I recently watched a documentary on "feral children", (wild children). While these children can learn to some degree, MRI's and CT scans show marked damage to the brain, areas that never developed because of lack of use. This is permanent damage. Therefore (IMHO) Intelligence has as much to do with nurture as with nature. If parts of the brain are not stimulated they fail to develope the necesary nueron connections to use them. Interesting stuff.
kuulbns Reviewed by kuulbns on . Does education make you more intelligent? I believe that intelligence is something you are born with or without. Intelligence to me is how your brain works, not what it can remember. I consider somebody intelligent not by how they speak or what facts they remember, but how they percieve the world around them and the conclusions they draw from those perceptions. Education, I think, is different. You can study to the highest level but still not be all that smart. So my question is do you think education can actually make a Rating: 5