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@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ It's been observed that the **IQ of a group** is roughly equal to the IQ of its
 
 { Coincidentally after I wrote this I saw some "REAL STUDY" (as in peer censored etc.) which concluded income is slightly positively correlated with IQ, which is probably true around the average middle IQ (a slightly smarter wage slave will make a bit more money by pressing buttons on a computer than a wage slave moving crates), however the study also noted that by far the few richest individuals that took part in the study (probably some CEOs, they were literally sky high in the graph) were all quite significantly BELOW 100 IQ :D So now it's also official. ~drummyfish }
 
-**Can you increase your IQ?**: Though they're not supposed to be trainable, IQ tests CAN be trained like anything else -- you can train for the tests themselves, they often have the same types of questions -- if you just practice 4 hours making IQ tests for a month before taking an actual IQ test, you'll probably score at genius level, but that's kinda cheating of course, it's better to REALLY train you brain skills by just doing various diverse intellectual challenges like [programming](programming.md), learning languages, playing puzzles, board games or reading books -- this will actually make you smarter. Some studies have shown that playing video games increases IQ, however it probably matters what sort of game it is, mindless grinding in [WoW](wow.md) or cybersexing in Roblox will probably have the opposite effect, you rather want to play puzzle games, strategy games and so on. There was one specific memory game that was shown to really increase IQ scores, though only temporarily (for a few months) -- in the game you saw symbols appearing on the screen and you had to press a button every time a symbol appeared that was the same as a symbol that appeared *N* steps back; you start at *N = 1* and keep training yourself towards higher values, and this basically boosts your short term memory. { Can't find the paper now but I swear I've seen it, I even played the game for a while. ~drummyfish } There are also things like the "Mozart effect" which says that listening to Mozart's music increases your IQ score, but who knows if that's bullshit or not.
+**Can you increase your IQ?**: Though they're not supposed to be trainable, IQ tests CAN be trained like anything else -- you can train for the tests themselves, they often have the same types of questions -- if you just practice 4 hours making IQ tests for a month before taking an actual IQ test, you'll probably score at genius level, but that's kinda [cheating](cheating.md) of course, it's better to REALLY train you brain skills by just doing various diverse intellectual challenges like [programming](programming.md), learning languages, playing puzzles, board games or reading books -- this will actually make you smarter. Some studies have shown that playing video games increases IQ, however it probably matters what sort of game it is, mindless grinding in [WoW](wow.md) or cybersexing in Roblox will probably have the opposite effect, you rather want to play puzzle games, strategy games and so on. There was one specific memory game that was shown to really increase IQ scores, though only temporarily (for a few months) -- in the game you saw symbols appearing on the screen and you had to press a button every time a symbol appeared that was the same as a symbol that appeared *N* steps back; you start at *N = 1* and keep training yourself towards higher values, and this basically boosts your short term memory. { Can't find the paper now but I swear I've seen it, I even played the game for a while. ~drummyfish } There are also things like the "Mozart effect" which says that listening to Mozart's music increases your IQ score, but who knows if that's bullshit or not.
 
 TODO: smartest man?