Why do you want to be smarter then you are? wtf even is smarter? be more unique go for that
I'd definitely go with wanting to be smarter (in almost all definitions of the word) than to just be randomly different than most other people.
I just dont see why, perhaps because i know i am smarter then many but life is about harvesting reward and intelligence doesnt play the major role in that.
Because you can go a long way towards being orders of magnitude smarter than what you are now, even if you are the smartest person alive.
"smart" has differened meanings too, some ppl are smarter then me because of uni compared to smart ppl induced by their own thinking/creativity. The first wont get smarter then what they get educated.
The 'smartness' from education is just as important and its just weird to think that people who got smart 'because of uni' wont get smarter or anything like that. Education never ends and there is enough material for studying with our current level of intelligence to occupy you for millennia. And creativity is important and is also an element of being smart, but just being 'unique', that is 'different than the rest', doesn't mean anything unless your uniqueness at least gives you an advantage over everyone else.
I agree and believe that unless there is a true handicap to learning (e.g., a true and relatively severe learning disability, physical handicap or severe intellectual ability) anyone can become "smarter" as in being able to absorb new information about the world and use that information to solve problems and interact with the environment. Naturally as one gets older their fluid (
gf) intelligence diminishes so it is more difficult to learn
new things, but through regular mental stimulation (notably, reading and hands on experiences) people of any age can become smarter (and by that I mean have a greater understanding, conception, and perspective of the world and be able to apply skills and solve complex, abstract problems). Even on most standardized intelligence tests used, there is a Verbal Comprehension component which assesses, in part, cultural knowledge, and understanding of language and real life problems. While one may not ever be able to increase processing speed (
gs) or short-term memory (
gsm) it is possible to increase intelligence through learning (hence the Flynn Effect). And certainly creativity is one critical element of intelligence. And while one may lack the verbal abilities to interact with the world, their non-verbal, symbolic, abstract conception (
gv &
gf) of the world may be greater and therefore they still possess intelligence, albeit not the type of intelligence that necessarily rubs off on others as such because of the verbal deficits.
It is helpful to use at least a standard measurement of intelligence when talking about it and CHC theory and PASS theory are probably the two most widely used in standardized intelligence tests to
define intelligence.
Edited by bemiller16, 15 November 2012 - 11:17 PM.