Simple Ways to Increase Your Intelligence - Not watch TV????

i seldom watch tv unless it is historical or non fiction (ie decorating) but when i watch tv, i am usually doing something crafty (ie weaving or crocheting) i tend to read a lot, but i only read non fiction (history or decorating).

I remember when I was a child I speant days watching discovery channel and animal planet... a lot of what i learned is still in my memory today....Thou i do think that to remember something from the tv you need to watch it a few times...there is too much information.... and our mind is actually not as active as when we are reading or doing something more stimulating...just lyke playing computer games our brain is actually less active when we play them

Ya watching news and other intellectual programs really does help us but for some people they really dont care and understand the real thing and blame the television for all the wrongs that they do and blame it at last to the one which would not argue against its claims..i think people should think practically before giving suggestions like this and i think that will bring more things to follow in the exercises than this stupid suggestion that they have given you... Happy Mylotting

Nice post! If I were to make a summary of the things written above. It simply says that we should not be lazy. In other words we have to utilize the talents and skills God gave us. God himself exemplified work when he created the universe. I'm still wondering how we learn. God is so good for giving us brain and memory. We keep on learning during our entire life. But in all of the things I've learned, one that I can really be proud of is learning that there is God and I was able to Him more each day. Regarding watching television, I guess our knowledge is limited when we watch TV. There is so little interaction just sitting in front the tube. It gives you less time to work and our reflexes are not really stimulated by it. Though watching TV also give us additional info, it cannot give us the learnings when we are directly involved to real physical works.

I think it would depend on what kind of shows people watch. There are shows that one could gain knowledge from like the current events, informative talk shows and a lot lot more. Even Sesame Street kids can learn from watching it and I am one of them who learned from the show when I was still a kid so, I disagree. Ciao!

Tv is certainly not an enemy but getting hooked on tv is enemy of your health, wealth & as you said your intelligence too. My friend put it beautifully "I thank TV for all my success, whenever the TV at home was switched on, i went to other room & started reading"- hoW true: reading can really contribute in many positive ways to our life. A way to regulate TV will be to watch TV for less than an hour. A few more ways to improve your intelligence: Make a consious effort to do things with your right hand. Early moring- "write", write whatever comes to your mind, even if these thoughts are absolutely illogical. Spend time with children below 5 years.

Well you may have a point there. I too watch only the news channels and the documentary channels and I must admit that I have learnt a lot from them. However, I do think TV can be addictive i.e we may be watching informative programmes only for a few weeks but after a certain time, we are more likely to surf and switch channels and end up spending more time in front of the TV. And watching TV is not really exercising the intelligence section of our brain…we maybe exercising the memory part in trying to stack away all that info, but are we really thinking hard on something even as we watch the news or that great documentary? Its more of a visual thing with a tendency to memorize, but that’s hardly any stimulation for the brain.

It is true that watching varied informative programs and educational telecasts and following news enhances your knowledge and also awarenes about current affairs but the underlying assumption in that statement is that there should be a healthy time devoted for that too and for selective programs. TV abounds in entertainment and this non stop entertainment would only encourage passive time pass and not lead to any productive diversion and channelising of intelligence. This definitely needs channelling of the lessons we learn in the course of our daily chores. Passivity is the underlying assumption in that sttement I feel.

the obvious reason here is the fact that if we keep on watching television programs, we no longer read, we no longer think deeply, we can no longer find so much time for exercise and other matters that will make us healthier in mind and body. this is because, we will spend all those useful hours in front of the tv set. this is true for a lot of persons around the world. as of now, the television set has an excellent competitor - the computer which is hooked with the internet in our very own homes! before the issue had been on very young kids hooked on tv from morning till night. now, young kids and adults are hooked on the computer doing internet surfing even until the wee hours of the night. so, if you only use that tv set to watch some favorite programs and the newscast, there is no danger there. the danger lurks upon those who indulge so much time such that the other things that have to be done are being set aside and forgotten forever in favor of watching tv programs morning till night.

Man is made up of multiple intelligences. We learn through seeing, hearing, moving, dealing with people, thinking, sequencing and the list goes on and on. Watching tv falls under learning by sight. Some people learn faster than others through watching tv. If you notice this, at school TV is a medium of learning you will find inside the classroom. I think instead of not watching we should limit tv watching so we can find other things that can stimulate our brain to learn.

i do agre with you i do not mostly watch movie,i mostly watch whioch can entertain me and teach me something about anything,watching the daily soap is one of my unlike work ,which i think can only waist time nothing else

if that so,..why other said television is our updater,..because without reading we know what the t.v message informing us,..

I think watching soap operas or less educational program are the one which are not allowed to watch. It is because they mostly occupy emotional basis. Educational programs progress our knowledge.

eat healthy, think gud, be creative, exercise well & dnt watch any soaps :P

Its is same wht im thinking earlier. TV, news and other programs might increase the knowledge and update any whoever watching but prolong watching infuse you the negative engeries and have the power to change your thinking process. this i have experience but you might be not. so im in favor to watch TV to its minimum and read the newspaper instead. Keep Smiling :) Swatig

Well, I think it depends. Perhaps the article is referring to the people who always sit in front of the tv, watching the tv programs without doing any other activities? I did read an article similar to that too. Watching less tv can make us happier. Perhaps when we watch less tv, and spend more time in other activities, we will gain more happiness and also intelligence?

I think watching tv , reading books, surfing the net, etc. all contributes with our intelligence. Tv is one of the first resources that we have that made us learn from it. My kids watch tv and they learned from DORA and they learned to sing and dance through it. You are right in some ways but I just maintain what I have to gain intelligence be it watching tv or reading.

Me too. Why are there lots of educational channels like HGTV, Discovery, and TLC, then? Somebody must be watching them. I know I do!

maybe wat it meant there was the entertainment on television, not the news..coz for me news is important, very important ! i rarely watch television, i only watch maybe 1 or 2 times a day, in a very short hour, maximum just 2 hours lol..i do not like TV that much, i only wanna watch the news..not the useless gossip or sth else lol but i do watch a cartoon sometimes based on my mood lol.. i think all the items uve mentioned above was right rodveiga and its an interesting new knowledges for me, i can memorize it and use it for my goodness, i want to increase my intelligence too lol..=D thank u lol

well well well, TV does not make us dull nor stupid. my 2 year old cousin would know a lots of things from watching education programs. and i gather lots of information in TV. the updates and the current events, so i guess nobody can say the watching TV or minimizing in watching TC can make person intelligent. anyways, if you want to be intelligent then try to register here in Mylot and keep posting discussions and blogs, for sure youll be intelligent.