I am not sure if they misspelled the title of their wiki or if there is a term called Mentat I am unfamiliar with. No matter, Mentat Wiki seems to contain quite a comprehensive list of resources to help make better use of your brain cells.
This wiki is a collaborative environment for exploring ways to become a better thinker. Topics that can be explored here include MemoryTechniques, MentalMath, CriticalThinking, BrainStorming, ShorthandSystems, NotebookSystems, and SmartDrugs. Other relevant topics are also welcome. How have you made yourself smarter ?
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Mentat comes from the Dune novels by Frank Herbert.
“called ‘human computers’. Unlike computers, however, mentats are not simply human calculators writ large. Instead, the exceptional cognitive abilities of memory and perception are the foundations for supra-logical hypothesizing. Mentats are able to sift large volumes of data and devise concise analyses in a process that goes far beyond logical deduction”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentat
ahhh…Ok, thanks for the correction. Never read the Dune novels. Herbert sounds like a great thinker though…