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Re:Study suggests that the “brain training” industry may be ... by bbcbasic on Monday June 20, 2016 @06:49PM (#11942218)
A smart person who is also pragmatic and takes the team into account though is superproductive. Their solutions may take a bit of learning but it pays off.
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Re:Study suggests that the “brain training” industry may be ... by sklogic on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @08:43AM (#11945210)
> Their solutions may take a bit of learning but it pays off.

Solution that takes a bit of learning is always worse than a solution that does not need any learning and is obvious to anyone, even to someone in my IQ range.

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Re:Study suggests that the “brain training” industry may be ... by bbcbasic on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @06:32PM (#11949982)
Not always. Otherwise we'd all be using punchcards and valves still.
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Re:Study suggests that the “brain training” industry may be ... by sklogic on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @07:54PM (#11950463)
I used punchcards. It definitely required more learning than a video terminal.
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