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Mass Schooling Invented Smart and Dumb: Here's How It Happened - Stanley - Jan 15, 2026
Mass Schooling Invented “Smart” and “Dumb”: Here's How It Happened
The concept of a fixed "general intelligence" is a historical artefact of the Prussian school system and early 20th-century bureaucracy. IQ tests primarily measure your ability to succeed in 19th-century academic environments and can be "gamed" with practice. Real intelligence is high-dimensional, domain-specific, and best developed through self-paced learning, ruthless iteration, and following genuine interest rather than standardized metrics.
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