Does reading actually make you smarter?

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>tfw to smart too read

no, it makes you a better reader

No, but it kinda teaches you how to think. You have to read some more difficult stuff to really get that benefit tho.

Do math if you want to be smarter.

Read if you want to feel superior to people.

>>8854856
Better vocabulary and a general better understanding of people's motives but that can, of course, mislead you in assumptions that do not correspond to reality. Actually, that's one of the problems I find worse with literature, back to when I used to read at least a book a week. Nowadays I read way less but it seems that the "digestion" of what I read is better processed.

>>8855658
This, math also provides you with greater satisfaction than reading fiction or even non-fiction.

Depends what you read.

>>8855658
Where to start with math

>>8855839
Counting

>>8855905
Oy vey

>>8855839
Depends on how far you got before you quit your education in quantitative studies; but for the most part you should probably learn through multivariable calc, differential equations, and linear algebra at a minimum.