How can I become more intelligent?

[The Minsky Moment]

What is exactly you want to do that you can't do now?

What is exactly is the deficiency that you think you have that you want to remedy?

[Slargos]

He's getting old, but he knows instinctively that in order to be more than a Footsoldier of Zion, it requires brainz.

Maybe if you eat a few christian fetuses, their stemcells will boost your powers.

[Norgy]

For what it's worth, Languish is a place where it is easy to feel stupid about something or the other.

[Slargos]

And for some, easier than for others. 

[Malthus]

He's getting old, but he knows instinctively that in order to be more than a Footsoldier of Zion, it requires brainz.

Maybe if you eat a few christian fetuses, their stemcells will boost your powers.

That's not why we eat Christian fetuses.

They just taste really good.

[Slargos]

He's getting old, but he knows instinctively that in order to be more than a Footsoldier of Zion, it requires brainz.

Maybe if you eat a few christian fetuses, their stemcells will boost your powers.

That's not why we eat Christian fetuses.

They just taste really good.

Isn't it liberating to be able to say these things under the guise of ostensible jocularity?

[Norgy]

And for some, easier than for others. 

Being able to feel stupid and knowing ones' limitations do require a level of insight certain people can never hope to attain. 

[Slargos]

And for some, easier than for others. 

Being able to feel stupid and knowing ones' limitations do require a level of insight certain people can never hope to attain. 

My point exactly. 

[Siege]

What is exactly you want to do that you can't do now?

What is exactly is the deficiency that you think you have that you want to remedy?

I am not very smart.
I am taking longer to process information.
I am not retaining as much information as I used to.
I am having memory problems. I am forgetting not just the menial stuff, like where I parked my car, but important stuff.

I have always been at a disadvantage because of the language barrier. Doesn't matter how well you speak, write and understand a foreign language, it will always remain a foreign language. It takes an effort. I feel like my memory in english is far smaller than in hebrew. Not the written word, which sometimes I forget wheather I read a book in hebrew or english, but the spoken word. My brain connections were made in a diferent software. I feel like a Apple computer trying to run a windows program.

Interesting enough, I don't feel the same disadvantages in combat. Appearenly the stress of combat opens my ears and improves my accent. More likely, a lifetime of exposure to the extremes of combat have improved my ability to deal with it, making me appear mentally and physically faster than people that are actually faster and smarter than me.

I guess I am just having a hard time getting used to garrison life. It is also a new unit where people don't know the details of my performance in combat. I mean, I have the awards and the combat record, but that does not tell the details of the story. And I am not the kind of guy that goes around telling war stories, outside of languish when I drink a couple beers.

I guess I'll feel better after I deploy with this unit and get an oportunity to show them what I can do. At the same time, I hope I keep my cool and I do not forget that in combat you cannot let yourself feel the preasure to score, because that only leads to failure and demoralization of your own soldiers. Joes can read through you. If they feel you are willing to risk their hides to score a kill, you will lose their confidence, which in time leads to mission failure. You cannot fight a war by yourself. It is a team effort.

[Razgovory]

I remember Nintendo releasing a bunch of little mind games that were suppose to exercise your brain.  Don't know if that really works.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_Age:_Train_Your_Brain_in_Minutes_a_Day!

[The Minsky Moment]

the language barrier is real but there is nothing you can do about the fact that English isn't your first language.  Your written English at least is excellent so there is not much you can do there.

For improving memory and processing, there are standard techniques and drills that you can use, which you can probably find pretty easily by googling.  But as you get towards and past middle age, there are certain physical realities that come into play.

For my 2c a bigger issue for you is your dogmatic cast of mind.  But it seems to work for you and may be an advantage in your chosen profession.

[Razgovory]

Interesting enough, I don't feel the same disadvantages in combat. Appearenly the stress of combat opens my ears and improves my accent. More likely, a lifetime of exposure to the extremes of combat have improved my ability to deal with it, making me appear mentally and physically faster than people that are actually faster and smarter than me.

My God, he's a Kafer!

[mongers]

the language barrier is real but there is nothing you can do about the fact that English isn't your first language.  Your written English at least is excellent so there is not much you can do there.
......

This.

[Martinus]

Btw, Siegy, military intelligence is an oxymoron. You are fine.

[Richard Hakluyt]

I'd recommend a course at a local college. Night classes in some subject where you are woefully ignorant atm. Maybe mathematics or a hard science subject would be a good choice, these subjects develop the intellect but also respond well to self-discipline and hard work which we know you are capable of.