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Originally posted by sugar and spice
I'm not flaming you, just questioning why you think that. How would you back that up? How would you define "intelligence"?
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Actually, think about it like this - I think everyone will agree that attending college is neither a necessary nor sufficient condition for having 'intelligence' (which I'll politely refuse to define specifically).
However, if we say that 'intelligence' is something that is quantifiable, and that 'intelligent' people are those who have above-average intelligence, I think it's more likely that someone that is 'intelligent' has a college degree of some sort.
There are certainly exceptions, but we even note these people as exceptions - "He didn't go to college, but he's very bright, just not into school" or "he's very creative, but not a test-taker" and so on.
However, this link is probably not causative - think of the avalanche of people from our generation that have a college degree (even a moderately unimportant one, like say mine), as well as the way that people quantify 'intelligence' (it's probably related to, say, money or attitude, no?).
Not that I'm really agreeing with any other points in this thread (honestly, James is right on here, in many ways) - just musing a little. Work is boring.