Will reading actually make me smarter?
>>24901773
If you read about knowledgeable topics, sure. Otherwise reading is just a meme. There's more than one medium for sharing information.
No, not being a complete brain-dead, autistic faggot will make you smarter.
Depends what you are reading. At the very least it should expand your vocabulary.
>>24901773
Depends what you read, dildo.
>>24901792
>>24901815
Reading Meditations currently.
Just finished Siddhartha and Notes from the underground.
Do those count?
pretty much yeah but it's way too late for you to start now
if you weren't that virgin in high school who was reading shit like Julius Evola's Revolt Against the Modern World just fucking give up you c ucked wageslave
even if you read trash you will be using your brain. active thinking opposed to passive thinking. so yes it will make you smarter. HOW MUCH smarter depends on what you read.
>>24901829
Read the Dhamapada anon.
Wisest book ever written.
>>24901829
Yeah, I guess.
What does "smart" actually mean to you anyway?
>MMIX
>haven't already made your way through the western canon before the age of 18
it will expand your vocab and let you form thoughts on your own
helpful when you become an adult
>>24901773
makes you read quicker in time, so when someone asks you to read something, you wont make them sit there for 5 minutes while you read one paragraph.
this should be a mandatory reading for all robots
>>24901854
Dunno. I just want to feel like less of a fucking idiot.
Though reading philosophy is just making me feel like more of an idiot, but like it also makes me feel ok being an idiot.
>>24901887
I feel you completely anon.
>mfw I felt dumber after reading Socrates then before
>mfw I realized how fantastic it is to be dumb
>>24901887
Don't feel bad; it's mostly bullshit anyways.
>>24901881
For what reason(s), anon?
>>24901970
Oh?
I disagree. Why do you say that?
Maybe reading the pre-Socratic is pointless unless you want to see how philosophy evolved.
Most philosophers that stood the test of time are incredibly benefical to read though.
>>24901829
Good books. I'd definitely recommend philosophy and the classics. Pretty much the epitome of thought and writing.
>>24901949
>Reading Socrates
Threadly reminder that Augustine's Confessions are mandatory reading.
>>24903323
Plato.
You know what I mean.
>>24901773
It'll increase your vocabulary, which will make you seems smarter.
