>All people do not have the same level of intelligence. True, but I'm talking about potential for intelligence and in this I think all non-handicapped people h

>All people do not have the same level of intelligence. True, but I'm talking about potential for intelligence and in this I think all non-handicapped people have close to the same potential. Of course what I have in mind isn't person A is exactly equal to person B (and "intelligence" is probably the wrong word for this), but rather if you could somehow give "points" to the persons level of effectiveness then person A's points would add up to person B's even though they took completely different routes to get there. For example, one person might be able to get insanely good at math, while another is awful at math but is an amazing artist. I can accept that there may be overall differences in the potential levels between individuals but I don't think that difference should be anything remotely as dramatic as what we're seeing right now (especially in the US).