There is still hope

Let’s be honest: everyone of us wishes he/she were just a little more intelligent. What seemed to be out of reach so far may have gotten a little closer as Susanne Jäggi, Martin Buschkühl & Walter Perrig developed a game called BrainTwister that successfully enhances your problem solving skills.

I found out about this exploit by means of this article in the WIRED Magazine. The “more intellectual” article can be found in the Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.