Superintelligence
The 3 Main Components of Learning: Maximizing Intelligence
Master these 3 components to maximize your learning and boost your intelligence
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3 min readJan 16, 2020
There are essentially three components when it comes to learning new things:
Cognition, metacognition, and motivation
Let’s review their definitions one by one as well as how to make improvements in each component.
Cognition
Cognition is your ability to solve things. You could have high cognition for mathematics but not for music for example.
Cognition can be improved through exercise, meditation or mindfulness, good nutrition, and so on:
Metacognition
This one is commonly defined as “thinking about thinking” i.e. analyzing your own cognition.
If you don’t “naturally” possess a certain degree of cognition, this is the one you should focus on to improve:
