Can anyone tell me how to be smarter?

[Nintendesert]

Find someone smarter than you, cut out their liver and feast upon it. Their blood rich organ will nourish your brain and body and bestow upon you their smartiness.

 

[Binarycow]

eat your vegetables!

 

[IronWing]

The smart pill episode was the best Popeye cartoon ever.

 

[MotionMan]

pretty hard to have sex with yourself.

Don't you think that, if he could figure out how to do that, he must be smart?

MotionMan

 

[Joseph F]

 

[MovingTarget]

Go hang out with someone that gives you Brobdingnagian brain-boners. Bonus points if she's hot.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

No.

I find myself wanting to give multiple answers to most of those questions.

 

[Perknose]

Log off.

Don't log on here again.

/thread

 

[The_Dude8]

Don't you think that, if he could figure out how to do that, he must be smart?

MotionMan

That is why married men are smarter compare to the single men.

 

[Dr. Zaus]

I find myself wanting to give multiple answers to most of those questions.

As well you should; everything is context dependent

 

[HamburgerBoy]

As well you should; everything is context dependent

I'm talking about doing them at the same time. I can hum to a guitar line, tap my feet to the drums, and close my eyes and daydream at the same time. I both write and read notes at the same time. I'll organize stuff in my mind, then write it down, and switch back and forth. Etc. I don't see how anyone can get by doing just one.

 

[HybridSquirrel]

become asian.

 

[kyrax12]

become asian.

I am already Asian.

 

[Udgnim]

I am already Asian.

what race of Asian are you?

 

[kyrax12]

what race of Asian are you?

Considering Asian is already a race.. I don't see how it could be a race of a race..

 

[brainhulk]

become asian.

more like get asian parents.

 

[shortylickens]

Challenge your brain.

Read more.

Read brain challenges.

Get the fuck out of ATOT.

 

[yhelothar]

Exercise, especially heavy cardio exercise. It's shown to increase memory capacity.

Play dual-n-back, it's shown to increase working memory capacity and fluid intelligence.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2383929/

Socialize. Extraverts are shown to have higher working memory capacity. It essentially gives you natural adderall by increasing dopamine levels in your striatum/forebrain.
http://journals1.scholarsportal.info/details.xqy?uri=/03010511/v74i0001/46_efadlbciea1a.xml

 

[rocadelpunk]

They have courses that teach you time management.

Join or create a study group (bouncing ideas off others and getting different opinions is a great way to reduce your overall time studying.

Key to any course is to read the chapter and attempt problems that the prof is going to cover beforehand as well as do the homework immediately after lecture while it's still fresh in your mind.

Do you take good notes, do you know how to? Do you have any extra resources you can use like tutoring rooms or purchasing solution manuals to textbooks so you can learn on your own. Are you going to your profs office hours and picking his or her brain?

As far as getting smarter. Read more of everything and discuss it with others whose intelligence you value, form your opinion based on all ideas and information presented. practice practice practice. learn to relax and unwind, go to football games, parties, socialize, ask girls on dates just for the hell of it, get involved with habitat for humanity, etc. Be well rounded in effect.

Set small achievable goals for yourself. Everybody is probably going to say read more. Find a topic you're interested in and say you'll read just 1 more book or article this week. Pick a date and time (right it in your calendar/get a calendar) and commit to it

 

[Joseph F]

Considering Asian is already a race.. I don't see how it could be a race of a race..

I believe what he meant is "What nationality are you?".

 

[shortylickens]

Exercise, especially heavy cardio exercise. It's shown to increase memory capacity.

Play dual-n-back, it's shown to increase working memory capacity and fluid intelligence.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2383929/

Socialize. Extraverts are shown to have higher working memory capacity. It essentially gives you natural adderall by increasing dopamine levels in your striatum/forebrain.
http://journals1.scholarsportal.info/details.xqy?uri=/03010511/v74i0001/46_efadlbciea1a.xml

I heard that, on Cracked.

Which explains a lot actually. As I get fatter I dont feel any smarter, in fact the way school has been going I do feel a little dumber than I did in high school.

 

[Away]

Log off.

Don't log on here again.

/thread

I don't always agree with Perk, but in this case...

:thumbsup:

 

[HybridSquirrel]

I am already Asian.

then god help you, because i cannot

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I heard that, on Cracked.

Which explains a lot actually. As I get fatter I dont feel any smarter, in fact the way school has been going I do feel a little dumber than I did in high school.

I feel like I peaked in elementary school. I remember being a boss in 2nd grade, popular, all the hot chicks loved me, I was reading at a 9th grade level, and could bust out Moose Math like a pro. Now everyone has caught up.

 

[Perknose]

I feel like I peaked in elementary school. I remember being a boss in 2nd grade, popular, all the hot chicks loved me, I was reading at a 9th grade level, and could bust out Moose Math like a pro. Now everyone has caught up.

Look on the bright side. At least you still read at a 9th grade level.