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I wonder what the actual single most impactful thing you can do to boost your intelligence is? Besides going to school for 20 years, being well-fed and rested,
by jhap 5y ago
I wonder what the actual single most impactful thing you can do to boost your intelligence is?
Besides going to school for 20 years, being well-fed and rested, presumably it's taking modafinil?
- Theizestooke 5y agoTwenty years ago I heard stories about people taking Piracetam, but afaik it's for Alzheimer patients and not healthy individuals looking to boost their intelligence.
- astrange 5y agoLive in an area without noise and air pollution. Stay in shape. Don't eat lead paint chips. Have smarter children and train them to inherit your legacy[1]. Modafinil probably doesn't boost intelligence, but you'd have to define intelligence first. It increases "executive function" and decreases some other things like creativity and reaction times. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0924977X20302145?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S09249... [1] This is a better strategy than relying on your own intelligence, because you're only ever one blow to the head away from losing it.
- Consultant32452 5y agoImportantly, we don't know about anything that can "boost" intelligence. We only know some things that can help not harm your intelligence. Eating a healthy diet is the biggest, others have named things like avoiding pollution.