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That's because you are retarded. No offense, but that's basic algebra and exponentiation which most people learn in middle school. It took you 20 years to grasp it. That doesn't mean that you're any worse of a software engineer than the rest, but the speed at which it took you to understand certain complex concepts could have been predicted by you taking that IQ test when you were 13.
Your main implication is that you would score higher on an IQ test now than if you were to take one 20 years ago; that's not true and if you truly think that than you have a fundamental misunderstanding of what an IQ test is.
Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to change and adapt its structure and function throughout life. It's also known as brain plasticity or neural plasticity.
You can improve you brain connections of neuros via practice.
This is a FACT!
Here is more about "Neuroplasticity"
Neuroplasticity can occur in response to a number of things, including:
Injury
The brain can reorganize itself to bypass damaged areas and restore function after an injury like a stroke or traumatic brain injury.
Learning
The brain grows new regions as a person learns and practices a new skill, like playing an instrument.
Mental focus
People can rewire their brains by focusing their attention and practicing positive activities.
Read the last 2 items. Did you see the parts about "brain grows new regions" and "People can rewire their brains"
This proves my point.
Thank you and have a nice day!
So you are saying that if I took the IQ test. Then got a coach to walk through that same test and tell me what I got wrong.
Then I practice to take it again and again and again and again!
That I would not prove my score?
How many people who have taken the IQ test has gotten a coach to help them understand the problems.
Then they were allows to repeatlu take it as many times as they want!??
Well if they were the same questions youve seen before, than it wouldnt be a proper iq test. When you took the SAT, did you take practice tests beforehand? Were they anything like the actual SAT? Probably not. The point of these kinds of tests is that you are unable to practice for them because they are not trying to find your ability to study, they are testings your ability to understand and implement new patterns of data as they are presented to you.
Also, don't be upset if you test low. I agree with almost all arguments against IQ tests, such as how there are different kinds of intelligence and different kinds of tests that are weighted to different kinds of intelligence or how some tests are bias towards certain mindsets and worldviews. It's almost a useless stat, but its broad enough for most large corporation to use them in determining who they hire (which is what sparked this entire conversation).
No.
You don’t understand. Speed comes from PRACTICING over and over again from different angles.
Speed comes from repeating going over the concepts from different angles.
You IQ loyalist don’t understand PRACTICE does increase the speed of thought.
Being able to draw PROVES this!!!
When you draw. What is your brain doing!
It’s making 1000s of mistakes and it corrects itself.
As you do this. The speed of understanding a line in 3D space becomes super fast.
What about typing on a Keyboard without looking!!?
That’s muscle memory that now you can do on autopilot from the repeated practice!
It’s the same with math. If I spend 8 hours a day working on math problems.
Over time muscle memory will take over and I will get faster!
What the hell do you think muscle memory is???
Muscle is the speed of thought on autopilot due to repeated practice.
That high IQ smart kid is doing something internally that you aren’t seeing.
They are repeating certain patterns in their head over and over again.
So when you test them. They are going off of muscle memory!
If you want to be fast at something. You need to practice enough to make it muscle memory!
Think of it like this, there is talent and there is skill. A talent is something that someone seems to be born with, they are good at something despite not having done it before. A skill is something at requires years of practice. But if you are talented to begin with, that helps a ton and it may take less practice to reach the level of a more skilled person.
Intelligence is like talent but knowledge is like skill. I'm sorry for being offensive earlier.
Ah, I think I see where we're having a bit of a disconnect.
I totally get your point, my friend. From my perspective, what you're referring to is essentially "muscle memory."
When someone solves a complex math problem, they aren't consciously walking through every single step in detail. Instead, they're relying on a kind of "mental muscle memory"—a series of learned shortcuts and patterns that allow them to move through the problem efficiently.
This kind of muscle memory is built from thousands of micro-repetitions, rooted in subjects or activities that a person is genuinely interested in. When we see a "smart" person at work, what we're really seeing is the end result of countless hours of repeated engagement with topics that fascinate them.
For example, as we're talking right now, I'm learning to draw. Over the last few years, I've had to sketch different line combinations thousands of times. Each one of those repetitions is a building block for my overall skill, but they happen mostly unnoticed.
However, there's something missing here: we don't have an intelligence researcher attaching a brain monitor to observe how my brain processes each sketch in real time, nor do we have anyone watching my current environment to understand the stimuli that shape my learning at this moment.
So, when people take tests—whether it's an IQ test, ACT, or SAT—those scores are just a snapshot of what "muscle memories" they've accumulated up to that point.
Where we seem to disagree is on the idea that speed of thought is fixed. I don’t believe it is. To me, speed of thought is just the result of muscle memory, built through repeated micro-memories and practice. It's like autopilot—the more often you engage with something, the quicker and more intuitive it becomes.
A person who seems "smart" has simply had thousands of repeated thoughts, experiences, and practices that no one else has witnessed. Those repetitions have laid the groundwork for what looks like effortless thinking.
I hope this makes more sense now.