2006-07-05 08:32:01 · 21 answers · asked by rosa14 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Special Education
only if you read them.
2006-07-05 08:34:08 · answer #1 · answered by Zippy 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
You may have heard the phrase, "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing." Those people who answered with an unequivocal "Yes." miss a very salient point. It is not the book or its contents that make one smart. It is in the application of knowledge that demonstrates how smart someone is.
Having book learning, stored up as trivia in ones memory is only useful in playing games and for fooling others into the illusion of wisdom
BTW, a truely smart person will learn from other sources than books. One learns a lot from listening to others, from observation, from experimentation, from nature and from failure.
2006-07-05 09:14:56 · answer #2 · answered by Vince M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Smart people usually want to read books. If you want to "get smarter", anything of value that you read (books, newspapers, magazines) will increase your knowledge. I really doubt that reading romance novels makes you smarter, though!
2006-07-05 19:09:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well books dont make u smarter, but reading them makes u smarter.
2006-07-05 08:34:44 · answer #4 · answered by smooch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Not only does it enable you to learn about whichever subject you are reading about, but by reading, it enables you to work different parts of your brain as well. Also vocabulary skills, which in part can provide you with extra sucess within the employement department.
2006-07-05 08:35:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea. They make you know more.
Smater, well that's another thing... You spread your legs for guys? That's pretty dumb!
Try placing a book between your legs. A big book. A thick book!
2006-07-05 09:24:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Reading is an education in itself.
2006-07-05 08:38:54 · answer #7 · answered by HoneyBee24-7-365 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the books you read, I don't think that reading "Captain Underpants" raises your IQ.
Reading makes you hotter.
2006-07-05 08:37:57 · answer #8 · answered by Quiet Amusement 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can fill your head with good knowledge and it develops your vocabulary, so reading people do have an up advantage on the non reading people.
2006-07-05 08:35:27 · answer #9 · answered by Opinion Girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, reading a book only exposes you to more information, its what you do with that information that makes you smart
2006-07-05 08:36:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe so. They help learn things that u've never known before and I believe they help expand ur vocabulary
2006-07-05 08:36:01 · answer #11 · answered by Who me? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