Brendan Kelly Ph.D.

Brendan Kelly is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. He is author of over 50 books including the recent "Intelligence, IQ & Perception", and "Intelligence: Where we Were, Where we Are & Where we’re Going." He holds two doctorate degrees: a Ph.D. in Mathematics (Number Theory) from U. of T. and an Ed.D. in Computer Applications from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, and he curates his site on Quora titled, “IQ & Intelligence.”

What is the Hidden Peril in the Unrelenting Decline in American Education?

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On October 4, 2023, the New York Times published an article by journalist Jessica Grose titled, Teachers Can’t Hold Students Accountable. It’s Making the Job Miserable. In her article, Jessica describes the current crisis in American Education. Her article presents evidence of declining student performance in mathematics and language, grade inflation, increasing student absenteeism and …

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How important is a person’s biological heritage to their sense of self and Identity?

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Waxing eloquent on group membership, comedian Julius “Groucho” Marx famously said, “I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.” In spite of his assertion, Groucho belonged to a variety of in-groups. As one of 5 brothers born in Manhattan to Jewish parents of German and French extraction, his …

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What is the relationship between brain size and intelligence?

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Autopsies on prominent humans enabled the investigation of intelligence relative to brain size. Though some highly intelligent people were found to have possessed significantly larger than average brains, there were many who did not. Gauss, regarded by historians of mathematics as one of the three greatest mathematicians of all time, weighed in at what has …

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What is the downside of knowing your IQ Score on a standardized IQ test like WAIS IV?

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The greatest downside to knowing your IQ on a standardized IQ test is that it may cause you to put a ceiling on your personal expectations We must remember that an IQ test is a brief snapshot of some of your cognitive skills– a snapshot that has a reasonably large margin of error. Scoring 110 …

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What is meant by the quote, “The frailty of genius is that it Needs an audience.”

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A work of art, music, mathematics, or literature can be judged as a “work of genius” only if it has someone to appreciate its value. A symphony of Beethoven might be described as a work of genius by members of a large community, but it might not be considered a work of genius if it …

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