Like me, I study so hard on exam and yet I do worse than the guy that never even studied and got a way higher grade
Come on now, that just really shows natural smartness
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To answer your question, we’d have to know exactly how the brain works, and how awareness and thoughts are achieved, and unfortunately we don’t really. Neurons are interconnected and fire, transmitting pulses to each other, etc., but there’s a big gap of knowledge going from that to “awareness.” If you look at research and scientific articles on how the brain works, we’ve identified areas of the brain that are responsible for various things (vision, hearing, thought, emotions, etc.), but that’s kinda like “Hey, this area at the front of the car must be responsible for why the wheel spin when you push the gas pedal.”
So yeah, it’s likely that some people are born smart.
But it’s not just that.
[Children go through stages of development](https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/index.html), and extensive research points out that the first few months and years are extremely important for a child’s progress; the brain is very hungry for information and the baby progresses in “intelligence and awareness levels” (being able to recognize themselves in a mirror, learning languages, learning to lie / think logically / etc., learning emotions and how to deal with them). There’s a lot of “training of the brain” going on, and parents, grandparents, and other caretakers play a huge role in it.
And then you never stop learning. You always study, learn, and exercise your brainpower, thus improving it.
So ultimately it’s not all “natural”, its also very much “trained”.
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