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Are You Above Average Intelligence?
- Thread starter HeySeuss
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That's entirely me. Just graduated university with honors and that's all I feel. I can't brag about myself unironically.
According to that one IQ test I took about seven years ago, I'm gifted.
Which makes me suspicious. If this is what intelligence is like then it's overrated.
I honestly have no idea though. I would like to think I'm not a complete dunce, but I also know most people think that. It's not like I can ever know what it's like to have a different level of intelligence to whatever I have. If I was utterly thick, would I even know it? I know the Dunning-Kruger Effect is a thing. Does the fact I know I know that and am thinking about this indicate that I am smart? Arrrrgh!
I'll just play it safe and assume I'm right smack dab in the middle of that big ol' bell curve.
Which makes me suspicious. If this is what intelligence is like then it's overrated.
I honestly have no idea though. I would like to think I'm not a complete dunce, but I also know most people think that. It's not like I can ever know what it's like to have a different level of intelligence to whatever I have. If I was utterly thick, would I even know it? I know the Dunning-Kruger Effect is a thing. Does the fact I know I know that and am thinking about this indicate that I am smart? Arrrrgh!
I'll just play it safe and assume I'm right smack dab in the middle of that big ol' bell curve.
Era, I'm so dumb!
HOW DUMB ARE YOU
I'm so dumb that if you played me in a Fallout game, you'd get extra dialogue options.
I'm so dumb that I thought Dark Souls was an IP devoted to Dr. Scholl's inserts.
I'm so dumb that I chose INT as my Wizard's dump stat.
I'm telling you, folks, I just ain't that bright! *bowtie spins*
HOW DUMB ARE YOU
I'm so dumb that if you played me in a Fallout game, you'd get extra dialogue options.
I'm so dumb that I thought Dark Souls was an IP devoted to Dr. Scholl's inserts.
I'm so dumb that I chose INT as my Wizard's dump stat.
I'm telling you, folks, I just ain't that bright! *bowtie spins*
It's not an actual diagnosis, more of a phenomenon pretty much everyone experiences lol
I went to a very selective grammar school that chooses its students based on a series of tests, mostly IQ/Mensa type stuff.
When I was younger my IQ was 144, but then the depression hit and over a decade of heavy substance abuse ruined my brain, my memory especially. I want to take another official IQ test to see how much damage I've done but i'm scared of the results.
When I was younger my IQ was 144, but then the depression hit and over a decade of heavy substance abuse ruined my brain, my memory especially. I want to take another official IQ test to see how much damage I've done but i'm scared of the results.
Okay, I just never investigated it. I think my issue stems from so many people reading a website or webmd and diagnosing themselves which I feel is bad and don't do, so if I don't get the idea from a doctor I don't usually research.
I'm pretty skeptical of the concept of intelligence as an intrinsic quality that can be reliably measured and ranked on an individual basis. If philosophers, educators, biologists, statisticians, and computer scientists have a tough time coming up with a rigorous definition for what "intelligence" even *is*, I think it'd be sorta presumptuous to assume I'm better at it than other people.
But on the other hand, my mama says I'm a very clever boy, and I trust my mama.
But on the other hand, my mama says I'm a very clever boy, and I trust my mama.
I mean I really think it depends. My ACT score was a 27 and I got a 32 in math and reading then a 26 in science. Then there was the English section where I got a 16 and bombed my score to hell 😂😂 people are above average in there own sections for sure but I don't think anyone is above average in everything.
I'm generally an idiot but I'm quiet enough and always look mildly annoyed at work, so people tend to think I know answers to their various questions. Hell, most of the time I don't even actually know what I'm doing at work. I just move stuff and stack crap and no one's stopped me yet.
OP, you missed the trick and should have made the poll question "Do You Consider Yourself Below Average Intelligence?" so anyone who just read the Thread Title and auto-completed the poll would put the incorrect answer down.
Some are, or there wouldn't be people getting perfect scores on their SAT/ACT. Certainly all-rounders are less common than single-subject above average people, but they exist. Even when including common sense and street smarts into the picture.
I'm slightly above average, I would say. I'm mostly word smart; that is, my vocabulary is slightly bigger than most people I interact with and I don't have much trouble spelling certain words that most people don't know how to spell. I'd also like to think that I have a way with words, both in written form and spoken (I tend to think my words through before I speak them). I'd also say that my problem solving skills are slightly above average. Overall, my intelligence is nothing special. There's actually a bunch of things I don't know that I probably should know at my age.
Let's just put it this way; if I'm the smartest person in a room, then everyone is fucked if there's any sort of trouble.
Let's just put it this way; if I'm the smartest person in a room, then everyone is fucked if there's any sort of trouble.
