[reaganaut1]

This Harvard professor and socialist idiot is one of the most influential "intellectuals" in American education, because of his theory of multiple intelligences.

Don't donate to your alma mater if that means subsidizing scum.

[Old Professer]

“As a psychologist, Howard Gardner is best known for his theory of multiple intelligences, first propounded in 1983 in one of his two dozen books, Frames of Mind. Intelligence, he posits, isn’t a single faculty that can be measured with a standard IQ test. Instead, humans have several forms of this commodity, some of which show up in nonacademic pursuits—music-making, for instance.”

I’ve been wondering where this notion originated - my experience is that it has become nearly universal as it tends to make people feel better about not being one of the gifted or worse, not even the dreaded average.

It has been my contention and has been since I was six, that intelligence is simply the ability to learn.

The greater the intelligence, the quicker and more capacious the mind can encompass knowledge and then have it at hand to put to some use.

Notice, I didn’t say a good use or a profitable use in building wealth or even an altruistic use as others define it.

Some people are content merely to know and to know they can know more when that is not enough.

The rest are jealous or nonchalant or aggrieved.

His $4 million times 300 million people leaves an awful lot for the government to divide - which is probably what drives his calculus.

[cynwoody]

If there’s a Republican administration after the next election, I would join in efforts for some sort of secession. It’s not the same country anymore.

Sounds good to me, Howard. It would be a much improved country without you.

[ikka]

Let’s ban college endowment funds that are over $4 Billion per year then, as well!

[Enchante]

Prof. Howard Gardner: my theory is that there are multiple intelligences. Unfortunately, like Paul Krugman, I didn’t get any of them!

[achilles2000]

I’m for Gardner’s proposal as long as professors can’t make more than $10,000/year...

[RJL]

Howard Gardner argued in the spring for upper limits on the amount of income an American should be allowed to keep and the amount of wealth that can be passed on to beneficiaries ($4 million a year and $200 million, respectively

This Harvard professor and socialist idiot is one of the most influential "intellectuals" in American education, because of his theory of multiple intelligences.

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I agree with Howard, but we need to start by confiscating Harvard University's wealth. I know it's still a lot of money but perhaps a $100 million cap for Harvard to start.
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[Malsua]

Suppose I am the CEO of such a company that could pay me well more than 4 mill a year. Since more than 4 mill is confiscated, my salary would be 4 million.

The company would provide me with everything else as compensation. What part of that is this Marxist missing?

[NativeSon]

Howard Gardner: ban annual incomes above $4 million

What possible reason would one want to control the earning potention of an American? The only true reason next to immature jealousy is to stiffle the American dream and therefore America's domminance.

And besides, what's this clown gonna' do, come and take 2.5M$/yr away from me? ... pysch

[StormEye]

"...upper limits on the amount of income an American should be allowed to keep and the amount of wealth that can be passed on to beneficiaries ($4 million a year and $200 million, respectively). “It makes sense to be moderate politically only if there are two sides willing to ...."

Ok. Then all of those liberal Hollywood leftists who demand fifeteen to twenty million dollars per movie can just hand over the difference to me and others. And professor -- if you should happen win a $100 million dollar lottery jackpot, I expect you to only take $4 million of it home. And if any business you start should happen to have more than four million in revenue, please just donate the surplus to the US Treasury and don't forget to pay the income tax on four million.

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Kind of a silly controversy. Harvard is its own little universe and doesn't have much in common with the rest of the country or the world.

And the people who work their don't necessarily have that much contact with each other. They're all in their offices doing their own thing.

Gardner's suggestion was one of 21 given by various "experts." Article here. It's basically just academics who live in their own little world shooting the breeze.

And Gardner's like that math professor who decided to take an algorithm for his middle name.