Does reading make you smart? are you /lit/ bros super high iq?
well, i have read the communist manifesto and understood it fairly well, which seems to be uncommon.
>>25248669In order to be truly erudite, you need to supplement books w/ other stuff, like YouTube video essays, podcasts, articles, and current events news/analysis; even conversations w/ learned people is beneficial. You need to be doing this for many years, preferably since childhood, to be truly erudite and well-rounded in history & general knowledge; and never forget that one is always learning no matter how much they know.
No, I’m still retarded.
>>25248671>like YouTube video essays, podcasts, articles, and current events newsHe’s sorta right OP but ignore this part, he’s talking out of his ass. Being au courant with that stuff in particular does not necessarily correlate with erudition
If you read books that reinforce your schizophrenia, then you will be more schizo
It's a feedback loop. Intelligent people are drawn to the depth and independent engagement that books offer, and the act of reading sharpens their analytical skills, imagination, breadth of knowledge, wisdom, etc.
>>25248669As someone who is an autodidact with a lukewarm intelligence I'd say it just makes you stupid in a more complex way. It can even be a bit alienating, as you lose some of your good-natured naivety and actual intelligent people still treat you as a nuance.
It makes you less retarded but not necessarily more intelligent
no, you can't become smart/intelligent by merely readinghowever, reading will improve your attention span, make it easier comprehend what you are reading, and let you accumulate knowledge which will make you seem smarter
>>25248669Please consult the chart.
>>25249350eq is very low, though
>>25249350They're not kidding about /x/. Every time I ventured there I left in dismay. Every conversation there goes nowhere for how stupid the users are.
>>25249350The numbers are way too high but the chart seems to mostly correctly predict legitimate discussion/post, I guess, so it's not just a meme.
>>25248945Intelligent people (particularly intellectuals) largely treat each other as nuisances because they are all fighting for the same thing, intellectual prominence and dominance; they don't want to learn anything from anyone, especially not some casual who actual reads the source material that they simple devour commentary on (as they have to keep up with their contemporaries and intellectual competitors, not refine their understanding of essential concepts).
>>25249369Except /sci/ is nearly /x/-tier for how it is nowadays.
>>25249350>>25249364>>25249371/x/ users mog all of you when it comes to esoterism. Say whatever you want about their schizophrenic tendencies but they actually know their subject (except for the retarded tripfags)>Religion, political opinion, racial and sexual differences, economics, wealth distribution, climate change, the definition of art, philosophy, and ethicsOf course they're not gonna be "muh logical" about any of this. That has nothing to do with IQ. This chart is the equivalent of judging religion based on Enlightenment principles
