Will reading books make me smart?

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They may make you well-read.

>Will masturbating make me good at sex?

>>9137692
literature does not make you smarter. It makes you more sensitive, maybe more emotionally intelligent. Math and philosophy makes you smarter.

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>>9137735
No, it definitely makes you smarter.

>>9137726
It'll make you better at it, esp. if you're gay.

>>9137755
define what you mean by smarter. when people say smarter, they usually refer to quicker and deeper thinking and ability to learn. Which I think is facilitated more by philosophy and mathematics, in its complexity and depth, than the artistry of literature, which is more about emotion and artistic sense than abstract thought.

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Read Hegel

Why would doing one of the most basic human functions make you smarter?

>>9139170
No, he's right. Reading at least gives you more knowledge, but reading certain things like Geometrical or Arithmetical proofs or Philosophy/Logic can make you better a reasoning.

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>>9137692
The Psychology of Human Misjudgment by Charlie Munger (essay)

Influence by Robert Cialdini

>>9138038
>abstract thought
How do you manage to avoid abstract thought in your literature? Do you exclusively read John Green?

>>9137726
Actually, if you're a homo, it very much will.

>>9137726
Yes, if you're a girl. You need to know your body to teach someone else to handle it to your liking.

Only straight men get worse from masturbation.

>>9137692
No