Also, regardless of how much raw intelligence you actually have, it may be better to try to maintain the attitude that successfully figuring out stuff is primarily about effort, not smarts. This psychology thing that’s been floating around in various forms basically describes people as more eager to go at new challenges when they think their success is due to hard work, and people who define themselves by some idea of innate intelligence tend to get stuck at one challenge level.
Concentration, patience and determination that help with effortful study can also be trained, while it apparently isn’t very easy to increase raw intelligence. The meditation stuff people are doing over at the other thread is a somewhat unorthodox approach, but it could help with concentration, noticing subtleties and being patient with obtuse material.
Also, regardless of how much raw intelligence you actually have, it may be better to try to maintain the attitude that successfully figuring out stuff is primarily about effort, not smarts. This psychology thing that’s been floating around in various forms basically describes people as more eager to go at new challenges when they think their success is due to hard work, and people who define themselves by some idea of innate intelligence tend to get stuck at one challenge level.
Concentration, patience and determination that help with effortful study can also be trained, while it apparently isn’t very easy to increase raw intelligence. The meditation stuff people are doing over at the other thread is a somewhat unorthodox approach, but it could help with concentration, noticing subtleties and being patient with obtuse material.