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Brain Building in Just 12 Weeks
by Leonore Fleischer, Robert Jarvik, Marilyn Vos Savant
This book forced my mind to stay active and critical since it was full of flaws and I am still really skeptical about the efficiency of Marylin’s so called 12-week brain building program. It seems to me that she hasn’t done much more than scoring high on a IQ test at age 10, so it’s hard to take her seriously. (I would be curious to see how she would do today.)
The thing is, she’s not a doctor and not even a professional in this area. The whole thing lacks empirical evidence and I found myself disagreeing with her so many times. Especially when instead of suggesting how the reader should use their mental capacities to tackle daily challenges, which is what I expected from this book, at some point it sounded more like she was trying to tell us how to live our daily life. (I remember one particular chapter where she’s even suggesting to try to sleep less because we supposedly don’t need that much sleep. She just doesn’t have the authority to say such a thin
Also, she is really repetitive and the book is way to long for what it has to offer.
The program is interesting in a sense that it is true we tend to see our own intelligence as something static, whereas the brain can be trained to ameliorate its capacities and we should try to keep our minds as active as possible in our everyday life. She explores different aspect of our intelligence and tells how to approach it in a stimulating way.
Overall I see this book as a scam. A lot of great things can be taken from it and some exercices are really worth a try. However, Marylin sells you an idea of a program that turns out not to be working at all.
The thing is, she’s not a doctor and not even a professional in this area. The whole thing lacks empirical evidence and I found myself disagreeing with her so many times. Especially when instead of suggesting how the reader should use their mental capacities to tackle daily challenges, which is what I expected from this book, at some point it sounded more like she was trying to tell us how to live our daily life. (I remember one particular chapter where she’s even suggesting to try to sleep less because we supposedly don’t need that much sleep. She just doesn’t have the authority to say such a thin
Also, she is really repetitive and the book is way to long for what it has to offer.
The program is interesting in a sense that it is true we tend to see our own intelligence as something static, whereas the brain can be trained to ameliorate its capacities and we should try to keep our minds as active as possible in our everyday life. She explores different aspect of our intelligence and tells how to approach it in a stimulating way.
Overall I see this book as a scam. A lot of great things can be taken from it and some exercices are really worth a try. However, Marylin sells you an idea of a program that turns out not to be working at all.