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How do I become more intelligent?

>> No.15332069
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>>15332056
Start with the Greeks.

>> No.15332074

>>15332056
Start with the Somalis.

>> No.15332096

>>15332069
nice ass.
Is there an updated chart for the greeks?

>> No.15332142

>>15332069
I wanted to pursue philosophy further in my college but I'm unlikely to succeed in that field. Recommended readings? In my intro class we read the crito, phaedo, and euthyphro as well as pondered on many other base topics. Much of that knowledge I feel I've forgotten somewhat by now.

>> No.15332382

Bump

>> No.15332398

>>15332096
Read Plato and then read Aristotle

>> No.15332481

>>15332398
I actually memed my friend into doing this. He's a bit of a tard though, didn't even know who Achilles was. He should have really had some familiarity with the subject before starting.

>> No.15332525

>>15332398
>>15332481
Which works would you suggest?

>> No.15332551

>>15332525
Read something that gives you a background knowledge first. I'd do the Greek Myths by Graves. Then move chronologically through Greek philosophy.

>> No.15332556

>>15332551
>>15332481
Don't do this. Secondary texts are cancer. Jump straight into it. Plato doesn't use strange terms.

>> No.15332561

>>15332556
Usually I would agree but if you're retarded like my mate, whenever Plato brings up some person in his texts he autisitically asks me who they are.
Sometimes you really need some extra context.

>> No.15332746

leave 4chan

>> No.15332782

>>15332056
Honestly the best way to become smart is to admit you know nothing. The worst thing is to walk around thinking your hot shit because you took a class or read a book.

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>>15332056
Engage in novel problem solving across a variety of mediums. and learn to cross pollinate strategies and techniques from in between mediums. Use the concepts of compositional balance in painting in the completing of flavors in your cooking. try and pull apart and repair a vacuum cleaner, then try the same process - recognizing the steps and also the arrangements of components - in another appliance. Once you've mastered something - MOVE ON. Don't try to get efficient with your problem solving, just get to the point where you can do it without error, don't bother about getting fast... if you want 'intelligence' then you want breadth.
If you play a musical instrument - say a stringed one like guitar or cello, now try and learn something percussive or even go abstract and try and make music on a sequencer.

>> No.15334053

>>15332096
>updated
>the greeks

>> No.15335546

>>15332056
Learn a variety of skills in different areas e.g. mechanical, language, etc. Go deep enough to do something useful with each. Your brain will grow accordingly, eventually increasing your G.

>> No.15335800

>>15332056
Not possible as an adult. There's plenty to learn, of course.

>> No.15335833

>>15332056
Don't do it anon. I did that once and it was horrible.

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>>15332056
I know, but I aint gonna tell your ass.

>> No.15335862

>>15332556
>>15332561
Plato will not make you smart. If you are not already smart you will not pick up on the important parts of the book and will only see it for face value. Every time I show retarded people plato they focus on the material things discussed in the dialogues.

>> No.15335872

>>15332924
OCD

>> No.15337083

>>15335862
>Every time I show retarded people plato they focus on the material things discussed in the dialogues.

Like what? I've read the crito, phaedo, and euthyphro and was able to pick up the abstract concepts. I'm not sure what you mean by "material things".

>> No.15337104

>>15332056
Define intelligent.

>> No.15337418

>>15337104
Improve problem solving skills and overall cognition.

>> No.15337706

>>15337418
Learn to do meditation where you think nothing and achieve a still mind. Then, so dual n-back or similar training to increase short term memory. Then, take drugs such as noopept or aniracetam. Work on having patience and a very calm temper. Buddhism or stoic books might help. Develop curiosity and emotional intelligence. Learn logic and reasoning, and how to understand and argue well.

t. Programmer

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>tfw only 115 iq

>> No.15337762

You can become more knowledgeable but you cannot become more intelligent.

Sorry that you've lost the nature/nurture lottery as I have.

>> No.15337767

>>15337732
Lucky for you you're an amerimutt which means you only speak one language so if you just go learn another then you'll break 120.

>> No.15337785

>>15337762
Not true. You actually can become more intelligent. Don't believe the memes.

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>>15337767
I'm a third worlder

>> No.15337811

>>15332056
You can't, you can only become more knowledgeable. The nature side of intelligence is determined at birth and the nurture side of intelligence is set by 15.

>> No.15337817

>>15337811
Any proof to back such claim?

>> No.15337952

>>15332056
Well, one definite way to at least appear more intelligent is to not tell people how intelligent you are or think you are in someway super intelligent.

>> No.15337954

>>15332056
If by intelligence you mean developing a solvent intellect (intelligence could come in the form of psychomotricity for example), i'd say that its core is the acquisition and integration of methods of thinking and their gradual complexification. This firstly must be done through the development of a discipline, discipline that starts with the learning of methods of thinking. That's what intellectual formation as we know it has worked until now. Search for the methodology and put it into practice in whatever field you want to develop.

>> No.15338042

>>15337817
If you were intelligent it would be self-evident a priori. So I guess you're not intelligent.

>> No.15338045

>>15332056
>>15337954
I'm a proof as well as some people i know. I've been what could be known as "average" until i hit 25, when i started studying philosophy. I've had the best qualifications in my promotion and now at my 30's i've just started a phd abroad. That doesn't prove anything, i also have some dumb friends that are doing a phd, but it's the anecdotal evidence i can give you.
I can't go into much more detail i can't write to fluently in english.

>> No.15338082

>>15337809
He said amerimutt, we know you're a third worlder.

>> No.15338106

>>15338042
You're doing a empirical claim. You need to back that with proof, there's nothing a priori about your asertion.

>> No.15338163

>>15332056
>more intelligent
intelligenter*

>> No.15338383

>>15338082
Being called an american is the most insulting thing Ive read on 4chan

>> No.15339634

>>15338045
What's your first language?

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>>15338106
>You need to back that with proof
No I don't.