"Intelligence", though difficult to scientifically define, is generally regarded as how quickly one grasps a novel situation, allowing one to come up with a sol

"Intelligence", though difficult to scientifically define, is generally regarded as how quickly one grasps a novel situation, allowing one to come up with a solution quicker than others could. Although training in certain disciplines can help you score higher on intelligence tests by making the situations they test for less novel (and increase your "intelligence" as measured by the tests due to their foundational assumptions), it will do nothing to increase your actual intelligence - merely skew the results of the imperfect test a little bit. That's not to say that training for an IQ test is a waste of time! A piece of paper showing a higher score is always valuable for getting ahead in society. And training to make large swaths of situations less novel makes you better able to navigate because now you have relevant experience (and thus require less intelligence to navigate successfully on your "first" try).