Re:Neuroscientists' Open Letter To DIY Brain Hackers
by nibs on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @04:16PM
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Anxiety and high IQ are linked: http://www.livescience.com/36259-anxiety-linked-high-iq.html so it is possible (I am speculating) that by reducing anxiety, you are reducing IQ. Not everyone wants to be smart, but it is not a decision I would take lightly. I wonder if you could perform the opposite operation, jacking up anxiety and IQ...
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Re:Neuroscientists' Open Letter To DIY Brain Hackers
by CuriouslyC on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @10:44AM
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As someone who has experienced this from the inside let me share with you exactly what is going on...
A large part of anxiety is the result of basically running mental simulations of the world with "negative" assumptions. Thus, people who are better at cognitive simulation (i.e. high IQ) are naturally going to have a greater capacity for worry. That being said, if you train your mind to stop running simulations all the time (mindfulness) or just start running simulations with positive assumptions, that anxiety can be eliminated without any impact on intelligence whatsoever.
Re:Neuroscientists' Open Letter To DIY Brain Hackers
by sbov on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @09:11PM
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Even ignoring the whole "IQ = smart" thing, you can have a lower IQ and still have a high IQ.
Re:Neuroscientists' Open Letter To DIY Brain Hackers
by unimpressive on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @12:43AM
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This was not a well formulated sentence. I'll go ahead and clarify it some for other people reading and scratching their heads:
>you can have a lower IQ and still have a high IQ
You can lower your IQ and still have a high IQ. I.E going from 130 to 120 is different from going from 100 to 90.