• QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works
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    12 hours ago

    So you think you are born with a specific capacity for intelligence that cannot be changed to make people have a greater capacity to learn? (Obviously blunt force trauma can make someone less capable).

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        10 hours ago

        That’s not what I am asking.

        Do you think you are born with a specific capacity for intelligence that cannot he altered in a positive fashion?

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          8 hours ago

          Yes. People have different natural abilities.

          I played the bassoon for over a decade. I had access to truly excellent instructors and a great music program and worked hard at it. And after years of training and work, I was decent. I saw other people with no prior music background pick it up and get better than me in 2-3 months.

          People’s brains are wired differently.