Intelligence & Conventional Education
I wanted to share something that I thought about a few weeks ago, related to intelligence and conventional education. This is something that often crosses my mind, even when I was a child. Back then I remember meeting people who had bachelor's, masters's or doctorate degrees and like many of us I was made to believe that these are the people in our society who are smart, because they are educated. I had a problem with this though, because these people sometimes seemed to lack something very fundamental and to me they did not necessarily meet the definition of "smart", or perhaps conscious would be a better word. More importantly I soon noticed that the accumulation of "school knowledge" had nothing to do with being wise or mature, and aware of the effects of your actions in this world. Something that I've witnessed people do a lot in the last months related to covid and this whole situation, is bash people who dare to question thes...