Brilliant

The human brain is the most complex physical entity in the universe.

Brilliant is having or showing great intelligence, talent or originality, especially as applied to a shedding a bright light on a specific problem. Thus, "a brilliant solution."

A genius is a person who is exceptionally intelligent and/or creative, either generally or in some particular aspect. In terms of general intelligence, a genius or near-genius IQ is considered to start around 140 to 145.

How to come up with brilliant solutions

See also: Creativity and Openness and Ideation and Brainstorming and Problem solving and Innovation and Collaboration

• 6 Expert-Backed Tips for Coming Up With Brilliant New Ideas All the Time

• 10 Tactics that Produce Brillian Solutions

• 6 Steps to Develop and Implement An Optimal Solution

Research suggesting that people might be able to increase their IQ

• 8 Ways to Increase Your IQ Levels, Healthline.com

• 7 Proven Methods to Enhance Your Intelligence Quotient (IQ) in a Month or Less

• Your Clever Friends, Intelligent Spouse Can Help Boost Your IQ, Tech Times, 2016

Research which suggests that increasing creative problem solving can boost a person's intelligence (IQ score)

See also: Creativity

• We Can Boost IQ: Revisiting Kvashchev’s Experiment, Journal of Intelligence. 2020 Dec; 8(4): 41. Published online 2020 Nov 26. doi: 10.3390/jintelligence8040041

Abstract for the 2020 journal article We Can Boost IQ: Revisiting Kvashchev’s Experiment published in the Journal of Intelligence:

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This paper examined the effects of training in creative problem-solving on intelligence. We revisited Stankov’s report on the outcomes of an experiment carried out by R. Kvashchev in former Yugoslavia that reported an IQ increase of seven points, on average, across 28 tests of intelligence. We argue that previous analyses were based on a conservative analytic approach and failed to take into account the reductions in the IQ test variances at the end of the three-years’ training. When standard deviations of the initial test and 2nd retest were pooled in the calculation of the effect sizes, the experimental group’s performance was 10 IQ points higher on average than that of the control group. Further, with the properly defined measures of fluid and crystallized intelligence, the experimental group showed a 15 IQ points higher increase than the control group. We concluded that prolonged intensive training in creative problem-solving can lead to substantial and positive effects on intelligence during late adolescence (ages 18–19).

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Statue of creative Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci in Tuscany, Italy.

Divergent/convergent thinking and creativity

• Why Creative Problem Solving Requires Both Convergent and Divergent Thinking, National Inventors Hall of Fame website
• How Convergent and Divergent Thinking Foster Creativity

Divergent/convergent thinking, creativity and intelligent problem solving

• Convergent vs. divergent thinking: Finding the right balance for creative problem solving
• Convergent vs. Divergent Thinking: How to Use Both to Think Smarter

See also

• Genius
• Intelligence
• Skill
• Creativity