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Don't know if you read my above post prior to that last one...
Originally posted by Stormdancer777
About the Bible, my youngest daughter has her degree in English, now when she was about two, I started teaching her from work books, surprisingly, she new all the answers .
She had knowledge beyond her years and read fifth grade level in kindergarten,
The Bible, a friend told me to read to her, then have her read to me from the Bible, no Dick and Jane,
Originally posted by undo
(addendum to my above post: i don't believe video games dumb people down. i think they are just a new social environment in which to challenge your skills and hone your hand-eye coordination. i play alot of video games but i'm always looking for the symbols embedded in the imagery, the underlying message the game is trying to instill or reveals about its creators, the current state of social order or the hoped for state of the future.)
[edit on 12-10-2008 by undo]
Originally posted by Mr Headshot
It's funny how in an age of connection we really have isolated ourselves from eachother.
Also, anything done with your hands which requires concentration is great; be it mechanics, tailors, musicians, crafting, anything which involves concentration is amazing when it comes to brain power. By concentration I mean REAL concentration, I can't describe it but if you've ever done it you know what I mean.
Originally posted by Mr Headshot
reply to post by Stormdancer777
Ha exactly!
For a long time I thought I was concentrating on music I played and then I learned how to really concentrate and understand what I was playing rather than just doing it from muscle memory, wow such a difference.
Originally posted by caballero
reply to post by mopusvindictus
I think that the only way you can teach yourself and work your way up to Einstein smarts is through self learning.
Observations that you make for yourself in the world around you, and you have to have some creativity as well. Einstein came up with his theory of relativity when he was sitting in the park he imagined himself riding along a ray of light through the universe.
Thats the true way to learn imagine the possibilities for yourself.
a descending scream, building into a deep rasping roar, and ending in a deafening hiss. As if this were not impressive enough, the entire acoustic show is itself the prelude to a wonderful transformation: the highest pitch sounds ultimately spawn the first generation of stars, while the deep bass notes slowly dissolve to become the tapestry of galaxies which now fills all of space.