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Entertaining Your Brain?

Posted by Cliff on from the managing-your-mind dept.

Spencer Wilson asks: "I'm constantly told that I have an extremely high intelligence. I always feel like I should know so much more, though. Do you, the Slashdot readers, know of any ways to improve ones brain power? Perhaps books, Web sites, etc., that provide questions that involve ways to increase memory, creativity, mental agility, logic reasoning, intelligence, etc. Are there any diets/exercises that really help?"

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  1. Drinking by SuDZ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Drinking, lots of drinking.

    SuDZ

    1. Re:Drinking by spacecowboy420 · · Score: 5, Funny

      You know, I believe you are right. I read somewhere that alcohol kills brains cells - but which ones? Well, the weakest ones of course - thinning the herd as it were. So it stands to reason that if you were to drink enough [not too much, don't want to kill them all - just the shiftless or sick ones] you would have an optimised brain with only the more robust brain cells processing, thus a more efficient mind.

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    2. Re:Drinking by (trb001) · · Score: 4, Funny

      Ahem...

      One afternoon at Cheers, Cliff Clavin was explaining the Buffalo Theory to his buddy Norm. Here's how it went:

      "Well ya see, Norm, it's like this... A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."

  2. The *most* effective means... by FFFish · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...is to hang out on Slashdot, of course. Especially at the -1 filter level. My goodness, this place positively drips with intelligence. All the smart kids hang out here.

    [rolls eyes]

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  3. Hmmmm by Sevn · · Score: 5, Funny

    'm constantly told that I have an extremely high intelligence

    Quit hanging out with your mom.

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  4. Me too. by SuDZ · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I'm constantly told that I have an extremely high intelligence.

    Yeah, I only hang around with dumb people that make me look smart too.

    SuDZ

  5. YES by illuminatedwax · · Score: 4, Funny

    YES!! I have discovered an amazing diet/exercise routine that increases your brain power by over 400%!!! It only requires 5 minutes of work a day, and best of all, IT REALLY WORKS!!
    I increased my GRE score from a lousy 900 to an astonishing 1550 just by using this method for only THREE WEEKS!!

    To find out about this AMAZING discovery, send $50 check or money order to:

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  6. Re:Intelligence and Knowledge are Not the Same Thi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, who are you to challenge the submitter? He is constantly being told that has an extremely high IQ. How many times have *you* been told that?