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Does someone with 'normal IQ' (85 - 110) have the capability to not only learn but comprehend anything?

Asked by dotlin (422points) September 12th, 2010

Can someone with average intelligence learn and comprehend any topic? (Rocket science, string theory, etc etc)
What inspired this thought:
“Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I’ll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select – doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors. I am going beyond my facts and I admit it, but so have the advocates of the contrary and they have been doing it for many thousands of years.” – Watson

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