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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.
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 . (-:
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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.
using words like 'erudite' is a perfectly cromulent way of displaying your intelligence.
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 this ruins my strategy to become smart. Time to move onto plan B, "reading War and Peace and telling everybody about it".
Well this ruins my strategy to become smart. Time to move onto plan B, "reading War and Peace and telling everybody about it".
Mozart may not make you smart, but maybe it's that smart people listen to Mozart.
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! :-)
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.