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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 7. Intelligence

[reasoning power of the mind]

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16418	People can be highly intelligent, yet very stupid [New Sci.]
	Full Idea: You really can be highly intelligent, and at the same time very stupid.
	From: New Scientist writers (New Scientist articles [2013], 2013.10.29)
	A reaction: This is closely related to my observation (from a lifetime of study) that a talent for philosophy has a very limited correlation with standard notions of high intelligence. What matters is how conscious reasoning and intuition relate. Greek 'phronesis'.

16417	About a third of variation in human intelligence is environmental [New Sci.]
	Full Idea: Possibly a third of the variation in our intelligence is down to the environment in which we grew up - nutrition and education, for example.
	From: New Scientist writers (New Scientist articles [2013], 2013.10.29)
	A reaction: This presumably leaves the other two-thirds to derive from genetics. I am a big believer in environment. Swapping babies between extremes of cultural environment would hugely affect intelligence, say I.