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25 Ways to Get Smarter in 2010
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From a brilliant lecture series to a must-have Google Alert to an applied-physics videogame, The Daily Beast interviewed the world’s smartest minds to find new breakthroughs and products aimed at boosting intelligence. Reported by Constantino Diaz-Duran and Gabe Oppenheim.
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filipb
This list excites me beyond belief!
Rjdiaz
I know, right?! The thing is, a lot of this stuff has been around for a while and is just waiting to be discovered.
ndspinelli
I'm hoping and praying that DakLak reads this!
sillylemur
Thank you for this : )
keemia
Anyone claiming that they've discovered "the world's smartest minds" is clearly out of their mind.
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Zelduh
Agreed. I find him TOTALLY boring.
Erock1
Yeah. If I were smart I quit coming here.
Johnnorth
There is only one word for the commentators here:smart alecs, that is to say people who are so dumb they just know they don't have anything to learn from anyone. (I'm not afraid to say I learned some things - Hunch, for instance).
MadCharles
The way people give attention to talk radio or Rush Limbaugh they'd both be on this list.
camper
I've already watched a half a dozen Yale lectures and am inspired and humbled...thank god I won't have to take the tests.
Ebisse
interesting how Caucasian / White / Euro / American-centric this is...
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