How much do you guys think you can improve your intelligence

[ihatefoids87]

When I took GCSEs , I averaged 8s in all my subjects, however having now been medicated and having spent a lot more time on my a levels and further work I tried a past paper for economics, which is something I've never studied before and got a low 9. Although this could somewhat be explained by my other subjects having similar reasoning skills it really has me thinking about how much smarter you can become just through training your brain. Most ppl on here seem to have quite a deterministic approach to the idea of iq, where it's "decided from birth" but I'm really not sure if that's the case, does anyone have any similar experiences with it?

 

[averagetotaluser]

When I took GCSEs , I averaged 8s in all my subjects, however having now been medicated and having spent a lot more time on my a levels and further work I tried a past paper for economics, which is something I've never studied before and got a low 9. Although this could somewhat be explained by my other subjects having similar reasoning skills it really has me thinking about how much smarter you can become just through training your brain. Most ppl on here seem to have quite a deterministic approach to the idea of iq, where it's "decided from birth" but I'm really not sure if that's the case, does anyone have any similar experiences with it?

you can't, what you can improve is memory, but raw is determined from birth

 

[RecessedCels]

Depends what you consider intelligence

 

[RecessedCels]

raw is determined from birth

Well no. Environment definitely has a huge factor

 

[ihatefoids87]

you can't, what you can improve is memory, but raw is determined from birth

Its definitely not fully determined, there's endless studies showing a different between ppl who were read to as children and people who weren't for example

 

[averagetotaluser]

Well no. Environment definitely has a huge factor

no it doesn't, slop can make u lazier but not a retard

 

[ihatefoids87]

Depends what you consider intelligence

Let's go with "the rate at which you can learn and process information"

 

[ihatefoids87]

no it doesn't, slop can make u lazier but not a retard

Dumb take tbh, this has genuinely been debunked

 

[averagetotaluser]

Dumb take tbh, this has genuinely been debunked

ok

 

[Diavolu_turcu]

you technically can and cant improve your intelligence. pattern recognition is a way to improve your memory which theoretically traces back to having higher intelligence. but besides that youre either genetically gifted or ur retarded

 

[RecessedCels]

Let's go with "the rate at which you can learn and process information"

I mean in childhood definitely can. Later not so much

 

[LoveTheWayYouLie]

 

[RecessedCels]

no it doesn't, slop can make u lazier but not a retard

Where's your evidence for this? Why wouldn't better nutrition and lack of toxins not make your brain function better overall?

 

[Ascensionbegger]

you cant improve your intelgence. But you can improve your way of thinking that will make you smarter