Poll: Rate your Intelligence! (UPDATED: NOW WITH I.Q. TEST TO PROVE YOUR BRAVDO!)
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Well, I torture "myself" over my intelligence or lack of it. It's hard to answer. In some ways I can be genius, yet to balance it out I follow up any prodigious insight with extreme stupidity or laziness...
After growing up in a comprehensive school I thought I was a fucking genius. Then I went to Grammar school and now I think I'm just above average. I dread to think what I'm going to think after Uni.
I just came here from reading a Youtube comment section; I feel like a fucking genius after that.
But really, I don't know. I'd would consider myself fairly intelligent but I have a very convoluted mind that makes me reach conclusions at a slower pace than others yet often picks up insights many would miss.
So, I can count to potato.
But really, I don't know. I'd would consider myself fairly intelligent but I have a very convoluted mind that makes me reach conclusions at a slower pace than others yet often picks up insights many would miss.
So, I can count to potato.
Pretty much this, but I never recieved any kind of special education because I live in Argentina, and they don't give a fuck about this here. That, and I ended up in film school. Still don't know how to "propperly study", I just read shit and it sticks. IQ of 157 as of 2008. You?IndomitableSam said:
I'm kinda interested in your story now.
I'd consider myself well below average. I have trouble remembering the simplest things, I can barely even do simple maths, and I'm a complete failure at communication.
Angry? You're being a bit foolishly presumptuous about another person's emotional state. (a single word in capitals for emphasis and honest assessments hardly denote anger). It sounds more like you want me to be angry or unsettled. Sorry to disappoint you, bro.Angry Juju said:
Also, your entire statement basically reads as "I made a bad point, so instead of actually writing a rebuttal, I'll just say you missed the point to cover for just how poorly thought out my statement actually is". Lame cop out. It looks even worse when you're clearly trying to cherry pick and come off as something of a hypocrite as the entire premise of most of your statements are based in assumptions. You've also clearly missed meaning behind certain points yourself. That or you just have no counterargument so you choose to ignore them.
The poll itself IS anonymous. People don't write their names next to the poll results. Yes, some of what's written in the thread may well reflect on or influence the poll's overall results (giving away a percentage of which votes can be attributed to who), but no one is ticking "above average" in hopes of impressing people (the key point of your initial post). They'd leave a comment to impress people. What's more, people are likely to weigh in immediately without reading. Misdiagnosis/assessment (which I agree people tend to do) or otherwise, you're likely going to get more candid (or at least kneejerk) responses from a poll than what you'll likely see in thread responses. Trying to use the comments as a gauge of the reasoning behind poll results is certainly an idea, but you're not going to see a direct correlation, which is what I took issue with. What's more, the comments themselves are all over the map in terms of content and justification for self-ratings. It doesn't really matter though as you've already shown how poorly formed your points are. First you said "people lie and want to make themselves feel/look good" and then you said "you know they just misdiagnosed themselves when they saw a couple of symptoms". Either you're moving the goalposts or your forgetting to add key details.
As to the thread itself, I've skimmed through, and you're blowing things way out of proportion. Very few are claiming genius status based purely on grades. A significant number of people (the majority of whom I don't believe claimed genius) are factoring grades in to some extent. Of course, again, that's not an entirely unreasonable thing to do (your own personal example being easily ignored based on it being a single course with a single teacher and me not knowing the level of your aptitude). You also haven't addressed my main points of demographic and 2 or so years of observation, so you've done basically no leg work here to prove me wrong on that front. Your attempt at an intelligence gauge is still terrible. Unless you're just extremely terrible at conveying ideas, it falls apart when put under the slightest practical scrutiny. My previous point stands.
You're probably a really nice guy and everything, but condescending dismissal does practically nothing to make you sound convincing. You really just come off as arrogant on top of being wrong.
130 is in no way slightly above average. There's nothing slightly about being that far above 115.kickassfrog said:
Edit: Eh, but you don't have any other other options in the poll. I get it. I was just thrown off by 'slightly above average' paired with an IQ of 130, which in any other situation would make me spit tea all over my laptop.
I don't know.
However, I do know that I'm smart enough to know that it's a dickish move to overestimate ones own intelligence.
However, I do know that I'm smart enough to know that it's a dickish move to overestimate ones own intelligence.
Above average. I can name nearly every significant event in the four hundred years(I'm working my way down). As well as Roman history, I can recite Shakespeare, and many other playwrights. But why I'm not a genius is because I suck at sports, math, and physics. I'm good at chemistry though!
That was either Socrates or someone paraphrasing him.Lumber Barber said:
A large part of his philosophy was based off that idea. "It's not what you know, it's what you realize you don't know."
Wise words, imo.
Captcha: NASA describe this brand with any words. Wait, what? I wasn't aware NASA was a brand...
I said average. I have fields of knowledge where I'm well read and competent, and others where I have absolutely no idea. Then there is the theory of multiple intelligences where you can be brilliant in one intelligence and very slow in another.
So I don't really have a good metric to judge my own by except for admitting there are many situations where I have very little knowledge or understanding. In my head this balances as average. Cool survey, I like the responses.
So I don't really have a good metric to judge my own by except for admitting there are many situations where I have very little knowledge or understanding. In my head this balances as average. Cool survey, I like the responses.