Intelligence

[Anonymous No.9727989]

Alright boys recently turned 19. How do I improve my intelligence exponentially? I say i'm average.
Do I read 10,000 books related to anything /g/ related, physics books, math, you get the gist. Take shrooms? I don't know. Basically be considered
>200 IQ
I'm not saying IQ is real because some of you don't believe in it but to be put in the category of a Genius or like i'm a messiah or some shit compared to others.

[Anonymous No.9727992]

>>9727989
>I'm not saying IQ is real because some of you don't believe in it
IQ, just like climate change or racial intelligence differences, is real irregardless of whether you believe in it

[Anonymous No.9727993]

Go back in time and kill your zygote and hope souls somehow exist and your soul goes into another zygote with better genes.

[Anonymous No.9727995]

Inteligência não se aumenta. Você irá morrer com o que nasceu.

[Anonymous No.9727999]

>>9727992
>irregardless
Well, you're definitely proof of some people having lesser intelligence.

>or racial intelligence differences
What's your race, again?

[Anonymous No.9728003]

Read a variety of books including fiction and things that you think you don’t need to read. Leave 4chan.

[Anonymous No.9728008]

>>9727999
>Well, you're definitely proof of some people having lesser intelligence.
Hur dur you used a word everyone knows the meaning of but is technically grammatically nonsensical so u r stoopid langueeeg is objectiv facts created by gawd

[Anonymous No.9728105]

>>9727989
Step 1: Stop using the word exponentially to mean "a lot"

[Anonymous No.9728107]

>>9727999
>What's your race, again?
Jewish.

[Anonymous No.9728109]

>>9727999
>>irregardless
>Well, you're definitely proof of some people having lesser intelligence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless
>The most frequently repeated remark about it is that "there is no such word." There is such a word, however.

[Anonymous No.9728133]

Not OP but how can I train my brain? I want to be more intelligent and I'm not talking about those "brain training"games. Should I read? Watch videos about science ? Practice?

[Anonymous No.9728134]

>>9727999
>>9728109
Words come into being if they are used and both parties have a mutual understanding. That doesn't mean you can't chose what words you prefer. Ultimately not using or using a word is a decision of whether or not you want to contribute to its sea of usage, and the overall propagation of it.

[Anonymous No.9728142]

>>9728109
irregardless is normally used by people trying to sound smart. yes language is living and new qords are invented, even when not needed, but this one takes the piss.

use regardless.

[Anonymous No.9728143]

>>9728109
>Also says "Use regardless instead."

>>9728134
Let me axe you a question. How do you feel that, really? Maybe you could care less, but I'm gonna tell you, it ain't okay with me. I think that, for all intensive purposes, it's literally the worst thing ever. Makes me nauseous.

[Anonymous No.9728145]

>>9728133
Formal Logic/Mathematics is a good start but by no means the end. Simply 'training' or something doesn't work because you'll improve in a specific way and not in your brain in general. Though many things are applicable generally, that doesn't mean they improve your brain generally or that they apply to everything. The best way is to make sure you study and practice a broad range of things. Basically, be proactive in a variety of intellectual pursuits. Don't just do logic or mathematics. You shouldn't neglect artistic and athletic pursuits either, though they are secondary. Take up a sport and an instrument.

There is no quick trick, le epic lifehack to this, anon. The best way is to undertake every action and thought with complete mindfulness, attention, and diligency. Oftentimes people think in terms of end products instead of in terms of the very moment they're in, which is what you need to do if you are to succeed in anything beyond the minimum. Absorb yourself into the task. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness

[Anonymous No.9728154]

>>9728143
Those are different to irregardless. They're blatantly odd or wrong to most English-speakers (those that define the language, not dictionaries, dictionaries reflect speakers), whereas there are plenty of mishaps in affixes in English. It's not unusual or illogical. Simple historical products that no one thinks twice about.

We should definitely foster grammatical consistency but not be dogmatic and delusional in denying the nature of language. Which is that, it's basically arbitrary and anything can appear as long as there is mutual understanding and use (or even when there's not, as many words/phrases are quite tentative in exactly how they can be used and what they mean).

