A Farewell to typing

There are many different views out in the world and opposites aren't as clear cut as they may appear. Over the last twelve weeks I've been enhancing my understanding of these views to help make me a better person. I enjoyed these topics as I love thinking analytically and philosophically, however this style of learning views and being open minded has made me question my own views and convictions. A famous psychologist named Karen Horney said "Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve conflict. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist."

As time goes on I'm learning that life is the best teacher. I've been let down by my efforts to understand other view points since I see problems in all of them. I end up unable to adequately take a side that I agree with fully. When pertaining to Democrat or Republican I can't call myself either but I have found myself at a cross between the constitutionalist and Libertarian Parties.  

Democrats and Republicans both have valid arguments for gun control, gay marriage, abortion, euthanasia, and taxes. The problem is both sides have exceptionally great flaws within them that lead to a lacking in a dominant firm belief to me and most likely other independents and moderates. I don't know if this makes me open minded or close minded to both there side. 

As my last post pointed out intelligence is not measurable by  a test. For a while I wanted to learn my IQ but then I realized how little it matters. In life I have learned more outside of school than I have in school. One quote that I have come to agree with over the years is one by the famous writer, Mark Twain,"Don't let schooling interfere with your education." While famous german scientist, Albert Einstein said "Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school." 

Aristotle Once said "It is the mark of an educated mind to entertain a thought without accepting it."He also stated that "the roots of education are bitter but the fruits are sweet." Basically education is found in life and according to American philosopher, John Dewey  "education isn't preparation for life, education is life itself." 

The key to all of this is simply that I need to educate myself in ways other than the traditional schooling style of studying. Although I need this for my degree and to accomplish certain tasks and career requirements, the majority of what I will learn about people and the world is from going out and experiencing it. It doesn't matter how many people tell you about wind, lightning,rain, or snow until you personally experience it you don't understand it. 

So I am putting an end to my blog posts on this website, at least for now. I have a new journey to embark upon and hopefully end up successfully understanding others in a new light. I have decided this research and goal is way too elaborate to make posts that fully cover or explain a complete thought or idea. I'm quite positive I've inaccurately portrayed some individuals ideals in the course of my posts and for those I'm sorry. I will end my final post with a quote from Mark Twain "All generalizations are dangerous, especially this one."

Intelligence

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word genius? Maybe it's Einstein, or maybe someone with glasses, or a lab coat. Whatever it is  most likely would be stereotypical and have something to do with an academic genius. A genius as defined by the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary is "extraordinary intellectual power especially as manifested in creative activities."  Now intellectual is based on intelligence which has multiple levels associated with it.

Howard Gardner, a famous modern psychologist, concluded a theory of multiple intelligences and states that not all kinds can be tested with paper and pencil. The types are bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, verbal linguistic, logical-mathematical, naturalistic, intrapersonal, visual spatial, and musical. These types of intelligence have become popular in the psychological community since the theory came out in the mid 80s. It was designed to help with the many styles of learning produced by people. Most people don't belong to one specific type only.

The bodily-kinesthetic type of intelligence is an athletic kind of intelligence and is typically more hands on. This is using a physical movement to help memorize or learn something. Most athletes become good through repetition due to this kind of intelligence.

Interpersonal intelligence is in layman's terms a people skills trait. This is a type of intelligence revolved around understanding how to effectively communicate with others. People that are good at this are successful teachers, politicians, managers, salespeople, or religious leaders.

The next type of intelligence is for rhetoricians, writers, poets, and some teachers and is called verbal linguistics. This is for those who are sensitive to spoken and written language along with being able to debate very well. They can be philosophical and looked upon as highly intelligent by there ability to use superb sentence structure. 

Intelligence is typically categorized under this grouping of logical mathematical. This is the most self explanatory kind of intelligence as it is the one found on IQ tests and it is used for mathematical and scientific type people. These people may looked upon as geniuses but anyone who fits any category strongly is actually a genius. 

The added in form of intelligence by Gardner in 1997 was naturalistic. This kind of intelligence is used for farmers and people that are big on nature and weather without any technology. They can tell by the sky what the weather will be and what time of day it is along with being able to care for livestock. They typically learn through being outdoors. This intelligence is criticized as not be an intelligence type but an interest. 

This next type of intelligence is for the loners that like to be alone and concentrate on there interests. They are deep thinkers and pretty philosophical or scientific individuals. They prefer to analyze themselves and study the human mind through there own eyes.

If you are good with Sudokus, Rubik's Cubes, Tetris, or any other puzzle solving logic you are a part of the visual spatial intelligence. You would most likely have a high correlation with the mathematical and logical intelligence. This intelligence can be looked upon as a useless talent unless in the right field.

The last intelligence type is musical which explains itself. If you have a good sense of  rhythm, beats, tones and other basic musical skills to write, compose, or play music you have this intelligence. The term musical or lyrical genius has been used to describe people belonging to this group of Gardner's view. 

Out of all of these intelligence groupings it should become prominent that mostly everyone holds multiple levels of intelligence and just because someone doesn't have a high IQ doesn't mean they aren't intelligent or even exempt from being a genius. People are different but if everyone had one type of intelligence or every type the world would be a boring place with no new ideas or views.