…begin by asking another question, which is this. What would have happened to a child with an IQ, say, equal to that of Isaac Newton if he had been born in a family of Upper Paleolithic cave dwellers from 15,000 to 20,000 years ago? The biologists assure…

…or a hunter, which was what his whole culture was based upon. And even if he had had this gigantic IQ of Isaac Newton, he would never have gone beyond the very narrow horizon which the cave dwellers were capable of seeing. Now, it is interesting.…

…begin by asking another question, which is this. What would have happened to a child with an IQ, say, equal to that of Isaac Newton if he had been born in a family of Upper Paleolithic cave dwellers from 15,000 to 20,000 years ago. The biologists assure…

…gatherer or a hunter, which was what his whole culture was based upon. And even if he had had this gigantic IQ of Isaac Newton, he would never have gone beyond the very narrow horizon which the cave dwellers were capable of seeing. Now, it is, of…

…him. And Helvetius made the a somewhat astonishing statement, that any shepherd boy of the Civennes could be turned into an Isaac Newton by suitable education. And this sort of view prevailed, I think, to a considerable extent among the thinkers of the…