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Are you honestly suggesting there is anything other than education preventing them from it ? That asides, research mathematics is only a small subset of mental

Are you honestly suggesting there is anything other than education preventing them from it ? That asides, research mathematics is only a small subset of mental tasks available to humans. There are a lot of areas that could benefit from "computation" Laws, philosophy, literature, sociology, psychology. We seem to have forgotten how much of our society is based on how our thought is applied to knowledge. Thought rather than Praxis has been relatively neglected in our age.

adrianN 10y ago
intelligence and mathematial ability can't be taught very well
powertower 10y ago
> Are you honestly suggesting there is anything other than education preventing them from it? Yes. The aptitude of higher abstract thinking varies greatly among different people and groups. If you are really curious, check out the IQ test about pulling info from a sports column. After that, your question becomes similar to asking why every short person can't be taught/trained to do well on a professional basketball team.
- flocial 10y ago
  Elevating educational standards of society as a whole, especially the poor, has nothing to do with whether all disenfranchised groups have the native intelligence to become academics or well paid knowledge workers. The number of active NBA players is in the hundreds and their careers are short. Education is a very effective weapon against multi generational poverty and the focus of international aid organizations for a reason. Someone from an impoverished background is much more likely to live a better life with more education than someone without.
- cannonpr 10y ago
  I don't really want to divert this thread into a full discussion on the validity and value of IQ tests, but I do find the view you are espousing to be very depressing and I had hoped that they had died along with Ellis island and phrenology.

adrianN 10y ago

intelligence and mathematial ability can't be taught very well

powertower 10y ago

> Are you honestly suggesting there is anything other than education preventing them from it? Yes. The aptitude of higher abstract thinking varies greatly among different people and groups. If you are really curious, check out the IQ test about pulling info from a sports column. After that, your question becomes similar to asking why every short person can't be taught/trained to do well on a professional basketball team.

flocial 10y ago
Elevating educational standards of society as a whole, especially the poor, has nothing to do with whether all disenfranchised groups have the native intelligence to become academics or well paid knowledge workers. The number of active NBA players is in the hundreds and their careers are short. Education is a very effective weapon against multi generational poverty and the focus of international aid organizations for a reason. Someone from an impoverished background is much more likely to live a better life with more education than someone without.
cannonpr 10y ago
I don't really want to divert this thread into a full discussion on the validity and value of IQ tests, but I do find the view you are espousing to be very depressing and I had hoped that they had died along with Ellis island and phrenology.