This is a linkpost for https://morelucid.substack.com/p/increasing-iq-by-10-points-is-possible

A while ago I wrote how I managed to add 13 points to my IQ (as measured by the mean between 4 different tests).

I had 3 “self-experimenters” follow my instructions in San Francisco. One of them dropped off, since, surprise surprise, the intervention is hard.

The other two had an increase of 11 and 10 points in IQ respectively (using the “fluid” components of each test) and an increase of 9 and 7 respectively if we include verbal IQ.

A total of 7 people acted as a control and were given advantages on the test compared to the intervention group to exacerbate the effects of memory and motivation, only 1 scored on par with the intervention group. We get a very good p-value, considering the small n, both when comparing the % change in control vs intervention (0.04) and the before/after intervention values [...]

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Outline:

(01:03) Working Hypothesis

(01:58) The Rub

(02:45) What's next

(05:56) Confounder elimination

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First published:
March 19th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/siGufsuhjfRLC52J2/increasing-iq-by-10-points-is-possible

Linkpost URL:
https://morelucid.substack.com/p/increasing-iq-by-10-points-is-possible

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[Linkpost] “Increasing IQ by 10 Points is Possible” by George3d6

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