Is intelligence fixed for life? Am I always going to be a dumb idiot ape?
Read the great books of the western world and find out for yourself
>>85723945no, but it can only really go down. So be happy you're as smart as you're ever probably gonna be.
>>85723945No... It declines as you age!
>>85723945It increases up to adolescence where it plateaus and then only ever goes down after that. Its genetically fixed as a ceiling and then nutrition, physical health and behaviors determine how close you get to that ceiling and then also how rapidly it decays
If you're in shape / get enough sleep / read a lot / etc. I think it's probably fair to say you will in practical terms be 5-15 IQ points more intelligent than you would be otherwise, but that's more like "making full use of what you have" rather than "making your brain bigger"
>>85724000>No... It declines as you age!True but it's a bit more nuanced than this. General processing speed is what declines.However, for specific things, you can practice and get faster as more and more things become automatic.
>>85723945Yes, the geniuses are blessed with great neuro genes not muh study and hard work lmao
>>85723945Yes, intelligence is a fixed state. No, it is not as important as common-sense and a good work ethic.
>>85724000I am noticeably less intelligent than I was at late teens / early twenties peak. Which is fine career wise because I am established and didn't need that much horsepower in the first place in practice, but I was (am still maybe for my age? not sure) top 1-2% and it was core to my identity when I was younger and having it slowly go is horrifying.
>>85723945There are a lot of things you can do to grow more intelligent. I know you won't do them though, because you're already stupid and you're lazy, so there's no point in talking about it. If you were being forced, that would be another story. If I could keep you in a cage and force you to eat certain things and perform certain tasks, I could make you smarter. But that would be a complete waste of my time. So yes, you're going to be a fat retard chugging beer with his finger up his ass his whole life. Enjoy.
>>85725475Unless you're like 60, there's no excuse for that. I'm 34 and I'm smarter, more knowledgeable, and more capable than I've ever been. The fuck are you doing all day that's made you retarded? Just lurking here, talking with the subhumans?
>>85725488Late thirties.I'm a lot more knowledgeable and capable. Smarter, no. If you think your processing speed and ability to learn novel material is what it was at 20 you're deluding yourself.
>>85725504By this logic, an infant is smarter than you, because it's learning new things constantly, like how a baby rattle sounds and that it can move its arms. What a retarded way to measure intelligence.
>>85723945The initial state of your brain is defined by your genetics. The rate you can learn new things peaks in early childhood and has a smaller peak in adolescence. The rate that you can learn new things starts to decline rapidly once your brain stops growing at 25. All of these rates and peaks are defined by your genetics, early childhood experience, childhood diet and exercise habits, and any brain trauma you may have suffered.
Intelligence is unimportant, everyone starts dumb. Find something you can throw your time at and the skill will come no matter how limtied you are (if you can read and write, you're not)
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