/sci/ - Science & Math

>>9766752
Maybe

>>9766769
wat?

>>9766752 IQ is genetic, nothing you can do to improve it. At least not with the current technology available.

>>9766752
Paint urself a white colour nigger

>>9766805
depressing

100% retarded. IQ exists in the brain and the brain is plastic. So yes you can improve it. Don't believe the fixed-mindset merchant.

>>9766816
you can't teach a rat to read a book

>>9766816
Doesn't IQ correlate to simple reaction time and a whole bunch of other shit? How do you use brain plasticity to make the brain itself process things faster?

>>9766846
Terrible analogy.

Rats are constrained to being rats. No rat will ever surpass a threshold intelligence; the same applies to humans. All species have a bounds on their intelligence but this bounding does not imply that a particular member of the species can not improve their IQ.

Brainlet confirmed.

>>9766816
Correct.

>>9766854
kys

>>9766752
IQ isn't set in stone, so yes.

>>9766872
Not an argument. Thanks for your concession.

>>9766752
Learn math, stimulate your mind as much as you can, drop drugs and alcohol except for caffeine (speed will only benefit you if used sparesly, and then again not worth it if youre playing the long game.) Also, consume fish oil to preserve your current brain

>>9766883
When i mean stimulate your brain, play alot of vidya (not lumiosity shit or fps/action games)

>>9766874
lol

Nicotine alone has been shown to increase IQ scores by 6 points.

>>9766934
S?

Just study shit at the pace you can retain them. Even if it would take you 4x the amount of time, as long as you get it its fine. Remember the quote "If you can resolve 1 problem, you've done most than those that thought they could do 0" -popsci cuck

Ok smartasses help a brainlet out if you are so smart.

What are the percentages of 70
>29.5
>30

I know like 30 and 29.5 are less than 50% of 70, but how much?

>>9766852
Rewrite old neural pathways with new shorter/better connected ones.

At least that's how i'd imagine it based on knowledge of a computer networks and routing protocols.

T. Network Engineer.

>>9766998
_)_

>>9766998
How much of 70 is 29,5 and 30? or rather 70x=29,5 or 30 or x=29,5/70=29,5/70*100% since 100%=1

>>9766998
m8
70/100x30

>>9767030
this man is on meth

wait wot

>>9767052
wat?

>>9766752
Do nootropics

https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/03/01/2016-nootropics-survey-results/
https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/02/16/nootropics-survey-results-and-analysis/
https://www.braintropic.com/

Don't worry about it.
The entire concept of IQ is bollocks - all it measures is how good you are at taking tests. It has little correlation to how well you can perform actual useful tasks.
It is a construct designed to reinforce a specific way of looking at the world, nothing more.

>>9767120
t.brainlet

Learn a second language to improve your brain's plasticity.

>>9768131
or dose LSD

>>9766752
IQ is about 80% heritable within the range of environments of America. It's mostly just genetic.

That said, while IQ is important in life, it's not the end-all for "being smart". There are a lot of things you can do to improve memory, self-discipline, problem solving skills etc. outside the general Intelligence factor.

>>9766805
You can boost your IQ by a couple of points through “excercise” like mathematics or language learning. And by a couple I really mean a couple. Like, 2 points.

>>9768172
keki

>>9768172
t.brainlet

>>9766752
If you use "low IQ" as an excuse not to put in 110% then it's not your IQ that's the problem

>>9768187
>>9768583
its been proven that iq can be increased by a couple of points brainlets you just cant go from 100 to 120 only a few points maximum

>>9768172
>>9768172
>>9766752
Depends on what you mean by "increase". Increasing IQ in itself is probably gonna be pretty hard, unless you already have something thats lowering your IQ, like poor nutrition, poor bloodflow to the brain, underlying mental disorders ect, but you can learn to utilize your intelligence better by training your focus and becoming more self-disciplined, which is pretty much the same thing as being more intelligent or all irl situations.

I have ADHD, but i didnt get diagnosed before i was 19, and up until then i though it myself as a moron pretty much, but i was really lucky with my medicine and got one that worked on my first try, and i swear to god, i went from feeling like a retard to feeling like a genius in one or two days, simply because i was able to put in sustained attention for long periods of time.


Also, its probably possible to "increase" your IQ by some points. Even if you dont have some obvious hindrance on your intelligence, its very unlikely that you're perfectly healthy, so you can probably increase your IQ a little bit just by exercising more and eating healthier.

>>9768803
>from feeling like a retard to feeling like a genius
mahn, you have to kys retard, you don't even know what iq is

>>9768805
You have really bad reading comprehension if you think i was equating my feeling like a genius with my IQ. I'd call you low IQ, but i cant tell if you just have ADHD, but without proper medication, or if you actually are using your brain atm.

