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@BjarkeT Note that only 1 of the people you mentioned is a psychologist, and second that these types of publications are not peer-reviewed in the traditional sense. This is not to take away from their value, they just don't fall into the same category of academia I mentioned. IQ is not the same as "deep work". IQ is not much more than a measurement taken from an IQ test. Real intelligence cannot be enclosed in a theory, see Leo's latest video about that. So if you want to increase IQ, what you actually want to increase is a score on a test. It is a test that cannot be studied for, there is no deliberate practice. Sure you can 'practice' IQ tests, but what you're really doing is remembering solutions to unique problems. You might make a little bit of progress finding general trends in IQ tests and observing the deceptive nature of some of the questions but that is about it. It is not enough to increase your results by more than a point or two. We're talking about IQ, not intelligence.

In regards to scientific literature, we haven't really found good ways to increase IQ measurably. But we do know good nutrition and exercise (specifically strength training) is very effective in combatting the decline of your IQ as you age.

Why does that disturb you?

Applying the word simple to god is like calling a thought green.

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Because included in infinity is a reality where consciousness is not aware of the subconscious.

@Ibn Sina Hitler was quite good with people... There were certainly people who wanted what he wanted who worked with him, they didn't fight with each other until they'd already lost. The SS is an example.

@Ibn Sina what if a person's character is genocidal? Should they find their herd so they can all get together and scheme? Are you sure? What if it was possible to feel good no matter who you were with?

Practice writing Using this template. It's made for writing essays, but you could follow the same steps for even a couple sentences.

@Gligorije LOL! Good luck finding the magic pill then, you don't realise that what you're looking for is what we've all told you. Learn to code or fix cars or something if you must have some "grind", but more importantly, find your life purpose. What's the point of grinding for something (that is what you want right?) if you don't know if you're aiming at the right thing?

@PhilGR I don't know what is good for you. Do your best to figure it out the best you can, and fast. What do you parents think about Greece? Your teachers? What's the general attitude towards the problem? I have a feeling that if most people in Greece don't think the situation is going to change for the better, they might be right. I'd be careful about watching the news, specifically greek news, you don't know what kind of biases or scandals are going on behind the scenes. The best advice I could offer is to try to find similar events in history compared to what is happening in Greece now, and see how they end. If they don't end too bad, maybe it's okay to stay, if they end in catastrophe, well, it's up to you what to do in that case.

@Leo Gura I'd recommend you actually listen to his case about when antidepressants are worthwhile. I concede that in his personal case it doesn't seem consistent, but anyways... For someone who made a video called "all criticism is untenable", you sure love to criticize. That being said I'm not trying to defend his intellectual war as you put it.

@PhilGR Man the situation in Greece is rough. You really need to assess whether the chaos in Greece is worth staying for. Because you're so young, you have time. You must think in the long-term about this. Do what would be best for you 10-20 years from now, not what would be good for today.

The other examples here are absolutely good priorities to have. I'd like to add life purpose work. I'd completely neglected what I would do with my life until I was a year out of high school. First, go out and take like 15 different personality tests, and try and find similarities between them. I was consistently high in academic interest and capability, that's a great sign you should go to university. If you're low in academic interest but find out you're quite hard working, a trade school would be an awesome choice. If you're highly extraverted, try doing something where you're interacting with people all day. Figure out what suits you, you'll most likely find that a few of the things you're interested in fall in line with what suits you. Do that. Then refine it, do the life purpose course here and selfauthoring.com. Those are 2 great resources. Start with self-authoring if you're tight on cash. If you do that, the rest I think you'll be able to piece together on your own. This is a must do for teenagers. No buts.

I've never really been comfortable having a partner and introducing them to my friends, let alone my family. I notice a deep subconscious need to not look too interested in women. I've turned away lots of opportunities because of this. I think there's some weird need for me to not allow myself to be intimate. Has anyone else dealt with this?

@Ether Aren't most people? I wouldn't say I am more afraid than the average person. @Shin yikes! Do you have any good resource recommendations for that? Or is good old contemplation the way to go? I appreciate the responses

@herghly I think it has been gone longer than that, probably since the middle ages.

@PsiloPutty during my 10-day retreat, only about 5% of people left over the 10 days. Very quietly, no one disturbed the peace. @molosku Part of the reason it is so purist is that they ask the students not to share the technique. That's because the person hearing it from a second source only gets the technique and misses out the experience of the retreat itself. You can legitimately practice it, but you'll not experience the silence and simplicity of life without at least a 7-day retreat. It's not all about the technique, the experience of solitude is very important.

Social science says opposites attract. It also says birds of a feather flock together. So don't overthink the personality matrix

Reverse engineer it. Wanna meditate with dictators? First you gotta learn to meditate, so schedule an hour a day for you to practice. Then you gotta learn to teach, find a way to schedule that. Then you gotta learn the psychology of dictators, they won't listen if they don't understand you, find a way to schedule that. Then you gotta befriend dictators, find a way to schedule that. And you're done! You keep asking "how" to do these things. Sometimes someone won't be around to tell you. Most of the time actually. Figure it out fr yourself. Learn to reverse engineer things.

How interesting, ever since his rock bottom video I feel like his quality has skyrocketed. I go back and watch old 2014 videos where he's making videos outside and he looks like an RSD parody of himself it's hilarious.

meditating is pretty cool

I have a hard time believing anyone has fully cracked enlightenment. If we were to say "Oh this was pretty good, yeah that looks like the highest enlightenment to me, that's all of it enough said" that would be foolish. You'd be cutting yourself off from any possibility of it going deeper. Reality is supposedly infinite, right? Therefore there would be no highest awareness, it can get endlessly "high".

Nietzsche's best concept was to overcome your problems and make yourself a better person. But that should be pretty obvious, right? He laid the foundation of personal development, which is worth praising. As far as nonduality? Doubt it.

I like the H3H3 podcast for just chilling, but if I want to learn something I listen to Joe Rogan.