Comments on: The Meritocratic Mind http://www.nilkanth.com/2009/06/29/the-meritocratic-mind/ on the Philosophy of Technology Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:08:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Adam http://www.nilkanth.com/2009/06/29/the-meritocratic-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-77638 Adam Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:29:16 +0000 http://www.nilkanth.com/?p=1450#comment-77638 Most intelligent people are homeless people who discuss about quantum physics and the splitting of atoms. Most intelligent people are homeless people who discuss about quantum physics and the splitting of atoms.

]]> By: Raghu http://www.nilkanth.com/2009/06/29/the-meritocratic-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-77628 Raghu Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:11:24 +0000 http://www.nilkanth.com/?p=1450#comment-77628 I agree that an academic certificate is no testament in measuring one's intelligence, But I peronally think that Awareness has a bigger influence on one's intelligence than the ability to learn. A 5th grader's mind has far more mental agility to learn things than a 72 yo. My point is "Are you smarter than a 5th grader ?" ;)- I agree that an academic certificate is no testament in measuring one’s intelligence, But I peronally think that Awareness has a bigger influence on one’s intelligence than the ability to learn. A 5th grader’s mind has far more mental agility to learn things than a 72 yo.

My point is “Are you smarter than a 5th grader ?” ;) -

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