Charles Murray, and "The Blank Slate," by Stephen Pinker and others. Yes, there are other types of intelligences, like "Emotional Intelligence. " I can write lengthy books, but cannot fix anything, from computers to hammering a nail in the wall. I'm not kidding.

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I get the smiley emoji on Substack by hitting control/command/shift on an MacBook Pro . That combo will let you put emojis anywhere.

I get what you are saying about different intelligences. I can deal with the most difficult people. And I am so intrigued by the mysteries of space but I can't , for the life of me, follow the scientific conversations around the Universe. I'm so very interested in the conversations around intelligence. I have nine siblings and they are all intelligent and hard working. They clearly have different kinds of intelligence .. among them are doctors, lawyers , business leaders, educators, social workers and a couple of combined professions (doctor as hospital administrator, for example). Our parents were Depression era children and did not have the opportuinty to attend college. TOo bad.

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Graciewilde's avatar

Wait. Do you really wish for 85,000 Substack followers? That's a lot of follow up (if you care about following up?)🤣

Ah, intelligence is so very complex. I think we humans used to think we had the whole thing figured out. And, by the whole thing, I mean life.... But, back to intelligence, how exactly is it being measured? and what type of intelligence are you measuring? Do you even believe there are different types of intelligence? I certainly do. So much to delve into and it's all fascinating. Thanks for a thoughtful post.

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