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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
It may be the unpalletable truth for the PC brigade but he's right. There are rafts of people in this country who are terminally stupid and no amount of tutoring will make them into Einsteins.
Equality of opportunity is very important but if we recognise that most human characteristics are genetic and therefore inherited is it not sensible to assume that intelligence is also?
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But intelligence and IQ are very undefined concepts, their relevance is questionable. Obviously some people are smarter than others but that doesn't have to equate to inequality between those people. Someone may be smart but not earn a lot of money and people can have low IQ but be talented in a craft which earns them an above average income.
It is quite elitist to write off people because they don't met an abstract concept of intelligence defined by themselves. If anything intelligence plays a less important role in success, better to work hard and be lucky.
I know you or Boris may not disagree with that but then I question the relevance of the initial point in the first place.