Chapter 1: MI

The basis of the first chapter in this book was primarily geared toward describing the eight intelligences as compliment of Howard Gardner. It was interesting to see that there are people who are very strong in one intelligence but have low levels of others. These people are called savants. Some intelligences like musical can be developed early in life and last until late in one’s life, while others like mathematical don’t develop as fast and stop developing generally by the age of 40. The development of certain intelligences is also based on the times. The example was used where about a hundred years ago emphasis was put on the naturalist intelligence when the majority of people lived rurally and relied on hunting, harvesting. Today a large percentage of the population becomes informed through computers and other forms of technology, where a strong spatial intelligence is developed.