Does education really improve smartness?

Question

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/researchers_find_link

This study proves that exposure to education is consistent with higher levels of smartness having.

Answer 1

It worked for me. You seem to have slipped by though. Hey, easy now, just kidding. The Onion is always good for a laugh, and thanks for the post, Now I got to go read something to get some more smartness.

Answer 2

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Humans are debating whether education improves "smartness" - a.k.a "A source of sharp, local and usually superficial pain, as a wound"

I am a doctor, and I have never seen education improve pain.

I find it interesting that our ancestors would even entertain the thought, let alone argue about it.

Answer 3

High School Drop Outs vote as well;

"It's no surprise for Democrats to lose white men and evangelicals. But in this election, we also lost white women, married people, couples with children, high school graduates, college graduates, people over 30, and, by our estimate, voters in every annual household income category above $40,000. Our coalition consisted of high school dropouts and those with postgraduate educations (99% of the Universtiy Proff's). That coalition is not the foundation for building a durable Democratic majority."


"Of America's 3,114 counties, Bush won 2,532 -- or 81.1 percent -- covering 78 percent of our country's land mass. In only 162 of those counties -- just over 6 percent -- was Bush's margin of victory less than 5 points. As the Los Angeles Times reported, Bush won 97 of the nation's 100 fastest-growing counties -- Kerry won just three."

--------Al From is founder and CEO of the Democratic Leadership Council. Bruce Reed is president of the DLC and was President Clinton's domestic policy adviser.


http://www.ndol.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=127&subid=173&contentid=253054

Answer 4

Smartness? I don't know about that but even though education has nothing to do with intelligence it can help develop reasoning skills and obviously an increase in the knowledge one has...........

Answer 5

"Educated idiot"...ever heard this term.?..It was contrived because with the college degree being issued,there is no guarantee of "common sense" being attached....America is full of these twits..(unfortunately). Will Rogers said it perfectly..." There is nothing so stupid as an educated man,if you get him off the thing he was educated in "..

Answer 6

Consider IQ testing: One must possess some education to do well on the IQ tests.

It's probably cyclical. But I know plenty of under or un-educated people who do fine in their lives, as well.

Answer 7

yes because it provides activities that can exercise or even hone your innate smartness.
Intelligence is intrinsic but shaping it and putting things into it requires good training e.g. education

Answer 8

I am not sure about your IQ level (smartness), but I do believe that you are responsible for your thinking process which must be on alert and pushed to further limits, so in that respect, your must work hard, which in return, uses brain power, which in return improves your sensibilities.

Answer 9

You can study til the day you die, but without common sense you got a big pile of factual nothing.

Answer 10

It proves book knowledge. Does nothing for common sense.