

Juggling Violins
Actually, the title should be "Juggling and a Violin", but this is definitely a more gripping title, eh? So, no, I am not going to be juggling violins (yet?), but I am beginning to take on numerous stimulating endeavors to including juggling and violin lessons to rewire my brain in positive new ways, including juggling and learning to play the violin. To begin this "brain makeover", I begain by obtaining a few baselines to get an idea of where I fall on the IQ spectrum. Then


Baselines and Baby Steps
It has been a busy few weeks. I've read everything I could find on hacking/enhancing one's intelligence, and I'm a bit overwhelmed by all of the material and research out there. To start, I've been doing some DIY baseline testing, and have a pretty good idea of my IQ, but it varies a bit depending on what type of test I take. If it is a purely image-analysis based test, I do pretty well, but I seem to do better with tests that incorporate a verbal-linguistic element. However,