By Nature, I Am Not An Optimist,

While We May Continue To Use The Words Smart And Stupid, And While Iq Tests May Persist For Certain Purposes, The Monopoly Of Those Who Believe In A Single General Intelligence Has Come To An End. Brain Scientists And Geneticists Are Documenting The Incredible Differentiation Of Human Capacities, Computer Programmers Are Creating Systems That Are Intelligent In Different Ways, And Educators Are Freshly Acknowledging That Their Students Have Distinctive Strengths And Weaknesses.

I Need To Add That My Work On Multiple Intelligences Received A Huge Boost In 1995 When Daniel Goleman Published His Book On Emotional Intelligence. I Am Often Confused With Dan. Initially, Though Dan And I Are Longtime Friends, This Confusion Irritated Me.

Young Children Possess The Ability To Cut Across The Customary Categories; To Appreciate Usually Undiscerned Links Among Realms, To Respond Effectively In A Parallel Manner To Events Which Are Usually Categorized Differently, And To Capture These Ori

I Am Knowledgeable Enough About The World Of Prizes To Realize That There Is A Large Degree Of Luck - Both For The Recognitions That You Receive And Those That You Did Not.

The Wonderful Thing About The Theater Is That It Can Emphasize Both Our Diversity And Our Common Humanity. In Many Ways, The World Of Shakespeare (or Aeschylus Or Racine) Is Totally Different From Our World; And Yet Any Human Being Can Look Through The Differences In Dress And Mores And Discover Our Common Problems, Passions, And Potentials.