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arildno said:Those who think "intellectual" capacities are in some deep, mysterious ways different from "physical" capacities (like dexterity, capacity for swift acceleration of the body etc.) or "aesthetic" capacities (like musicality or an eye for visual harmony) are the ones upon the burden of evidence lies, not upon those who think the intellectual capacities might be as variable as any other capacity.
For those who think there are "so many factors" that might explain away different Levels of performance, those are the one to come up With evidence that those factors are..significant enough.
If you rip some muscle, damage some limb, or otherwise cause severe damage to something that impacts your dexterity or mobility (something not in the brain), will the body adapt and restore that function for you? I'm pretty sure there are cases where people lose their sight, but recover because the brain "rewires". Nobody is denying that there is variability in the biology. The actual question is whether or not minor variability in the brain, variability that does not dramatically impair the individual, can prohibit the learning of certain ideas.
There is nothing set in stone about where the burden lies. It is each our own responsibility to reconcile our own conflicting ideas. So are you going to say that the brain does not exhibit any sort of robustness to variability or damage?
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