Play is a Meta Intelligence

Play is more than learning

Play has been completly underestimated and undervalued throughout every aspect of society,religious,social,political,philisophical, and intellectual.It is still a relatively new phenomenon which is being researched And those who have in the past researched it, such as psychologists, have used it basically to justify their own personal theories on cognitive development, how one learns and thinks, practically reducing play to a sideline and a preoccupation only for children.The stigma and taboo of play needs to be adressed.Play is why we are hereHuman beings are playing.If you dont know how to play,you will never learn anything new. Take for example the theories from Gardener regarding the 7 intelligences.
For me Play is the metamodel to all models of learning (intelligence). The glue which glues them all together. If you cannot play there is no quality learning. Playing is the best way to learn, and the only way where you feel good about what you learn. Some people argue that Play and learning are the same...I disagree.Play and learning.......they may sit on the same table like salt and pepper, but nobody is going to convince me that salt is pepper.