[Anonymous No.9728155]

>>9728145
Thanks for the data. But I'm a bit afraid of it, I mean, you said that "you will improve in a specific way". There is no possible way of doing everything, aren't there some activities that can help me in more than just the activity itself? Aren't there things to improve my brain generally?
I'm a computer science student and I love a lot of things like Psychiatry, Neurology, Quimic, Psychics, etc, but I can't learn everything it's impossible and that demotivates me.

[Anonymous No.9728159]

geniusintelligence.com

Meditation can also increase IQ by 10+ points after a lot of practice (the cognitive benefits can be enhanced with intermittent fasting (facilitates neurogenesis, meditation indices it))

Cardiovascular exercise increases lung capacity which is correlated to attention span and concentration.

[Anonymous No.9728163]

>>9728159
Induces* on a phone, sorry.

[Anonymous No.9728165]

>>9728155
Oh I forgot to say that I have been diagnosed severe anxiety and depression so being incapable of knowing it all makes me very depressed

[Anonymous No.9728169]

>>9728143
>>>9728109
>>Also says "Use regardless instead."
yes it was a joke.
/sci/ has so little humour

[Anonymous No.9728184]

>>9728165
Meditation can also help these issues deteriorate. Intermittent fasting also helps by giving your brain a boost of BDNF which has been studied as acting as a natural antidepressant.

[Anonymous No.9728401]

>>9727989

[Anonymous No.9728461]

>>9727989
IQ is static and cannot be improved. Studies show this. You can see it for yourself by looking at blacks in basically any country -- they NEVER make any progress anywhere that isn't handed to them by higher IQ races. This is scientifically verified both emperically and statistically.

[Anonymous No.9728464]

Thank you all, keep it coming. More suggestions :D i'm planning on something big bois
>OP

[The Lord No.9728468]

>>9727989
>How do I improve my intelligence
>Take shrooms?
couldn't hurt

[Anonymous No.9728483]

>>9728468
Is... are you sure? Have you done it?

[Anonymous No.9729188]

Dual n-back. The effect will be minimal however, IQ is for the most part static.

[Anonymous No.9729225]

>>9727989
You won't actually understand anything math- or physics-related unless you actually sit down and do the actual math. Start with calculus, linear algebra and newtonian mechanics.

[Anonymous No.9729237]

>>9727989
You don't.
Intelligence isn't something you can change.

>Do I read 10,000 books
That will gain you knoweldge.

[Anonymous No.9729272]

>>9727989
Get rich, invest in neurosurgery and brain implants, wait a few decades, become smarter by attaching mechanical components and possibly genetic engineering treatment
Harvest aliens, make neuromods, have the orbital station overrun

[Anonymous No.9729291]

>>9727989
Intelligence is biological which in turn is mostly genetic. You can't change anything.

[Anonymous No.9729355]

>>9727989
Here is a small list I have developed over the years. After late 20's most people will start their mental decline.

Stay away from sugar
Walk every day
Don't drink or eat with public fluoridated water
Use distilled water whenever possible
(restaurants and food manufacturers often use public water)
Supplement with iodine (too many benefits to list here)
Modafinil is great for temporary mental cognitive boost
Puzzles
Mathematics
Physics
Get full REM sleep
Avoid mercury tooth cavity fillings
No alcohol
Learn something every day
Always adapt and be open minded

[Anonymous No.9729446]

>>9729355
sources?
the only proven thing is exercise for preventing decline

[Anonymous No.9729454]

>>9729355
Source on fluoride being bad?

[Anonymous No.9729478]

>>9729454
Why don't you read the Material Safety Data Sheet(MSDS) for Sodium Fluoride? http://hazard.com/msds/mf/baker/baker/files/s3722.htm

If the MSDS is not convincing go here: https://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/fluoride-named-neurotoxin-medical-journal/

Only idiots or the uninformed take neurotoxins like mercury and fluoride.

[Anonymous No.9729502]

>>9727989
Philosophy, there is a complete guide in /lit/'s wiki and if you follow it to a dot you will be the thing you want. Just be aware that most sub <200iq pseuds(especially on this board) can't even comprehend philosophy so they mark it as obsolete or unintelligible. If you stick it with you will be able to transfer these skills to anything.

