Poll: How intelligent do you consider yourself
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on a Cartesian graph. with the x-axis representing raw mental capabilities and the y-axis representing experience and wisdom, I would lie in the bottom right sector somewhere.
on another note an IQ test I took at school got an N/A. apparently my brain tries to use cheese tactics and has an unbalanced composition.
even mental capabilities in many cases is a misnomer as intellect comes in many shapes and not just sizes. Savant syndrome is a prime example of this.
on another note an IQ test I took at school got an N/A. apparently my brain tries to use cheese tactics and has an unbalanced composition.
even mental capabilities in many cases is a misnomer as intellect comes in many shapes and not just sizes. Savant syndrome is a prime example of this.
Part of the reason to explain the results is of course the inflation of one's abilities. That's natural.
However, the given demographic of this site (male young adult gamers) likely IS a fair amount smarter than the average person, and this idea should certainly be taken into account. Additionally, the reason I voted for "fucking holy shit intelligent" as opposed to "kinda intelligent" is because the gap there is quite large, and I believe that I lean more towards the former. (Gloating/reasoning in the next paragraph)
I was in the top 7 in my class of 400, I got a 32 out of 36 on the ACT, when the nation-wide average for that year was a 21 (and I could have easily gotten a 33 if I had tried harder on the reading), yada yada. I have an ENORMOUS affinity for knowledge absorption, and although my motivation was dismal throughout grade school, it has since improved drastically. Wide vocabulary, wonderful logic-based thinking and a college-level reading level by 6th or 7th grade. An IQ of (depending on the test) 125-135...I'm in the top percent or top two percent, is what I'm trying to say. I'm certainly smart as hell, and I'm basically unbeatable within most of the people I know when I put my mind to it. While I know very little, I certainly know far more than the average person, who can hardly manage breathing and walking at the same time.
However, the given demographic of this site (male young adult gamers) likely IS a fair amount smarter than the average person, and this idea should certainly be taken into account. Additionally, the reason I voted for "fucking holy shit intelligent" as opposed to "kinda intelligent" is because the gap there is quite large, and I believe that I lean more towards the former. (Gloating/reasoning in the next paragraph)
I was in the top 7 in my class of 400, I got a 32 out of 36 on the ACT, when the nation-wide average for that year was a 21 (and I could have easily gotten a 33 if I had tried harder on the reading), yada yada. I have an ENORMOUS affinity for knowledge absorption, and although my motivation was dismal throughout grade school, it has since improved drastically. Wide vocabulary, wonderful logic-based thinking and a college-level reading level by 6th or 7th grade. An IQ of (depending on the test) 125-135...I'm in the top percent or top two percent, is what I'm trying to say. I'm certainly smart as hell, and I'm basically unbeatable within most of the people I know when I put my mind to it. While I know very little, I certainly know far more than the average person, who can hardly manage breathing and walking at the same time.
Tough to say, I live in a small town so by the standards here I am quite intelligent.
But in the grand scheme of things I suppose I'm.... eh..... sorta intelligent.
You know, smart enough to get around but not exactly a +5 modifyer you know?
But in the grand scheme of things I suppose I'm.... eh..... sorta intelligent.
You know, smart enough to get around but not exactly a +5 modifyer you know?
These kinds of polls are useless for gauging a community's intelligence, but great for measuring ego. Congratulations Escapist, you have once again proven yourself to be a shining beacon of pretentiousness intelligence in the stagnant swamp of the internet.
congratulationschadachada123 said:
IQ test gave me 99.8th percentile for word reading.
99th for sentence comprehension
99th for math computation
and 99.6th for reading composite
however in another section of the test i get 16th for visual perception and 9th for short-term/visual memory.
FUCK MY ADHD BRAIN
other: i consider my intelligence to be 'insufficient'. where it stands against others is irrelevant.
I'm a very smart man, in that I can deduce things, I occasionally come up with a good idea or a creative approach and my IQ's in the 140's on state run tests.
However, I am ignorant of a lot of things, and I know I am. I lack a formal education which makes me self aware and I still haven't bothered to go get one. I'm uncomfortable speaking about something unless I know enough about it which makes it hard for me to enter most debates. I also do stupid things like procrastinate or give people the benefit of the doubt. So I'm very intelligent... except when I'm not.
However, I am ignorant of a lot of things, and I know I am. I lack a formal education which makes me self aware and I still haven't bothered to go get one. I'm uncomfortable speaking about something unless I know enough about it which makes it hard for me to enter most debates. I also do stupid things like procrastinate or give people the benefit of the doubt. So I'm very intelligent... except when I'm not.
