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Are You Above Average Intelligence?
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Like, I don't know how to answer this poll at all.
If we're talking standardised IQ tests then yes, I'm likely more intelligent than you (yes, even you two sigmas out there).
If we're talking just general every day smarts, then no. I've done the dumbest things with my life.
The way I look at it, you have to be really smart to be really stupid. Most people don't even have the bad ideas I've had, and wouldn't know how to go about executing them if they did.
But having said that, I'm still here. So, I guess I figured out how to live life sensibly after all? So maybe I'm kinda smart still. I think uncertainty about these things is the best attitude; it's not so much intelligence that matters as the wisdom to see your limits.
If we're talking standardised IQ tests then yes, I'm likely more intelligent than you (yes, even you two sigmas out there).
If we're talking just general every day smarts, then no. I've done the dumbest things with my life.
The way I look at it, you have to be really smart to be really stupid. Most people don't even have the bad ideas I've had, and wouldn't know how to go about executing them if they did.
But having said that, I'm still here. So, I guess I figured out how to live life sensibly after all? So maybe I'm kinda smart still. I think uncertainty about these things is the best attitude; it's not so much intelligence that matters as the wisdom to see your limits.
I have an above average memory and reading comprehension based on testing but I don't feel any smarter than anyone else here. Tests are just tests. It's all about how you apply yourself.
If you're lazy and close minded whatever potential you had is wasted regardless of your IQ.
If you're lazy and close minded whatever potential you had is wasted regardless of your IQ.
Interesting you should say that. I tell people all the time that I consider curiosity to be one of the biggest tells when it comes to intelligence. Similarly, how do people react when they find out they were wrong about something. Do they want to know why and learn more, or do they, for example, get angry? That kind of thing.
Actually had an IQ test administered years ago and, on paper, yes I am.
But intelligence is fluid and non-linear, so treating it like it can be understood that way is dumb. Most popular methods of assessing intelligence and personality like IQ test and Myers Briggs is weak at best and total horseshit at worst.
We're all morons. It's ok.
But intelligence is fluid and non-linear, so treating it like it can be understood that way is dumb. Most popular methods of assessing intelligence and personality like IQ test and Myers Briggs is weak at best and total horseshit at worst.
We're all morons. It's ok.
I mite not b the smarest bare in the stream, but dont count me trout yet.
This is definitely a problem on the internet and even here, unfortunately. Willful, almost proud ignorance and lack of curiosity.
"Martin Scorsese's favorite film list has these movies I don't know...h-he's pretentious! Why would I watch these old white guy movies! Speed Racer is better than anything Bergman ever made!"
In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god's blessing. But because, I am englightened by my intelligence.
I dunno, probably average
Testing throughout the course of my life has indicated that I am above average when it comes to intelligence. That said there are different kinds of intelligence that aren't always picked up in testing.
Emotional and social intelligence for example are really important, but are rarely perceived as such. I'm pretty good when it comes to the former, but I'm lacking in the latter. That's probably why I socialize fairly well in small group settings (about 4 people not including me), but stumble when more people are involved.
Emotional and social intelligence for example are really important, but are rarely perceived as such. I'm pretty good when it comes to the former, but I'm lacking in the latter. That's probably why I socialize fairly well in small group settings (about 4 people not including me), but stumble when more people are involved.
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With the people I deal with and their level of intelligence I question how they function. Trump voters, brexit, the Philippines, Brazil, Etc. All has made my opinion on humanity severely bleak.
lmao at poll results
no way are all you maniacs above average intelligence. i've seen the dumb shit you post on the internet!
no way are all you maniacs above average intelligence. i've seen the dumb shit you post on the internet!
I was actually surprised. I believe 100% of Era is above average intelligence, because I assume "average" is taken over the general public.
Come to think of it: ~50% of the general public in the USA voted for Trump.
Unless the other 50% are all geniuses, then the average intelligence must be very low, and it should be very easy to be above average intelligence (in the USA).
To be fair you can be smart and vote for someone like trump or bolsonaro
you can be very rich and have no soul or empathy, for example
I´m working on my PhD and I´m rather good at solution-oriented thinking, so I´m "probably" above average intelligence in an academical sense BUT i dont really feel like i am really smarter than most other people. I think its more that western education and academia simply favors the way my brain tends to go about solving problems.
Depends on what task, subject, social situation, etc, etc. Current society still maintains a shallow view of intelligence.
Now if you asked if I'm particularly smart I'd say definitely no. I'm an idiot. But everyone who can put together coherent, grammatically correct sentences would likely be above the 50% line if we're going by knowledge base and not some metric like "ability to learn if motivated and given the proper environment". A large percentage of Americans think the Earth is flat, 9/11 was an inside job, etc.
I thought I was for the longest time, but only recently did I come to the realization that I'm kind of a bag of hammers.
Just one more example of the puffed up ego someone can get when their parents tell them they are super smart and special as a kid simply because he can read a little better than his elementary school classmates, I suppose.
Just one more example of the puffed up ego someone can get when their parents tell them they are super smart and special as a kid simply because he can read a little better than his elementary school classmates, I suppose.
I have average intelligence when it comes to most things, but in certain subjects I may know a little more than most but then again most of that is just useless trivia that anybody could learn so I suppose my intellect is quite dull overall.
Some of my classmates and teachers back in the day said I was smart but they were were probably just mocking me or trying to be nice. I don't even know to be honest.
Some of my classmates and teachers back in the day said I was smart but they were were probably just mocking me or trying to be nice. I don't even know to be honest.
I definitely have above average intelligence. I was a "gifted kid" but I personally place more value in critical thinking, analysis, and curiosity than I do school success and grades. To me having an education just means you had the means and encouragement to get one.
book smarts - no
social interactions, reading people / body language, common sense / judgement - yes
social interactions, reading people / body language, common sense / judgement - yes
