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The meaning of intelligence
- 01-12-2010
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By Krista Trippett/American Public Media
Krista Tippett, host: I'm Krista Tippett. Today, "The Meaning of Intelligence," a conversation on work, education, and civic imagination with Mike Rose. He's animated by the question "What kind of education befits a democracy?" We explore the link between education and human possibility, and what Mike Rose calls "The Mind at Work. Mr. Mike Rose: What emerges that bespeaks of intelligence, what goes on right under our noses that bespeaks of some kinds of smarts? So the plumber who reaches up inside of the wall of an old building, feeling rust, feeling moisture if there's any, feeling the way the thing is structured, he's visualizing and then bringing a knowledge base to bear on trying to figure out what the problem may be. Think of what a complex set of mental operations are involved in that. (more...)
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