I have a theory about intelligence and intellect, maybe it's all bunk and the rantings of someone who doesn't know what they're talking about, but I still like to think about it.

I think that some intelligence is more or less "manufactured", in the sense that children are forced to learn massive amounts of information in a very short amount of time, cramming entire languages and theories behind mathematics down their throats in a years time, and more or less becoming "smart". It seems like a lot of Southeastern Asian countries do this to their "brightest" students, including China, South Korea, and India. A lot of this ties into the competition that stems from such a type of education, so keep that in mind while reading this.

However, I believe that this type of learning is just absolutely useless. It doesn't teach or develop any kind of abstraction, rather, it just asks students to regurgitate their learned and studied materials onto a few tests that determine the direction of your life. It just seems to me that these kids seem to only know "stuff". And like it's obviously important to know stuff, that's just kind of an accepted way of life, but I believe that forced schooling and forced learning (to the extent that some countries do it) are extremely toxic to a developing child and teenager's mind.

I've seen a few documentaries on such types of schooling, and seems like an alarmingly large amount of the kids don't have any sort of social development in any way, as they're also being forced into learning the moment they leave school for the day. I think it's rather a negative form of development that sort of gives kids the skills to excel in subjects and fields, but they don't have the social ability to connect with their colleagues and higher ups, and this in turn actually limits their ability to more or less "climb the ladder". It's like they're trying to avoid being unsuccessful in life, but in their massive attempts to do so, some of them actually get s...

I have a theory about intelligence and intellect, maybe it's all bunk and the rantings of someone who doesn't know what they're talking about, but I still like to think about it.

I think that some intelligence is more or less "manufactured", in the sense that children are forced to learn massive amounts of information in a very short amount of time, cramming entire languages and theories behind mathematics down their throats in a years time, and more or less becoming "smart". It seems like a lot of Southeastern Asian countries do this to their "brightest" students, including China, South Korea, and India. A lot of this ties into the competition that stems from such a type of education, so keep that in mind while reading this.

However, I believe that this type of learning is just absolutely useless. It doesn't teach or develop any kind of abstraction, rather, it just asks students to regurgitate their learned and studied materials onto a few tests that determine the direction of your life. It just seems to me that these kids seem to only know "stuff". And like it's obviously important to know stuff, that's just kind of an accepted way of life, but I believe that forced schooling and forced learning (to the extent that some countries do it) are extremely toxic to a developing child and teenager's mind.

I've seen a few documentaries on such types of schooling, and seems like an alarmingly large amount of the kids don't have any sort of social development in any way, as they're also being forced into learning the moment they leave school for the day. I think it's rather a negative form of development that sort of gives kids the skills to excel in subjects and fields, but they don't have the social ability to connect with their colleagues and higher ups, and this in turn actually limits their ability to more or less "climb the ladder". It's like they're trying to avoid being unsuccessful in life, but in their massive attempts to do so, some of them actually get screwed over and end up being more or less unsuccessful.

I also believe that things like mathematics and science are very structured and don't really offer a whole lot of room for freedom of thought. Don't get me wrong, I'm attempting to achieve a degree in neuroscience, so obviously both subjects are very important to me. And while both subjects do support the asking of questions, it's usually in a very "scientific" sort of way, and the questions and hypothesis usually are "structured" in their own ways. Even with that "asking of questions" and all that, I don't believe that such an education really supports that at all. Rather, it just

Anyways, I think that openness of mind and ability to question are two very important characteristics of a truly intelligent person. I personally believe that these two characteristics are more or less developed by ones environment, and I just don't believe that the " extreme forced education" method is a very nurturing environment for children to truly develop the openness of mind, ability to question, abstraction, and rational and critical thinking that is so necessary for what I believe is truly intelligence.

I can apply this to my own life, too. I know people that seem to know virtually everything, they seem to understand rather complex theories within mathematics, chemistry, and physics. However, they don't truly understand the theories, rather, they've just studied so much that it's easy to remember the theories and what they actually attempt to explain. Anyways, these people seem to be very smart on the surface, but once you truly get to know such a person, it seems that they're rather shallow, and they lack a personality beyond the whole seeming very smart. On the other hand, I've had some of the deepest discussions of my life with people who aren't considered truly intelligent, but somehow come up truly captivating theories about our existence and what life is about. I've also known people that are very capable of both sides of line.

It's all just rather strange to me. But yeah, that's what I think about all of this on a very simplified level. I'm also studying for exams and slightly drunk, so please excuse any errors/general dumbness.