While we may continue to use the words<br />smart and stupid, and while IQ tests may <br />persist for certain purposes, the monopoly<br />of those who believe in a single general <br />intelligence has come to an end. Brain <br />scientists and geneticists are documenting<br />the incredible differentiation of human capacities, computer programmers are creating systems that are intelligent in different ways, and educators are freshly acknowledging that their students have distinctive strengths and weaknesses.