Raising IQs

I’m too tired to say much right now, but I didn’t want let Kristof’s Op-Ed go by without mentioning it.  In his Op-Ed, he talks about Richard Nisbett’s new book “Intelligence and How to Get It,” which addresses how intelligence is formed and what people and nations can do to improve theirs.  Nisbett’s view is that intelligence is highly malleable, especially at young ages.  I’ve read Nisbett’s “Geography of Thought” which compares the thought processes of Westerners vs. Easterners.  Geography of Thought was excellent, and according to Kristof, this new book is excellent too.

My son is going to enter school for the first time next year, so the idea of “building” intelligence is very much on my mind these days–that is, when I’m not too tired to think and be intelligent.  Good night.

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