Howard Gardner was recently asked by The Epoch Times to comment on a new study by SafeHome which ranked U.S. States by intelligence. Gardner’s response to the study was as follows:
“The question of which states are smart makes for an amusing party game, but I don’t take it seriously otherwise,” he said. “It makes no more sense than to ask which countries are smarter.”
“Germany might have been the highest scorer in 1914 and in 1939, and they triggered two disastrous world wars,” he said. “Putting on a judicial hat, I’d say ‘case dismissed.’”
Gardner noted that SafeHome’s use of more than one indicator to weigh various factors is “a positive,” but the overall approach might ignore more nuanced complexities.
“The deeper question is: What is meant by intelligence, and to what extent can intellect be measured by standard instruments?” he said.
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