Originally Posted by Odlov
More likely less happy people tend to become smarter.
And this is due to the way our brain has been shaped. Logic is on the right side, along with bad feelings. So more depressed people become smarter.
Meow, I am quite a cat these days.
Even though no one knows me, I know more about them than they know of me.
Even though no one knows me, I know more about them than they know of me.
Originally Posted by Gorman
I think that is backwards Odlov; intelligence is fairly concrete, whilst mood can vary a lot more (a person of any intelligence can experience any mood, where as a person of a certain mood could not have variable intelligence)
Mean IQ is less flexible, even though it can still be nurtured. However, there is a difference between being smart and being intelligent. Intelligence refers to raw cognitive power, whereas how smart someone is depends on how much he knows. When people suffer mentally, they tend to introspect, look for solutions, and thus learn and become smarter.
You can see it among great philosophers, too.
I have only read a few, but all of them seem very discontented with reality. Even if they don't outright admit it - you can see it. Nietzsche, Kant, Epicurus, Spinoza... They were all reclusive loners, and that gave them time (and reason?) to examine and re-examine everything to bare bones.
Last edited by Odlov; Mar 15, 2011 at 01:45 AM.
I tend to overcompensate when I think.
My mind tends to race. In most cases, it's bad because I'm too busy figuring out a bunch of possibilities for one thing to focus on something more important. In cases of stress, though, I come to quick conclusions and can use them to my advantage by judging a lot of things at once into percentages and solutions and all that nonsense
usually though it's a burden :c
My mind tends to race. In most cases, it's bad because I'm too busy figuring out a bunch of possibilities for one thing to focus on something more important. In cases of stress, though, I come to quick conclusions and can use them to my advantage by judging a lot of things at once into percentages and solutions and all that nonsense
usually though it's a burden :c
Omnia Mori
sed Evici Amor
sed Evici Amor