>>9766752
Listen here, faggot. Have you any idea of what proportion of the population of fucking people on this planet are utterly lazy and useless? Of what proportion have their heads so far up their asses that they actually believe they're more valuable than everyone else regardless of the fact that they live bovine existences overwhelmingly constituted of hedonistic pleasures?

You don't have to have an IQ of 140 to be a genius. You never did. You only need do what 99 percent of people do not do, and not what they cannot do. It's literally all in your hands. Blaming your genes for anything is lethargic at best.

Leave these IQlords to wallow in their superiority-complex-infested boards.

>>9768825

>>9768825
this

>>9768825
Good post

>>9768825
that have nothing to do with OP's question

>>9766752
The only time after adolescence that the brain creates more gray matter and other improvements is during fasting/starving periods. Try eating every other day.

>>9767133

I wish this were true, but it clearly measures something. Success rate, memory, processing speed, and pattern recognition all increase the higher your IQ. Just look at anybody with a high IQ, the speed at which they think is incredible, and they can do anything with great efficiency. In addition, they often give back in whatever job they work in, innovating better methods to complete a task. It sucks because it means alot of how you turn out in life is determined by genetics, and it makes me depressed that I'll only ever be able to increase knowledge and wisdom, but not intelligence

>>9768856
Because they learn while you masturbate and watch anime.

>>9768856
Do you feel bad that you're a manlet, unattractive and have a small dick? It's always been true that everything is determined by genetics, you've just been told your whole life that intelligence is somehow different and now that you know the truth you feel even worse about it than if you'd been told from the start that you're a dumbass who will never amount to anything. This is why it's important for society to admit that IQ matters.

>>9768960

I don't feel bad, I'm just frustrated that I'll never be able to achieve the same as someone who has a higher IQ then me. I can work as hard as I can on a problem, but someone who is one standard deviation above me will be able to solve it in half the time with a quarter of the work.

>>9768856
t.brainboss

IQ tested of 116, but that is also already low, because you have to think of standard deviation.

But the reality is that these tests don't represent all of what intelligence is.
I am a total brainlet, that's for sure, I am very slow to pick up things if at all.

>>9768991
stop

>>9768990
Take LSD

>>9769438
no

>>9766752
kill everyone smarter than you?
you'll have a 200iq

>>9769793
t. Brainlet

>>9768858
True, but not in the way that you probably think they do.
Someone who makes it their autistic duty to learn things that they themselves dislike is hard working but usually also a brainlet.

>>9768803
>i went from feeling like a retard to feeling like a genius
Euphoria after taking ADHD meds is a sign that either the dose is too high or that the person doesn't even have ADHD to begin with

Maybe.

/thread

>>9768805
Not even talking about IQ you dumb nigger. Just practical intelligence.

>>9768830
Suck my fucking cock.

>>9768842
I'm addressing his non sequitur.

>>9768990
>I can work as hard as I can on a problem, but someone who is one standard deviation above me will be able to solve it in half the time with a quarter of the work.

This misconception is what I'm talking about. They don't do a quarter of the work. They don't even do a tenth of the work. The overwhelming majority of people are incredibly lazy. I'm not saying that IQ doesn't play a role, I'm saying that it isn't effectively what makes someone a genius. A person with an IQ of 145 will solve a problem quicker than a person with an IQ of 115, sure, but there are far more 145's out there whose sole concern is the next video game they're going to buy than there are 115's who truly and passionately care about their work and study. And I'm not arguing that there are many hidden 115's running around at labs or in academia, either. Most people there do have high IQ's, but only because their IQ's could compensate or offset their average determination, and not because you need a high IQ to understand quantum physics or work in academia.

Stop fucking crying about the fact that you didn't score 15 points higher on a test that dominantly serves as means for people to jerk themselves off to.

tl;dr Practically, IQ only plays a negligible role in what makes a "genius."

>>9771373
kek

Learn an instrument or something complex mechanics wise. Ie, violin, piano, or Dota 2.

>>9772815
>Dota 2.
>complex
kys

>>9766752
You're probably fine.

>>9773256
no

>>9773366
+1

>>9773256
b-but /sci/ told me lawyers are brainlets

>>9773256
>there are double digit college professors

>>9773474
sure

>>9768803
Can you tell me some more about medicine here? These are words I've used to describe myself before and it's really interesting to hear someone else to say

>>9773474
Who else is gonna teach communications?

Im curious as to what my iq is now, where can i take a reliable test?

>>9769443
Take dmt instead

>>9773474
>Nigger studies
>Spic studies
>Chinks studies
>Liberal Arts
>Teacher

>>9766752
What's the point of increasing your IQ just for vanity?

>>9775255
productivity