Great minds think alike - does MD make us smart?

[Truthful Alibi]

OK, I have a question. Are us MDers all very clever? I was reading about something and I read that the smarter you are, the more imagination you will have. And us with MD have loads of imagination, since we daydream all the time, so does that make us geniuses?

[The Altruist]

Short Answer-Yes

Long Answer-Yes.

:)

[roxanne]

Just reading these blogs has convinced me that DD'ers are really smart, unless we are the only ones finding this site.

[Julie]

Well, there is a scientific proof that the part of the brain activated during day-dreaming is so-called "executive network". http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/006193.html

So, when day-dreaming, you're exercising the mindset of a strategist, an artist, a scientist. But, as they said in Pirelli's commercial: "Power is nothing without control". Exercising without direction and control doesn't make you an executive, an artist or a scientist. You know, to complete a marathon you need carefully designed training, not just running like Forrest Gump.

[tavern]

well as a child i did excel more in writing and in art (i can draw pretty well) as appose to math and stuff and my teachers did like the way i would write....as i kid i was almost excepted into a class where i would be considered ''gifted'' but then i guess i became dependent on my maladaptive daydreaming to actually escape the pain of reality and the abuse and to also cope with the new found loneliness and boredom i suffered from because of being out of school because of so much moving and other things ....i feel like ive lost any chance of being a productive and confident person in real life because of my MD so the MD has been in my eyes more of a curse than a blessing especially now but i want to turn things around