Do you consider yourself intelligent?

[Steppin Razor]

I know the basics of most things, a little/lot more depending on the subject, and I have the common sense not to do incredibly stupid things, so I like to think of myself as at least above average intelligence, possibly more. My ability to learn new things and add to my knowledge is hampered by my inherent laziness.

Compared to a lot of the people in the area I grew up in, however, I'm a frigging genius.

 

[Acier]

I don't like saying I am because I hate being pretentious, but getting into one of the top Universities in my country has to mean something

 

[strum4h]

Do I consider myself intelligent? Of course.

Do I consider myself "an intellectual"? Hell no. I'm not a pretentious asshole, for starters.

How does that make you a pretentious asshole. If you try and dazzle people with your intellect to make them like you, then you are a pretentious asshole.

 

[Sovvolf]

I once stuck a knife down a toaster while it was turned on... I hope that answers the question.

 

[NoNameMcgee]

I wish people would stop saying this site is the only place of intelligence on the internet. I have come across the fair share of idiots here and a large portion of the members here are childish arrogant misanthropic teens. There are a lot of genuinely intelligent people too, but this is FAR from the most intelligent site on the internet.

Anyway in answer to your question, I consider myself intelligent in terms of using logic and problem solving and common sense etc... But I am not intellectual. I have never achieved anything academically (hoping to break this soon and pass a course though) but I have never really wanted to for the most part. It's not important to me; what is important to me is making money, and sadly I need qualifications to do that well.