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March 11, 2009
Can we increase our IQ with training?
It seems the answer is yes.
Can We Increase Our Intelligence?
About a half an hour of daily practice of a particular form of memory problem resulted in 4 points higher IQ among the treated.
This sounds like something worth making a video game out of.
Sound like too much trouble? Take the probability that you think this is true. Given that, a discount rate, and your hourly wage or perhaps the price at which you value your leisure, you can back out the price you'd pay for an additional IQ point
Not doing it implies value of additional IQ point < = P(true)*(365/2)* wage / (4 * (1-discount rate))
Posted by OneEyedMan at March 11, 2009 9:22 AM
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your right, that does sound like it's worth making a game out of... Let me see if I can whip something up real fast.
Posted by: giblfiz ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.belligerati.net/nav-commenters.gif)
at March 12, 2009 9:07 PM
Hmm, just as I was gearing up to write this, my Lady walked in and asked me what I was doing. She rather insightfully asked If I had looked for an implementation of the game online yet, and I sheepishly admitted that I had not.
35 seconds on google beats an hour of code any day.
http://brainworkshop.sourceforge.net/
Posted by: giblfiz at March 12, 2009 9:16 PM
Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: TheOneEyedMan at March 12, 2009 9:23 PM
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