As a child, I always thought that intelligence and IQ were inborn. In other words, I thought certain people were A students, B students, and so forth. Not until college did I prove to myself that this was false. Intelligence is a complex mystery of the mind, and no one really understands it. Scientists have made few advances in comprehending it.
I read recently the engaging "Are Humans Getting Smarter or Dumber?" in LiveScience recently, and Stephanie Pappas pushed me to think more deeply. She notes the dramatic rise in IQ over time starting from the point when they began recording the statistics.
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