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This is reversing the causality I think.

by Gatsky 4y ago

asdfman123 4y ago
Anecdotally, musical instruments are a constant, unending brain game. If they don’t make you smarter, almost nothing will. Of course, there’s the studies, but we’re all capable of looking those up.
- zetalyrae 4y ago
  >If they don’t make you smarter, almost nothing will. Because nothing makes you smarter. There are no means of intelligence enhancement, other than correcting deficiencies (e.g. iodine) in early development.
  - zamnos 4y ago
    Au contraire! TMS, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and related sort of magnetic-field-on-brain things have early results that say it can increase working memory, improve logic/math/3d visualization skills, and push motivation.
  - asdfman123 4y ago
    So school doesn’t either? If that’s true, then I don’t think we mean the same thing when we say “intelligence.”
    - alwayslikethis 4y ago
      School doesn't make people more intelligent. It makes them more educated, which can mean a variety of things depending on the cultural context, such as an understanding of social mores, skills such as reading and writing or arithmetic, and/or ideological indoctrination.
      - asdfman123 4y ago
        Most other things in the human body seems to be use it or lose it. Sure, innate talent matters a lot, but so does training. You’d never be a track star even with the best genetics if you never left the couch.
        somsak2 4y ago
        that's the problem though, the mind isn't a muscle. lifting weights can make you better in a different but related activity, like a sport. but the research on brain games shows that they only make you better at the specific game they're drilling, not anything else.
- Gatsky 4y ago
  The evidence isn't that clear as I read it [1]. But who cares really, playing music is great. [1] https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/the-athletes-way/201406/does-playing-musical-instrument-make-you-smarter https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/the-athletes-way/201...

This is reversing the causality I think.

by Gatsky 4y ago

This is reversing the causality I think.

Anecdotally, musical instruments are a constant, unending brain game. If they don’t make you smarter, almost nothing will. Of course, there’s the studies, but we’re all capable of looking those up.

zetalyrae 4y ago
>If they don’t make you smarter, almost nothing will. Because nothing makes you smarter. There are no means of intelligence enhancement, other than correcting deficiencies (e.g. iodine) in early development.
- zamnos 4y ago
  Au contraire! TMS, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and related sort of magnetic-field-on-brain things have early results that say it can increase working memory, improve logic/math/3d visualization skills, and push motivation.
- asdfman123 4y ago
  So school doesn’t either? If that’s true, then I don’t think we mean the same thing when we say “intelligence.”
  - alwayslikethis 4y ago
    School doesn't make people more intelligent. It makes them more educated, which can mean a variety of things depending on the cultural context, such as an understanding of social mores, skills such as reading and writing or arithmetic, and/or ideological indoctrination.
    - asdfman123 4y ago
      Most other things in the human body seems to be use it or lose it. Sure, innate talent matters a lot, but so does training. You’d never be a track star even with the best genetics if you never left the couch.
      - somsak2 4y ago
        that's the problem though, the mind isn't a muscle. lifting weights can make you better in a different but related activity, like a sport. but the research on brain games shows that they only make you better at the specific game they're drilling, not anything else.
Gatsky 4y ago
The evidence isn't that clear as I read it [1]. But who cares really, playing music is great. [1] https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/the-athletes-way/201406/does-playing-musical-instrument-make-you-smarter https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/the-athletes-way/201...