Alfred North WhiteheadIn the conditions of modern life the rule is absolute, the race which does not value trained intelligence is doomed.
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In the conditions of modern life, the rule is absolute: The race which does not value trained intelligence is doomed. This quote from the English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley illustrates how society has changed in recent years. In earlier eras, people viewed intelligence as something that was largely innate and largely fixed. The model was that one’s intelligence is set in childhood and can’t be changed; however, in modern times, we know that intelligence is a product of experience and thus can be shaped by education and training.
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