That really doesn't have much to do with anything.
It's true that the average HS student has more knowledge about the world than Newton did. But knowledge doesn't equal intelligence. They're totally separate things.My friends a while back tried to argue that the average high school atheist today is smarter than someone like Newton
They want to know Why do scientists and historians still praise Isaac Newton as an important part of the history of science?
they tried to tell me that he believed bunch of weird stuff, alchemy... believed the world was going to end in 2060, biblical chronology etc. etc.
As a psychologist: bingo.If there's one thing I've learned from going to college, it's that there's a lot of different kinds of intelligence, and that doing well at school doesn't mean you're smart in other ways.
I got good grades in school and I get high scores on IQ tests, but I'm astoundingly stupid when it comes to fucking common sense in some cases.
"Intelligence" doesn't mean anything.
If there's one thing I've learned from going to college, it's that there's a lot of different kinds of intelligence, and that doing well at school doesn't mean you're smart in other ways.
I got good grades in school and I get high scores on IQ tests, but I'm astoundingly stupid when it comes to fucking common sense in some cases.
"Intelligence" doesn't mean anything.