I don't really know what to make of this statement. Are you wise for recognizing most people inflate their own intelligence or are you an idiot trying to downplay the value of intelligence because you've never done that well along traditional lines? I don't mean any offense. I guess I don't know you well enough to make a call one way or the other, but I will say, there is certainly value in it. Try training two people of vastly different intelligences to perform a task. You will find rather swiftly that broad concept or not it can be ascertained, and it's value appraised in short order.Don Reba said:
Aha, ADD certainly gave me quite a bit of trouble through high school. On non-school days (days that I don't take Adderall), I can barely type out a thoughtful, lengthy sentence without losing my train of thought partway through.RadiusXd said:
Without taking some more tests now, I can't rightly say where I'd score for those categories you got, though I'd definitely be willing to try. I only worry that, after taking an essentially two year break in college, my scores would be lower because I'm now far behind the rest of the people my age at my university.
How intelligent do I consider myself? Great question not something I've really thought about in a while.
I've always thought that I was below average intelligence, but then I'm not sure if that is to do with the company I keep (who indeed are very smart people) or self esteem issues where I don't want to give myself any credit. Confusing the issue is my dyslexia, which could make me seem less intelligent, my inability to spell many simple words or even get the basics of another language make me look like an idiot.
On the other hand I am educated up to master's degree and I've been known to hold my own talking with people who I would deem to be much more intelligent than myself. So not sure where I would be in the poll given, therefore I?ve not voted on the poll as I feel like I can't give a true reflection on my intelligence, which shows a horrible lack of self awareness on my part.
However, a further point would be how important is intelligence? But that is a topic for another day.
I've always thought that I was below average intelligence, but then I'm not sure if that is to do with the company I keep (who indeed are very smart people) or self esteem issues where I don't want to give myself any credit. Confusing the issue is my dyslexia, which could make me seem less intelligent, my inability to spell many simple words or even get the basics of another language make me look like an idiot.
On the other hand I am educated up to master's degree and I've been known to hold my own talking with people who I would deem to be much more intelligent than myself. So not sure where I would be in the poll given, therefore I?ve not voted on the poll as I feel like I can't give a true reflection on my intelligence, which shows a horrible lack of self awareness on my part.
However, a further point would be how important is intelligence? But that is a topic for another day.
When you consider "average" being "most of the worlds' population", I say holy fucking shit intelligent.
But realistically, i'm kinda intelligent. I'm better than most people at a lot of things but I suck shit at others
But realistically, i'm kinda intelligent. I'm better than most people at a lot of things but I suck shit at others
I'm starting to notice a pattern , hmm
Anyway I consider myself highly intelligent. I used to think I was average, but then I realized that I consider "the avearge person" completely retarded... I mean good lord, the average person scares me, so I just took that to mean that I'm probably highly intelligent by the standards of most people.
Anyway I consider myself highly intelligent. I used to think I was average, but then I realized that I consider "the avearge person" completely retarded... I mean good lord, the average person scares me, so I just took that to mean that I'm probably highly intelligent by the standards of most people.
Compared to most people I know: Some sort of amazing genius who's apparently omniscient.
Compared to people who are actually intelligent: An idiot who walks into doors.
I actually voted that I'm slightly below average, maybe I'm just being too modest, but I honestly think that compared to people who are actually intelligent and have actually done amazing things for the world I'm basically a drooling moron.
Compared to people who are actually intelligent: An idiot who walks into doors.
I actually voted that I'm slightly below average, maybe I'm just being too modest, but I honestly think that compared to people who are actually intelligent and have actually done amazing things for the world I'm basically a drooling moron.
I don't think of myself as smart, but I do think of most other people as stupid (no offence to everyone else in the world). But seriously I'm not crazily smart but I do alright.
Hate to bash an opinion for basically no good reason, but I don't think you can possibly place a value on intelligence unless you compare it to others. Like all things in life it doesn't matter how good you are, it matters how much better or worse you are then others. Since basically all real tests in life are competitions of one sort or another.chadachada123 said:
I'm somewhere over the average, decent in some areas of math, terrible at some, I got a wide area of knowledge so I can keep a conversation about subjects where I do not have a particular interest in. I am unable to keep a conversation about classic literature and art, I'm also not in the loop with new music, movies or TV shows.
All in all, above average, but not a genius.
All in all, above average, but not a genius.
