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TheReanuKeeves

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  • Education doesn't increase intelligence by making people memorize things, but by constantly reminding people that they might be wrong.

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  • It literally says memorizing data isn't what makes someone intelligent. Second guessing yourself because of factual feedback you've received and not being falsely confident in everything you think is what makes someone intelligent.

    Haven't read the stat in a while but it's something like an average increase of 5 IQ points for every year of school you attend. That increase isn't necessarily because of the data you've retained, it's from being tested on it and adjusting how you approach new concepts based on that feedback.

  • Education doesn't increase intelligence by making people memorize things, but by constantly reminding people that they might be wrong.

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  • Which part is ambiguous to you though?

  • Education doesn't increase intelligence by making people memorize things, but by constantly reminding people that they might be wrong.

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  • I may have missed it but I've only seen you and 1 other comment say I mix up the terms, if you can point out where I'm mixing them up then maybe I can correct or clarify myself. I am fully aware of the difference between knowledge and intelligence.

  • Education doesn't increase intelligence by making people memorize things, but by constantly reminding people that they might be wrong.

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  • Tools and info yes, but the feedback is what I'm saying teaches people to adjust their confidence levels closer to their actual understanding of a subject.

    Like if you wrote tests but never got graded or told what you got wrong, your confidence in your ability likely wouldn't match your understanding of what you were tested on. Someone who wrote tests and were shown what they got wrong has a better understanding of how well they know something. I think that constant feedback is important and not something many people consider as a takeaway from being educated.

    And yes, "stupid" people don't have the ability to connect all the dots

  • How many wolves could kill a tiger?

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  • Introducing: iPhone Rock, iPhone Paper and iPhone Scissors

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  • What about lizard and spock?

  • Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds?

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  • I have no idea, is that what you do or recommend?

  • Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds?

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  • Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds?

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  • I've heard garlic has anti bacterial properties, does this actually work? I'll eat a whole bulb of garlic, I don't care.

  • Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds?

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  • I was originally going to include "what part of this is intelligent design?!?!" In the post but I didn't want it to devolve into a religious debate. But seriously, how intelligent is our design when our defense mechanism makes recovery even more difficult to achieve?

    Like some asshole is out there designing a vehicle that runs on solar but you're also only allowed to drive it when the sun is down.

  • Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds?

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  • Yes, I know it's the natural defences popping off but I'm saying I'm having a hard time keeping this plane in the sky when my copilot keeps slapping me with a hot seafood entrée. Y'know??

  • Top Scientists Find Growing Evidence That Greenhouse Gases Are, in Fact, a Danger | The assessment contradicts the Trump administration’s legal arguments for relaxing pollution rules.

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  • This just in: the sky is blue, humans require water, and fire is hot

    Stay tuned to find out if lead paint chips are safe for human consumption

  • Education doesn't increase intelligence by making people memorize things, but by constantly reminding people that they might be wrong.

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  • Knowledge is remembering facts, intelligence is pattern recognition and problem solving. Where did I mix the two?

  • Education doesn't increase intelligence by making people memorize things, but by constantly reminding people that they might be wrong.

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  • I'm not saying people without formal education don't have the capacity for intelligence, I'm saying education increases intelligence through reevaluating your own thoughts.

    From what I recall, it's generally accepted that your potential for intelligence is based primarily on your genetic luck and environmental factors. Your genetic potential being how well your biological processes work, the hardware you're given, and then environmental factors like injury, nutrition, and education that determine how much of your potential you reach or are hindered from.

    If there were 2 clones, one born to a rich family with high IQ parents that understand how to nurture intelligence and one born to 2 mentally challenged parents who not only lack the ability to take care of their kid properly but require their kid to take on a caregiver role as a child. 99% of the time, one of them would reach their full potential while the other wouldn't.

  • Education doesn't increase intelligence by making people memorize things, but by constantly reminding people that they might be wrong.

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  • And it's difficult if not impossible to be more intelligent with a closed mind no?

  • Education doesn't increase intelligence by making people memorize things, but by constantly reminding people that they might be wrong.

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  • How about we meet in the middle and say "learning the concept that you might be wrong will help your intelligence"?

    My mother who "allegedly" graduated high school has more confidence than anyone I know and will say things like "you can't divide a small number by a bigger number" or "temperatures don't have decimals, only full numbers". Then as you stare at her blankly trying to figure out if she's joking or not, she'll tell you you're clearly not very smart if you don't know that

  • everyone talks about chip bags being 50% wasted space but no one talks about creamed corn cans being 50% wasted space

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  • You ever want some milk so you buy chocolate milk and try to separate out the chocolate?

  • Why is the human body so incredibly bad at responding to colds?

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  • Do people really not care that we live in a society that favours assholes or are there so many more assholes than nice people that it's unstoppable?

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  • I think you 2 might be 2 sides of the same coin. You started with "Sadly" which would infer you don't think it's ideal but simply the reality. You've probably been called a pessimist more than once for expressing your realistic opinions.

    On one side we want progress and equality, on the other, we recognize that tribes, cities, and nations, were built on conquering others. That mindset idealistically should be in the past but we of course still see too many examples of how relevant those issues are.