the point of this article is that the IQ tests are broken, because some trivial life improvements (like doing yoga and eating blueberries) will raise your IQ score
or whether:
the point of this article is that you actually raised your “g” by doing trivial life improvements, and we should be excited by how easy it is to become more intelligent
Somewhere in between actually, I tried to do something like (2) but in part I’m sure it’s (1)
I avoided any conceptual/learning tasks and just did brain stimulation, non-stimulant drugs and various physical practices to avoid (1) as much as possible
You can toally do n-back training or take IQ tests to increase your IQ, and it’s pretty boring.
I’m confused whether:
the point of this article is that the IQ tests are broken, because some trivial life improvements (like doing yoga and eating blueberries) will raise your IQ score or whether:
the point of this article is that you actually raised your “g” by doing trivial life improvements, and we should be excited by how easy it is to become more intelligent
Skimming it again I’m pretty sure you mean (2).
Somewhere in between actually, I tried to do something like (2) but in part I’m sure it’s (1)
I avoided any conceptual/learning tasks and just did brain stimulation, non-stimulant drugs and various physical practices to avoid (1) as much as possible
You can toally do n-back training or take IQ tests to increase your IQ, and it’s pretty boring.