[Anonymous No.9729505]

>>9729478
Your first link is about sodium fluoride. The risks it lists are so severe, it's completely impossible for them to be true without the rapid decay of society. Also, 5-10g as lethal dose. The WHO recommends 5 mg/l, which means that you'd literally need to consume a metric ton of water to die from fluoride poisoning(if it was present in NaF form).

The second link (which you shouldn't have posted, you should have posted the source it refers to) contains a source, which hand-waves the statistics away.
>Confounding from other substances seemed unlikely in most of these studies

And says there's not enough data
>Further characterisation of the dose–response association would be desirable.

Meanwhile:
>Community water fluoridation and caries prevention: a critical review (page name, won't let me post link)
>or the past 50 years, CWF has been considered the most cost-effective measure for the control of caries at the community level. However, it is now accepted that systemic fluoride plays a limited role in caries prevention
As in: it's safe, but why bother.

[Anonymous No.9729513]

>>9729355

... do you wanna die?

never drink distilled water

[Anonymous No.9729520]

>>9728155
Reading and writing with the goal of improving your critical thinking skills is one thing that will result in the general effect you are looking for. Math will probably do it too although I can't testify to it.

[Anonymous No.9729526]

>>9728003
the honest answer I see

[Anonymous No.9729574]

>>9729355
but anon google told me continually drinking distilled water is a bad idea

[Anonymous No.9729721]

>>9727992
How do you define "real"?

[Anonymous No.9729811]

Intelligence is the ability to apply knowledge. Is that really static? Drugs I can take to improve intelligence? Nicotine? nootropics? shrooms? idk

[Anonymous No.9729879]

>>9729505
No skin off my back Jack. Go ahead and let the public water administration dose you randomly with fluoride (no way to control dosing). You obviously think it is ok for bureaucrats to drug local populations with neurotoxins. At least you'll have a nice set of pearly whites when you are an arthritic patient at 30. hahaha moron.

[Anonymous No.9729942]

>>9729879
>we made the color red so now its bad

[Anonymous No.9729985]

>>9728105
Or use it because he meant exponentially and they have different meanings.

[Anonymous No.9730013]

>>9729879
>Hur dur wake up sheeple

Fluoride isn’t going to harm anyone in the amount it is consumed. Stop spazzing.

[Anonymous No.9730605]

>>9729811
Can someone answer this?

[Anonymous No.9731307]

>>9730013
Go on and drink HF faggot I'll wait

[Anonymous No.9731316]

>>9728159
Source? Thats a bold claim

[Anonymous No.9731324]

>>9731316
A good breakfast, playing Tetris, or simply taking the IQ test twice in a row, will increase your IQ by 10 points, so no, it's really not.

>>9727989
Nothing known to man is going to take you from normal to supra-genius. You might be able to increase your IQ test results that much, simply by practice, but there's nothing that's going to increase your actual intelligence that much.

Best you might be able to do is reach the top of a very narrow field either via practice (if it's the sort that works that way) or ludicrous degrees of dedication and research.

Self-discipline will do more for you than drugs ever will.

[Anonymous No.9731515]

>>9731324
>>9731316 here


I'm assuming OP is talking about increasing intelligence though, not the literal number you score on an IQ test

[Anonymous No.9731529]

>>9729811
Currently on a few nootropics daily:
l-Theanine 400mg
Acetyl L-carnitine
and lions mane capsules 1500mg (neurogenesis effect) watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPqWstVnRjQ

I will be getting some noopept soon and I'll see if it has any effect.

[Anonymous No.9732918]

>>9731515
You're right.

I wanted to ask, sincr intelligence is genetic, what drugs can make me more efficient? Is nootropics the purpose for that? Why don't I just eat nicotine gum daily throughout the day or pop an Adderal pill occasionally. What about shrooms, they seem to change the way you think by alot so wont that in term change your intelligence in the sense you'll probably look at it from another point of view?

[Anonymous No.9732967]

>>9727989
You can't change your IQ that much as its way more hereditary than environmental. Best you can do is prob add an extra 10 IQ points, sorry you had to find it out this way OP.

[Anonymous No.9732990]

>>9732967
wtf are you talking about you can't add a single IQ point (unless you get better at taking IQ tests and lying to yourself), you will likely lose 1-3 points over the course of your life. All you can do is accumulate knowledge and learn skills.

[Anonymous No.9732996]

Amphetamines and LSD

[Anonymous No.9733114]

>>9728461
>IQ is static and cannot be improved. Studies show this.

