Will reading make you smarter or this yet another meme?

More critical about other forms of entertainment, and for a reason.

Depends what you read, what you're like and the kinds of things you have now stopped doing in order to read

Depends. It could just make you a snob who thinks he's smarter.

Yes.

>>7798996
Elaborate.

Well you usually need to build ideas on other ideas, so yes I would say so

I cant explain it, but after reading so many books I feel more perceptive, like I can see ideas and patterns of reality in a higher resolution

It also enhances your creativity, each well written sentence is sort of like a problem solved with the authors creative ability and just seeing what words the author has used for some purpose opens new avenues of thought with regard to how language is used, you start to think of more descriptive ways in which to express an idea instead of the most basic adjectives

>>7799432
So what I'm taking from your comments is that it will enhance creativity and problem solving?

>>7799452
maybe not problem solving, but your ability to perceive ideas and express yourself