does reading make you smarter

does reading make you smarter

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  1. 1 year ago
    Cluster B

    No. In contrast, people read because they’re too dumb and scared to interact with the real world. Walt Whitman proved this.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      ur dum and gay

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    It depends on how much intellectual effort you put in it. There is not a single activity in the world that you can do in a passive, effortless way and become smarter doing so, but if you learn to use them as an outlet for your imagination and overall cognitive abilities you might.

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >“When we read, another person thinks for us: we merely repeat his mental process. In learning to write, the pupil goes over with his pen what the teacher has outlined in pencil: so in reading; the greater part of the work of thought is already done for us. This is why it relieves us to take up a book after being occupied with our own thoughts. And in reading, the mind is, in fact, only the playground of another’s thoughts. So it comes about that if anyone spends almost the whole day in reading, and by way of relaxation devotes the intervals to some thoughtless pastime, he gradually loses the capacity for thinking; just as the man who always rides, at last forgets how to walk. This is the case with many learned persons: they have read themselves stupid.”

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Holy shit man this is some enlightening stuff I can't believe how accurate this is Jesus man how haven't I actually thought of this before lol I mean what the frick

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Schopenhauer's anti-rationalist philosophy influenced a lot of the greatest minds this world has ever seen so dont be too surprised.

        I mean the quote itself clearly outlines why so many "educated" people are imbeciles.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          And yet he himself was highly educated. Certainly toasts my radish, if you comprehend my surmise

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Those people were always stupid. It isn't reading that makes you stupid, it's reading and not thinking critically about what you are reading

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Life is one big continuation of thought. Why reinvent the wheel? I read the masters then continue their work.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        And thats where you mess up Hegelian

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Huh. Looks like I came up with Schopenhauer’s take by a difference route.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Holy shit man this is some enlightening stuff I can't believe how accurate this is Jesus man how haven't I actually thought of this before lol I mean what the frick

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      This reads like the pasta about being cucked by getting a daughter

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Define smart. More knowledgeable perhaps

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    It depends what you read, but reading theory is a revolutionary act for sure.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous
  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    sure.

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    No but it can help you realize the intelligence you already have but has grown weak like an unused muscle. It will help you develop language skills and be able to able to communicate that intelligence.

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    If you read intellectually challenging things, yes. Romance novel slop for 40 years won’t give you any insights. But I think everyone knows that already so let me suggest something more pertinent; in your challenging reading look for books that actually ask questions and leave you to solve some issues with information given. Much if not most of nonfiction is written in the easy to digest “I fricking love science” style, assuming you will only ever read one book on the subject (and so retreading the same popsci grounds as 1000 other books). You want to find intermediate books or at worst textbooks that push back a little requiring you to think actively.

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    No but learning languages and trying to think through that language's POV does.

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Does lifting weights make you stronger? Of course, but there are so many other factors that come into play: the size of the weights, how you’re doing it, how often you do it, how long you do it for, what you’re doing in-between (eg. eating and resting), your innate muscle potential and build, etc. There are set ways of getting stronger, but there are different programs and no-one knows what the best one for you is other than you, by trial and error. The same applies to reading: what type of books you’re reading, whether you’re reading actively or passively or a mixture, how often and how long you read for, whether you’re writing or studying at the same time, your IQ, personality and interests. You can read the canon, but there’s no set order to go through it, nor is it really possible or useful to read everything on there chronologically (especially if you want to read things in their original languages). The only thing that is certain is that you’re better off reading at least something everyday than not reading at all, the rest you have to work out heuristically. “Books do not teach the use of books”.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >the same applies to reading
      I’m sure there’s a logical fallacy for this. I don’t think your analogy proves much of anything, with all due respect.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        He's not trying to prove anything you redditor dipshit

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Could be false equivalence but I think he makes some good points and that it’s a fair analogy

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    no

    t.read more than you and still moronic.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      You don't know how to think about what you read

  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    It doesn't make you smarter, but it does more to keep your brain lubricated than other forms of media.

  13. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Stupid frogposter.

  14. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    It makes some people smarter, some people dumber. The latter usually becomes too involved with symbols and mistake them for reality, they mistake their abilities to regurgitate and loosely connect them together for an understanding of the world.

  15. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    No but writing about what you read does.

  16. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    You can become smarter doing anything, it's just a matter of adding a new dimension of mental engagement as you do it. As a general rule you want to go through two stages: one where you enhance your perception of reality around you, i.e. the amount of information you can absorb and the patterns you can spot in your environment, objects, people, and one where you are forced to synthesize new mental constructs from this growing pool of information. It's in the interplay between these two activities where most cognitive growth is made.

    A simple loop you can perform with literature is deconstructing the author's style as you read the book, and stopping sporadically to try and mentally "write" something in his prose, and through his voice. With this you have a simple passive stage where you're increasing the scope of your perception, and one active stage where you're teaching your brain to perform a new type of mental alchemy, and you'll notice the difference in a few weeks when people's words will start to feel like formulas. It's very basic and surface-level, but will do for now, if you want something more challenging send me a private message tomorrow, because I'm currently in the process of exploring literature as a thought-expansion device and trying new methods often.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      No.

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