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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Your intelligence isn't improved by calmness. Calmness may simply be the state when it is the most unimpeded.
Is that a big difference?
By driving my car thoughtfully, the fuel lasts longer. It follows that more thoughtfulness will enlarge my car's fuel tank.
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I think you're looking at correlation more than causation. That's what the enlarged gas tank metaphor in another comment here is trying to hint at.
Gonna pull out my hair splitting razors for a moment...
OP didn't say more intelligent, they said smarter.
Can one get smarter? Does "smart" conceptually include the quanity of acquired information? Does the quality of thought impact the ability to acquire new information? Does smart include the concept applying knowledge appropriately? Is the ability to do that informed by the quality of thought?
We might have different definitions for a lot of these words, but I think I gotta say "yes" to all of them.
I'm not this guy so I can only guess their experience, but the more time they're able to spend in a mental state that maximizes the quality of their thought processes, I would expect it would help them learn new things and more effectively apply that knowledge. I'm contented to say that counts as smart.
So ya: More think good make more smarter that guy.
I don't mind your fiddling with that razor at all. I see what you mean.
So on a spectrum maximally calm is still maximally intelligent
Depends on how you define intelligence. If intelligence is only your max possible ability to process thoughts, yeah. Clarity won't increase intelligence, just increase utilization of intelligence. But if it's a more dynamic measurement, then intelligence would be improved by clarity of thought.