grey matters
The Old Grey Silly One
They say that activities that involve things like quick computations, memory recall and word associations actually exercise your brain and make you smarter. A while a go I got "Brain Age II" ( for Nintendo DS) and found that it really did make me think faster and helped my memory. Someone on this forum also posted a site that had similar activities for brain stimulation.
Now, in the bullshit threads don't we have to do similar things? for example, we use memory recall in trying to come up with a good reason to ban someone when there appears to be no immediate reason to do so. Coming up with quick and creative ways to annihilate one another requires us to not only be creative, but do so quickly. And need I mention word association? Don't we have a very popular thread just for that purpose?
Yea, I know that the serious threads are stimulating, but in a different way. They are more complex, but slower. I remember reading somewhere that both activities (in this case, both bullshit and nonbullshit) are needed for a balanced healthy mind. One skill, like quick mental activities, enhances the performance of the other skill, like thinking through complex problems.
The one problem I had with the brain stimulating activities that are on "Brain Age" and that site that someone posted a while ago is the activities quickly got boring, and so I lost the motivation to do them. In the bullshit threads I am sparring with actual human beings (I think). This is much more challenging, (so far).
I also remember a few things about how laughter is healthy. So when you sit in front of the computer, laughing your ass off and drinking your coffee and eating doughnuts, you can use the excuse that you are doing so for your health, you are not procrastinating......think about it.
Now, in the bullshit threads don't we have to do similar things? for example, we use memory recall in trying to come up with a good reason to ban someone when there appears to be no immediate reason to do so. Coming up with quick and creative ways to annihilate one another requires us to not only be creative, but do so quickly. And need I mention word association? Don't we have a very popular thread just for that purpose?
Yea, I know that the serious threads are stimulating, but in a different way. They are more complex, but slower. I remember reading somewhere that both activities (in this case, both bullshit and nonbullshit) are needed for a balanced healthy mind. One skill, like quick mental activities, enhances the performance of the other skill, like thinking through complex problems.
The one problem I had with the brain stimulating activities that are on "Brain Age" and that site that someone posted a while ago is the activities quickly got boring, and so I lost the motivation to do them. In the bullshit threads I am sparring with actual human beings (I think). This is much more challenging, (so far).
I also remember a few things about how laughter is healthy. So when you sit in front of the computer, laughing your ass off and drinking your coffee and eating doughnuts, you can use the excuse that you are doing so for your health, you are not procrastinating......think about it.
*feels confused* 
