Pretty amusing. He watched it and still made the same argument I gave but now you refuse to 'discuss it intelligently' with him and revert to insults.
Seems you need more than just some brain exercises.
u can make yourself smarter
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Seems you need more than just some brain exercises.
No, you said you watched "this show". To me this means you watched one show.
So, I pointed out there were at least three shows.
Unsure if there are more than three shows which is why I stated: "I believe there are only 3 shows". The implications of said statement is : there may be more than 3 shows. If you know of more than three shows please let me know about them.
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The photo is not meant to be an insult (if that is what you meant). More than happy to discuss it which is why I pointed out there are three shows to be watched.
I agree with Schlong that intelligence is much more than thinking speed and better memory. I was hasty to state it was a matter of semantics when all he wanted to do was enter into an intelligent discussion. Thank you for correcting me
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Really?
Playing Call of Duty all day long will improve thinking speed, attention and memory. But I don't think it makes you "smarter".
You seem to consume a great deal of online information, but I recognize you as lacking the ability to make much use of it to make you someone I consider "smart".
To me, "smart" carries a connotation of intelligence. Faster thinking or better memory don't make you "smarter".
Actually, I agree.
IMHO, understanding complexities and abstruse concepts makes you smarter. Einstien was "smart". He could conceptualize brilliantly, was very good at math etc.
But the docs suggest more than increased brain speed and better memory. They suggest increased creativity and that is making you smarter.
One of the most fascinating parts of the docs was where they slowed down the part of the brain that does critical thinking, through electrical stimulation, and while that part of the mind had slowed (the effect is temporary) the author became more creative. It is as though critical thinking blocks creative thinking.
How long until they learn how to increase all components of intelligence? The idea that abstruse cognitive abilities at high abstract levels is set and cannot be increased smells like another fallacy that science will prove wrong as it has proven other preconceived beliefs wrong throughout history.
Although any of your results will be subjective and therefore hard to judge, I am curious how this program will work out for you.
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That IS interesting.
Conceptually I can understand the sense in that, not sure what the science says.
Indeed
Coleridge wrote Xanadu while on heroin
He said it shut down his critical brain and allowed his free creative thought to take over
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
...
Five miles meandering with a mazy motion
Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,
Then reached the caverns measureless to man,
...
It was a miracle of rare device,
A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!
...
I would build that dome in air,
That sunny dome! those caves of ice!
And all who heard should see them there,
And all should cry, Beware! Beware!
His flashing eyes, his floating hair!
Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread
For he on honey-dew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of Paradise. (heroin?)
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That may explain the pervasiveness of heroin use among the jazz greats and innovators.
Individual and collective improvisation an essential element in jazz, unlike most other musical forms.
I never really considered it that way.
I would love to see the scholarly articles about how hard drugs like heroin make you smarter. I'm sure the view that drug addicts are just making themselves smarter will catch on.
(for every 'genius' heroin user, how many people just ended up with destroyed lives?)
So would I. I would be eager to know if heroin shuts down your critical brain and opens up your creative brain. Too bad such studies are illegal as well as studies on psychedelics.
While I would never advice heroin use because of its addictive qualities, it is not the drug that destroys lives but its illegality. Lots of heroin addicts function quite well if they can get their daily dose.
I once had a customer who bought me juggling balls for my birthday. Does that mean he thought I was dumb?!? LOL
