14 JAN 2012 by ideonexus
Intelligence is Not a Static Value
Some recent philosophers seem to have given their moral approval to these deplorable verdicts that affirm that the intelligence of an individual is a fixed quantity, a quantity that cannot be augmented. We must protest and react against this brutal pessimism; we will try to demonstrate that it is founded on nothing.Folksonomies: education intelligence
Folksonomies: education intelligence
We must fight this "brutal pessimism" and argue for the dynamic nature of IQ.
10 AUG 2011 by ideonexus
Pass Along Wisdom
“Understand this,” said Xaphania: “Dust is not a constant. There’s not a fixed quantity that has always been the same. Conscious beings make Dust, they renew it all the time, by thinking and feeling and reflecting, by gaining wisdom and passing it on. “And if you help everyone else in your worlds to do that, by helping them to learn and understand about themselves and each other and the way everything works, and by showing them how to be kind instead of cruel, and patient instead o...Folksonomies: enlightenment wisdom
Folksonomies: enlightenment wisdom
What to evangelize in absence of religion.