Bullshit.

[Anonymous No.9733130]

>>9727999
>irregardless
It's a word

>or racial intelligence differences
>What's your race, again?

To deny that the 4 major racial groups have significant differences in abilities is to deny everything Darwin taught us. You may as well be be a religious zealot or a hard leftist

[Anonymous No.9733134]

the smartest indians are smarter than the smartest whites

[Not OP No.9733153]

Ok, I’ve got a slightly more targeted question. How do I get gud at Algebra if I’m not naturally geared for it? I really want to be an engineer in the future, but it seems almost like I’ve hit a brick wall with my remedial Algebra class at the local JC. It definitely runs in the family, neither of my parents are math people, but I’ve also got extended family who got up to university level calculus in high school. What are some study techniques or ways of thinking I can use to flip the switch in my brain so that I can start understanding this shit?

[Anonymous No.9733645]

>>9727999
Is this the lowest IQ post on /sci/ ever?

[Anonymous No.9733677]

>>9727989
You can try that n-back game but it's really unclear if it actually increases IQ.

If you want to increase your memory, search mnemonics. That's the technique people use to remember a thousand digit number in hours. And to remember things in general.

What really does enhance cognitive functioning are nootropics but take them only if your brain has finished developing (usually past the age of 25). Also, be okay with some negative effects; they are new so the research is just not comprehensive yet.

[Anonymous No.9733689]

>>9733677
If I use them now lets say and since i'm still 19 and developing wont it shape my brain for the better?

[Anonymous No.9733707]

>>9733689
Could be better or could be worst, the research is not there. But if you're going to experiment with something as new as nootropics, it's better to be risk averse. You're risking impairing your cognitive abilities long term for the short term gain.

For example, nootropics could prevent your brain from making certain pathways during the development stage, thus resulting in permanent light brain damage. But if your brain is fully developed any negative effects that these drugs have (if any) will probably not be permanent or irreversible.

Anyways, I'm 19 too, waiting for my brain to stop developing until I try taking these nootropics. And in 6 years time, there's a lot of new research that can come out in regards to the effects of these drugs.

[Anonymous No.9733733]

>>9733707
Thanks man :D
I'll wait for a while I guess but i'm gonna look more into these fields. What do you think about nicotine though.

[Anonymous No.9733744]

>>9733733
I would not take it just yet, man. But I'll be honest, I haven't looked that much into nicotine.

Anyways, I forgot to mention in my initial post that intelligence starts decreasing anywhere from 20 to 30 years old. And the best way to make that process slow down is to have regular exercise. You seem to care about your intelligence to some extent. So, if you're a lazy cunt, stop being one.

[Not OP No.9734308]

>>9733153
Answer me you fucking stoner nazis

[Anonymous No.9734444]

>>9728401
3MB PNG for a fucking list of 15 books. Can someone list them for me please?

[Anonymous No.9734469]

>>9733153
Of you're a retard, go do a trade.

[Anonymous No.9734476]

>>9727989
You could try watching every Sesame Street episode ever made in a row non stop without sleep and see if you are transformed into a Bird Brain.

Does anyone know if cortical columns can be coerced into dividing? Maybe this would increase g at the cost of ltm.

[Not OP No.9734497]

>>9734469
I am doing a trade. Diesel mechanic. It’s good money in the short term, but as far as the future is concerned, that comes at a pretty high cost on physical and mental health. Not to mention top level techs still only get like half of what a top level engineer does. So, the question still stands. How do I get good at math?

[Anonymous No.9734556]

>>9727989
Mathematical logic.
Statistics.
Healthy diet.
Exercise.
You can't raise your IQ, but these will help you optimize your performance.

[Anonymous No.9735238]

>>9733153
Take adderal when you try and study algebra
Im op btw

[Anonymous No.9735579]

>>9728461
You are stupid. The flynn affect has been shown to be true. The cause is not explained though. As times goes on average iq increases. This could be due to quality of life improvements. So saying blacks are stupid hurr durr with the connotation you attached to it is just plain racist.

[Anonymous No.9735620]

>>9727989
Listen to classical music while you do what the other /sci/fags here tell ye.

[Anonymous No.9736193]

>>9728107
Ashkenazi?