Can anyone tell me how to be smarter?

[kyrax12]

I am in college right now and I want to know how to become smarter at my studies.

I am devoting at least 40 hours a week studying but I also want to know how to improve my reading comprehension, memorization and just brain power in general without taking any drugs.

Thank you smart people of Anandtech!

 

[Dr. Zaus]

Can anyone tell me how to be smarter?

No.

 

[DominionSeraph]

Read.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Color your hair.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Read more. Not fiction, and not the kind of pop self-help drivel, but books that make you think, and that can teach you *how* to think, not *what* to think.

The rest of it is the same. You want new ways of approaching things - new ways of learning and processing information, new ways of applying knowledge, etc.

And please, for the love of God take a critical thinking course. It's so important but so often neglected these days.

 

[LagunaX]

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com...-5-ways-to-maximize-your-cognitive-potential/

 

[Leros]

I have no idea. My memorization and reading comprehension are awful. I majored in an engineering major which allowed me to remember only a few basic facts and then use logical reasoning to help remember anything else. I'm very good at that.

 

[nboy22]

adderall

 

[brainhulk]

40 hrs/week? take a break, party, drink. oh and...

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC20965/

 

[PliotronX]

Cardio. More blood to the brain.

 

[dmcowen674]

Can anyone tell me how to be smarter?

Learn from reading my posts and predictions.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Cardio. More blood to the brain.

Less pr0n. Also more blood to the brain

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

Learn how to defend yourself on the Internet

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Less pr0n. Also more blood to the brain

+1

Go have sex instead of jerking it

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

+1

Go have sex instead of jerking it

haha lol:thumbsup:

 

[Jeff7]

No.

"you answered A-11 B-2 C-3
based on this info you are probably
a Visual
learner."
Shocking. Shocking, I tells ya!

I have no idea. My memorization and reading comprehension are awful. I majored in an engineering major which allowed me to remember only a few basic facts and then use logical reasoning to help remember anything else. I'm very good at that.

And people think it's weird when I don't know my age off the top of my head. Every year I'd have to remember a new number. But if I just remember my birth date, which is a piece of static data, I can recalculate my current age on the fly, as-needed.

That frees up loads of extra memory, allowing me to remember many snippets of meaningless and pedantic trivia.

 

[IronWing]

Read.

This. And walk.

 

[MotionMan]

No.

combo of Visual and Kinesthetic learner

Whatever. I generally learn by Osmosis.

MotionMan

 

[The_Dude8]

+1

Go have sex instead of jerking it

pretty hard to have sex with yourself.

 

[The_Dude8]

Read more. Not fiction, and not the kind of pop self-help drivel, but books that make you think, and that can teach you *how* to think, not *what* to think.

The rest of it is the same. You want new ways of approaching things - new ways of learning and processing information, new ways of applying knowledge, etc.

And please, for the love of God take a critical thinking course. It's so important but so often neglected these days.

any books recommedation?

 

[IronWing]

pretty hard to have sex with yourself.

It just takes practice and a willingness to let go of what you thought were absolute limitations.

 

[LTC8K6]

Hang around with people dumber than you.

 

[Matthiasa]

Become smarter or have higher gpa?
As for reading comprehension perhaps those stupid reading programs that they use to advertise on tv would help.

 

[TecHNooB]

Know what you don't know and ask questions!

 

[busydude]

Be active, workout and play.