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

• TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Which part is ambiguous to you though?

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  • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Here’s the first one.

    Memorizing facts, dates, and formulas aren’t what necessarily makes someone intelligent. It’s the ability to second guess yourself and have an appropriate amount of confidence relative to your knowledge that is a sign of intelligence.

    This passage implies that you can increase your intelligence by getting educated, learning facts, gaining more knowledge, receiving feedback and getting a more realistic understanding on what you know and don’t know. Based on some of your clarifications, that doesn’t seem to be what you intended to say.

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    • TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      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.

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      • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        IQ is just a number that tells you how good you’re at doing specific kinds of tests. It’s associated with intelligence, but it’s still a proxy metric. It doesn’t actually measure the thing we’re really interested in. We don’t even know what intelligence, or how to measure it properly.

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