"Education bears no relationship to intelligence."
--Ralph Klein
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- Alex
- I live with my wife and two young kids in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. My parents, my brother, and my sister all live in Edmonton too. I enjoy hiking, mountain biking, and skiing, but I don't mind the indoors either. I work as a process control engineer (one type of chemical engineer). And I am a somewhat evangelical Christian.
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Hmmm... That is a very interesting comment. It kind of strikes at two chords for me.
1)I guess you have to know which definition of education you want to talk about, whether formal education, or education through life lessons. Because, through my experiences I have learned that formal education does not relate much to intelligence. I think life lessons and that type of education is much more influential on intelligence, however, at what level I am not sure.
2)This also brings up nature vs. nurture. Is someone intelligent because of genetics, or because they have experienced things that make them that way.
But overall, I would probably agree with this quote, however, the absolute nature of it is slightly disturbing.
Ralph Klein was talking about Bob Rae when he said that. Bob Rae has a lot of formal education, and Klein thought Rae wasn't a very smart leader as premier of Ontario.
Obviously, I didn't give the complete context in my post. I didn't say I agreed with it either; I just thought it was funny and interesting so I posted it. Like you, I agree with some aspects of the quote.
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