Kaj_Sotala comments on Things I Wish They'd Taught Me When I Was Younger: Why Money Is Awesome - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 19 January 2014 08:31:14AM *  0 points [-]

IQ as often measured is made up of both fluid and crystallized intelligence, and you can certainly raise your crystallized intelligence. (I find learning pretty much anything to be easier now than I found it ten years back, probably due to me now having more background knowledge to draw on and connect things with.) It's the fluid part that's the problem.

Comment author: hyporational 19 January 2014 11:08:56AM *  0 points [-]

Having a highly developed work ethic works too for older people.

Comment author: Creutzer 19 January 2014 11:16:13AM 0 points [-]

Yes, but that's not interesting. What's interesting is whether developing a work ethic works for older people, i.e. whether you can raise conscientiousness. And that's a completely different issue.