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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think of intelligence as the capacity of a being to navigate a complex environment with awareness and skill of all the interdependent parts. So an animal could be intelligent. In that sense I don’t think it would be helpful to not value intelligence in individuals or in ourselves as a species, because it’s what helps us find our place in the world.

Re: being book smart, that’s definitely not the be all and end all. But intelligence in general is needed no matter what your path in life. [/quote]

The problem is that children are contained in an environment where book smart/school smart is prioritized and other qualities or types of intelligence are deemphasized or overlooked. There are many highly intelligent people who for various reasons do not thrive in an educational setting, especially in the primary years.[/quote]

Agree — and that is a reason to reform education practices so that we develop various kinds of intelligence more deeply. Not to throw out the idea of intelligence altogether.[/quote]

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