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Listening to Mozart does not make you smart

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Re: Listening to Mozart does not make you smart

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We've been had! It's a shame that we will have to tell this to all the kids today who are constantly listening to Mozart. All jokes aside, when I was a little bit younger and took my first philosophy course, I remember the professor saying something like "Garbage in, Garbage out." So let's say that listening to Mozart doesn't make you smarter. This, however, has no bearing on if other forms of music make you less sma…

I have the same experience but I don't do it anymore. Doesn't it just mean that with certain types of music we can ignore it enough to do other tasks? Why do we want to have inputs that we then ignore? If the music is worthwhile doesn't it deserve our attention?

Well my experience with it is that I believe that it actually influences my thought patterns and helps my train of thought progress. Of course this is anecdotal evidence and it would seem that the article contradicts my belief, which is why I failed to allude to it in my original posting. Besides that, if my train of thought does come to a conclusion, I get to enjoy some great music until my next thought begins.

Re: Listening to Mozart does not make you smart

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post #2

Sure, listening to one piece before taking a standardized test doesn't help, but I would wager that truly appreciating Mozart, and certainly playing an instrument of any sort, does.

Being involved in music, especially classical music, stereotypically gives a you cultured air. It has been proven that we generally think attractive people are more intelligent, and I'd wager the same goes for being cultured.

Re: Listening to Mozart does not make you smart

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We've been had! It's a shame that we will have to tell this to all the kids today who are constantly listening to Mozart. All jokes aside, when I was a little bit younger and took my first philosophy course, I remember the professor saying something like "Garbage in, Garbage out." So let's say that listening to Mozart doesn't make you smarter. This, however, has no bearing on if other forms of music make you less sma…

"garbage in, garbage out" explains why recycling is impossible! :-)

Re: Listening to Mozart does not make you smart

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We've been had! It's a shame that we will have to tell this to all the kids today who are constantly listening to Mozart. All jokes aside, when I was a little bit younger and took my first philosophy course, I remember the professor saying something like "Garbage in, Garbage out." So let's say that listening to Mozart doesn't make you smarter. This, however, has no bearing on if other forms of music make you less sma…

If you want to switch things up, consider downloading the instrumental-only 4 CD "Ghosts" album released under a CC license by Trent Reznor/NIN.

Re: Listening to Mozart does not make you smart

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post #7

Well this ruins my strategy to become smart. Time to move onto plan B, "reading War and Peace and telling everybody about it".

Don't forget "Atlas Shrugged". I hear that one mentioned at least twice a day by patrons of my local Starbuck's, so I know it must be deep. (-:

Re: Listening to Mozart does not make you smart

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Mozart may not make you smart, but maybe it's that smart people listen to Mozart.

Aye. How would you expect someone who gets his music from VH1 to discover Mozart? Smart people have more exposure to different cultures, which explains their diverse musical tastes.

Re: Listening to Mozart does not make you smart

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post #17
post #7

Well this ruins my strategy to become smart. Time to move onto plan B, "reading War and Peace and telling everybody about it".

Don't forget "Atlas Shrugged". I hear that one mentioned at least twice a day by patrons of my local Starbuck's, so I know it must be deep . (-:

If that doesn't work I'm just going to learn some French words and randomly sprinkle them throughout my conversations. Merci. Baguette. Champagne. [1]

[1] See? I sound erudite already.

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