@icyfroth wrote:
Ok I'll bite.
Wer'e just as intelligent as a species as has always been since humans have trod this earth.
Education has been a major factor, but knowledge doesn't necessarily equate to intelligence IMO. It depends on the curriculum and agenda of what's being taught.
I agree that 'knowledge doesn't necessarily equate to intelligence' in the same way that intelligence doesn't equate to knowledge. One can be Intelligent and not have a lot of knowledge AND one can be knowledgeable and not be particularly Intelligent.
Of course, the theory in evolutionary circles is that man is evolving and becoming more Intelligent, which I disagree with. Yes, man is becoming more knowledgeable because of accessibility to past knowledge to learn from.
BUT, where does that past knowledge come from? The answer of course is Intelligent people in past generations have used their Intelligence (and Imagination) to, first of all Learn that knowledge through experimentation (plus expansion of their previous generation's knowledge). With things like advanced communication methods - first of all writing - that learned knowledge has been past on.
Now, with things like the Internet of course, just about all knowledge is easily accessible - this will make us more KNOWLEDGEABLE but NOT NECESSARILY MORE INTELLIGENT.
