Something you do to help smarten yourself?

Subject: Something you do to help smarten yourself? Tue 27 Jul 2010, 7:58 pm

What is a habit that you've developed to give yourself more knowledge?

For example, I developed a habit about two years ago of simply looking up a word of which I have a sense of it's definition to be certian that I'm correct or, to to make sure I have the correct spelling. Doing this really helps increase your vocabulary!

Another thing is learning little facts (they stick) from documentaries that I probably otherwise wouldn't ever have learned because I hate reading. lol

Subject: Re: Something you do to help smarten yourself? Tue 27 Jul 2010, 8:01 pm

i learn most of my shit from TV or newspapers

id like to think for the most part i have decent general knowledge skills

Subject: Re: Something you do to help smarten yourself? Tue 27 Jul 2010, 8:06 pm

read books

i also heard that reading books to your unborn kids can raise their IQ when they are born. same for listening to classical music while they are in the womb. i did that lol

but for myself i just read books...reading increases your vocabluary without even putting in much effort. you see the same words repetitively and eventually they will get stuck in your head.

Subject: Re: Something you do to help smarten yourself? Tue 27 Jul 2010, 8:12 pm

The LL Father wrote:: i learn most of my shit from TV or newspapers

id like to think for the most part i have decent general knowledge skills

I used to watch the news a ton when I was like 12 and 13, then I stopped.

Recently, I've been watching more of it. If I can, I try to catch this show that comes on called The Drs. What's it about? Well duh lol... all the medical stuff you can think of, and some.

Subject: Re: Something you do to help smarten yourself? Tue 27 Jul 2010, 8:13 pm

I love The Drs.

great show

Subject: Re: Something you do to help smarten yourself? Tue 27 Jul 2010, 8:16 pm

WOW oddly this is a hard question for me to answer.

I'm a person who likes knowing what he's talking about before i go out ranting. So i often look up the facts online, learn about the facts online so i know what is going on.

I never knew the whole story about Anastasia and the whole Russian Royal Family and all that. I heard pieces but never a complete story. I wiki'd that shit at 3 AM in the morning, i was mind blown by the stories and facts. It was such a great story.

Subject: Re: Something you do to help smarten yourself? Tue 27 Jul 2010, 8:19 pm

I've done that, as well Kev. I like to look things up that peak my interest.

Subject: Re: Something you do to help smarten yourself? Tue 27 Jul 2010, 8:42 pm

I do that on occasion too.

Any little thing to feel a bit more intelligent. lol

Subject: Re: Something you do to help smarten yourself? Tue 27 Jul 2010, 8:47 pm

I'll tell you what I dont do. I dont watch Jeopardy.

it makes me feel dumb lol

unles there's a sports or cartoon/anime category.

Subject: Re: Something you do to help smarten yourself? Tue 27 Jul 2010, 9:00 pm

The Sexy Vixen wrote:: I'll tell you what I dont do. I dont watch Jeopardy.

it makes me feel dumb lol

unles there's a sports or cartoon/anime category.

My sister used to watch that with my grandmother when we were little.

My other sister and I knew we didn't know shit on this showso we just did something else. lol

My jeopardy sis. and I sometimes watch millionaire to see how much we think we know.