Becoming More Intelligent?

[Mole]

We all want to live in a better house. We all want to drive a better car. We all want to work in a better job. And we all want a better spouse. But none of us want to be more intelligent. This is because we see in gestalts. Gestaults are illusionary and we have the illusion that we see the whole when we don't. And seeing the whole we can see no need and no way and no necessity to be more intelligent. After all, we can see it all.

And the fact that we game intelligence tests reveals the truth about us.

 

[Ghost of the dead horse]

Wanna become more intelligent? Use your time on the best intellectual pursuits know to you, plus two. Avoid using too much alcohol, or starch, or sugar. You should do fine.

It's pretty hard to find intellectual pursuits that outclass your current ability severely. Most likely you're overestimate what's "hard" and you'll do much too easy tasks, which will help you nothing.

 

[Smilephantomhive]

Wanna become more intelligent? Use your time on the best intellectual pursuits know to you, plus two. Avoid using too much alcohol, or starch, or sugar. You should do fine.

It's pretty hard to find intellectual pursuits that outclass your current ability severely. Most likely you're overestimate what's "hard" and you'll do much too easy tasks, which will help you nothing.

Interesting, do you know of any ways to help people find things that truly challenge them?

 

[Tellenbach]

There are various techniques (drugs, meditation, music, intense physical activity) that have been employed through the ages that enable people to enter ecstasis, "an altered state where our normal waking consiousness vanishes completely, replaced by an intense euphoria and a powerful connection to a greater intelligence." In this state, people become much more creative and are able to learn things 5 times faster.

From "Stealing Fire":

And it doesn't seem to matter which technique we deploy: mindfulness training, technological stimulation or pharmacological priming, the end results are substantial. Consider the gains: a 200% boost in creativity, a 490% boost in learning, a 500% boost in productivity.

This is the next big thing in self-improvment and self-hacking. All the techniques involve slowing down the prefrontal cortex so that you aren't distracted by external stimuli and are able to concentrate more on the present.

 

[rav3n]

IMSO, intelligence is a genetic vessel where individuals maximise by filling it with knowledge and subsequently organising the contents with wisdom. In other words there's a variable (reliant on genetics) top end where most don't reach their top end because they're too lazy.