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Comment author: Yvain 20 July 2012 02:37:30AM *  2 points [-]

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The importance of waste heat in the brain is generally under-appreciated. An overheated brain is a major source of mental exhaustion, akrasia, and brain fog. One easy way to increase the amount of practical intelligence we can bring to bear on complicated tasks (with or without an accompanying increase in IQ itself) is to improving cooling in the brain. This would be most effective with some kind of surgical cooling system thingy, but even simple things like being in a cold room could help

Confidence: 30%

Comment author: [deleted] 03 February 2013 09:44:32PM 1 point [-]

INSERT THE ROD, JOHN.