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Originally Posted by seesaw
I also think even with an empirical study, it would only really tell you the results based on IQ. Because it's a quantifiable, statistical measurement. And yet we know there are multiple kinds of intelligence.
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Bingo! I was going to write this as I was reading through this thread, so I must be pretty damned smart! Seriously, though, when I was training to be a teacher we read several articles that maintained that there are over 20 types of intelligence...social, artistic, musical, "book smarts," etc. Just because one has a high score on an IQ test doesn't mean they have an iota of common sense, or the ability to apply their IQ. I feel it's kind of arrogant to make blanket assumptions about intelligence in any group...I believe Hitler was pretty good at making such assertions.