[Iceberg Slim]

Less time on sherdog!

[Ghost Dog]

like someone else said previously... your brain too needs to be excercised. also, how would you define intelligence? a larger vocabulary, more common sense, awareness of current events, spirituality, knowledge of who you are?

all these things come into play... that being said, i would start first, with reading a lot more. go down to the bookstore and get books that will challenge you. read the classics, read some best sellers... just read. also as a sidenote, the people that i have found to be 'most intelligent' are the ones who truly know who they are.... peaceful and accepting people.

[VTJas81]

Originally Posted by Tiger_vs_Mantis

many of those IQ tests are based on modes of thought that, once you have been introduced to them, make it easier to score higher on subsequent tests, so scoring higher on these tests doesn't mean you are really getting smarter. now that i have taken so many of these test I know that anytime I see a number I shouldn't just think of it as a pure number, but I also think of other things, like how that number is spelled, or ignoring the numeric value and concentrating only on its symbolic representation. thinking this way has almost no real benefit in real-life problem solving in my experience, so that is why I say that becoming familiar with these modes of thought doesn't equate to being smarter

Your correct. But I believe it only contributes to a certain degree. I first took those online iq tests over 5 years ago scoring similar between tests with some outliers of course. But there was no upward trend in scores as would be expected by myself consistently practicing them. . This summer I was bored and unemployed so I took a new crop of them with many questions I never seen before, and I scored much higher on these than before. I think one large reason was because of my engineering education. It challenged my mind and taught me a lot of thinking skills. It also greatly improved my math and problem solving skills. I bought a logic workbook a few months ago and my logical reasoning is a lot better now. My verbal skills still suck though but I believe its because its been untrained. But anyways I believe IQ tests are a good way of tracking your progress. They might have flaws but if over a lifetime, for example, you see a decline in IQ scores than you can assume your mental capacities are in decline.

[JeremiahBailey]

You can't fix stupid.

[Tiger_vs_Mantis]

Originally Posted by VTJas81

Your correct. But I believe it only contributes to a certain degree. I first took those online iq tests over 5 years ago scoring similar between tests with some outliers of course. But there was no upward trend in scores as would be expected by myself consistently practicing them. . This summer I was bored and unemployed so I took a new crop of them with many questions I never seen before, and I scored much higher on these than before. I think one large reason was because of my engineering education. It challenged my mind and taught me a lot of thinking skills. It also greatly improved my math and problem solving skills. I bought a logic workbook a few months ago and my logical reasoning is a lot better now. My verbal skills still suck though but I believe its because its been untrained. But anyways I believe IQ tests are a good way of tracking your progress. They might have flaws but if over a lifetime, for example, you see a decline in IQ scores than you can assume your mental capacities are in decline.

I think 5 years is a reasonable amount of time for you to have fully absorbed the new ways of thinking that you were being exposed to when you were taking all of those IQ tests.

your engineering education might explain why you are good at IQ tests, but does it explain why your score changed over time?

declining IQ scores does not imply declining mental capacities, not overall anyway. it could mean that your brain is dedicated to different ways of thinking at the time. even more likely is that the nature of the test has changed over time. past tests might have been weighted more towards verbal skills and later tests might be more weighted towards math.

[bRaT]

Originally Posted by VTJas81

Recently I've been very interested in learning how to boost my brainpower. I bought a bunch of puzzle books, a concentration cd, and neurobic software. Im big on self help products. I bought several books before that changed my life. Does anyone have suggestions or experience with a particular product? Something to improve attention, cognitive speed and power, IQ, etc. Any websites to check out? I know some of you are big on the genetics thing and people not being able to improve fluid intelligence but I think we all have untapped potential.

Stay away from Churches and places of deity worship. Scientology too.

[HUNTERMANIA!!!]

LMAO ^^^

I'd say pretty much what these guys are saying.. practice makes perfect. Keep doing things that push your mind and it will grow.

[VoLTesV]

brain age for the ds...lol

[IGORYU]

huh?

[Soulfly]

Originally Posted by JeremiahBailey

You can't fix stupid.

Ahahaha, +1.