Re: To whom "Romeo and Juliet" makes no sense?

Tue Sørensen wrote:
On 28 Sep., 13:52, plausible prose man <Georgefha...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
[snip]

Well, you can blather all you want. The truth is that, largely
speaking, differences in intelligence depend on differences in
*acquired knowledge*. The more knowledge you have, the better you're
also able to apply it efficiently. The more you learn, the more you
become capable of learning. That's how the brain demonstrably works,
as referenced for instance in various books by Tony Buzan.
Intelligence has everything to do with training, and the brain is
optimized for intense learning. A capacity that most people heinously
squander, which is why they aren't geniuses.

Many discussions of this sort founder eventually on the definition of intelligence. The speed at which one can complete training, for example, is a key component of intelligence, and can (like learning) vary even in the same individual with respect to different material.

<snip>

Fact: Social legacies tend to
stick, and this is 100% environmental and 0% genetic. When social
mobility becomes possible, it's most often because the societal
structure *makes* it possible by interfering with and slowly changing
the previous circumstances.

I guess you don't happen to be familiar with any of the various sayings invented to describe the very common situations in which a particular family loses it's 'social legacy' - from rags to riches in three generations, etc.


--
Cheryl
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