Comment on How do I make myself smarter?

• cameron_vale@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Considering drugs, meditation, intense pain, intense pleasure, breathing techniques, hanging out with weirdos, good art, travel, renunciation… to name a few

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  • Can_you_change_your_username@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Check out the Allegory of the Cave, might change your mind about the usefulness of Plato. You might also find something interesting in the philosophy of Pythagoras's cult and in the stoics.

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    • cameron_vale@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      thanks

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  • HeartyBeast@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Those may certainly supplement analytical thinking and reasoning

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    • cameron_vale@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think that thinking is not as central in importance as you make it out to be.

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