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> source? Search up neuroplasticity. > there's nothing that can improve intelligence.. Maybe in other mamals and animals in general, lol. But with humans
by m3t4man 3y ago
> source?
Search up neuroplasticity.
> there's nothing that can improve intelligence..
Maybe in other mamals and animals in general, lol.
But with humans it's a slightly different story. Our brain stays plastic for quite a while, and said plasticity declines into our "elderhood". However, we can still retain plasticity as long as we maintain intensive learning throughout our lives.
Intelligence in humans isn't static, much like ourselves. If it were static, there would be a hard cutoff point where you no longer can/would be extremely hard to learn new things (and it is indeed the case, but much, much later in life), similar to aforementioned non-human mamals and animals.
Learning is a process that can be understood and improved upon through self-reflection. Including the process of understanding itself. The way we learn and hence understand can be improved and hence elevate intelligence (granted you fulfil the requirement for being able to reflect on and compress things, much like healthy human beings can).
Also, what do YOU mean by intelligence?
- EnigmaFlare 3y agoYou're confusing skills with intelligence. Plasticity isn't the ability to increase your intelligence. It's the ability to learn new things. Learning how to learn doesn't make you more intelligent, it just increases your skill at that specific task (learning). I think intelligence is a general ability to solve problems. So improving your skill at solving one type of problem doesn't make you more intelligent because it doesn't increase your general ability to solve all types of problem.