I'm going with average just to be modest. Sure I know some stuff that some people don't know but likewise they would know something that I don't know!
Poll: Rate your Intelligence! (UPDATED: NOW WITH I.Q. TEST TO PROVE YOUR BRAVDO!)
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i took an IQ test once, came out 117, dragged down from 144 for taking too long
the caveat here? i was so horribly stressed out and insecure that i did the entire test, every question, at least 3 times in my head before accepting the answer
and now years later i have learned that my first idea is usually correct, and i have a huge tendency to correct things WRONG
i dont think that a number on a test is what makes me intelligent
what makes me intelligent is that i use it at every opportunity
i visited my friends friend recently, and noticed his toilet was broken, i examined it closely, and found that a bit was broken, and part A had to be a certain distance from part B, easily fixed with a ziptie
apparently the guy had been unable to flush for over a month
the guy though, he's unemployed, for years, his work, business deals with used things
can i do THAT? no chance i hell
similarly, when me and my friends watch a tv show and a something scientific comes up, we stop debate the theory behind it, yay theoretical physics!
so i believe that intelligence, is much more of an attitude then a number
the people i count as truly stupid, are quite few, and it's all people who never TRY to understand things
the guy who didnt fix his toilet, may not be mechanically minded, like i am, plus one encounter, one example, does not give enough base for a conclusion
some people though, like one friends parents, pay others to take care of little things
clogged toilet, pay someone to do it
car makes a noise, dont look if you can see what's wrong, pay someone to do it
chair is wonky, dont even check, just pay the nearest person to do it for you, or dump it and buy a new one
many of those things take much less time then making the phonecall to have someone else do it.
inspecting a chair for damage takes seconds, and can save both money and TIME, the most common reason is a screw needs tightening
some things are hard, but it's aversion to thought like this, just using money to avoid lifes little challenges that i personally, call stupidity
that dosnt mean those people are not good at their jobs, and in many cases these people have skills i could never match
captcha: narrow minded
uh? this personal captcha? details would help
the caveat here? i was so horribly stressed out and insecure that i did the entire test, every question, at least 3 times in my head before accepting the answer
and now years later i have learned that my first idea is usually correct, and i have a huge tendency to correct things WRONG
i dont think that a number on a test is what makes me intelligent
what makes me intelligent is that i use it at every opportunity
i visited my friends friend recently, and noticed his toilet was broken, i examined it closely, and found that a bit was broken, and part A had to be a certain distance from part B, easily fixed with a ziptie
apparently the guy had been unable to flush for over a month
the guy though, he's unemployed, for years, his work, business deals with used things
can i do THAT? no chance i hell
similarly, when me and my friends watch a tv show and a something scientific comes up, we stop debate the theory behind it, yay theoretical physics!
so i believe that intelligence, is much more of an attitude then a number
the people i count as truly stupid, are quite few, and it's all people who never TRY to understand things
the guy who didnt fix his toilet, may not be mechanically minded, like i am, plus one encounter, one example, does not give enough base for a conclusion
some people though, like one friends parents, pay others to take care of little things
clogged toilet, pay someone to do it
car makes a noise, dont look if you can see what's wrong, pay someone to do it
chair is wonky, dont even check, just pay the nearest person to do it for you, or dump it and buy a new one
many of those things take much less time then making the phonecall to have someone else do it.
inspecting a chair for damage takes seconds, and can save both money and TIME, the most common reason is a screw needs tightening
some things are hard, but it's aversion to thought like this, just using money to avoid lifes little challenges that i personally, call stupidity
that dosnt mean those people are not good at their jobs, and in many cases these people have skills i could never match
captcha: narrow minded
uh? this personal captcha? details would help
Duke University recognized me in the top 1% in the nation for science and mathematical comprehension. So I guess that's cool. Didn't get me anywhere.
The last time I took one of the Wechsler tests a few years back my IQ was 150 even (Stanford-Binet was 147). So, I'm technically a genius. I'm the part of the Gauss curve that's waaaaay over to the right all by its lonesome.
...of course, it's a mostly useless genius since I have no savant-like talents and the unfortunate inherent limitations and acquired scarring of a young adult with Asperger's disorder (yes, I have a diagnosis), but I major in Pipe Organ at the third-most competitive music school in the US so I'd like to think that I'm getting some use out of my apparently overdeveloped brain.
...of course, it's a mostly useless genius since I have no savant-like talents and the unfortunate inherent limitations and acquired scarring of a young adult with Asperger's disorder (yes, I have a diagnosis), but I major in Pipe Organ at the third-most competitive music school in the US so I'd like to think that I'm getting some use out of my apparently overdeveloped brain.
Snip a few nines off of there, but technically I [/i]am[/i] in the 99.9th percentile the last time they updated the Gauss curve. Normal Distribution [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution] governs the whole '99th percentile' thing. It's definitely overrated as an absolute measure of intelligence but it's not invalid.Kragg said:
I'm probably average. Better than many in some areas, worse than many in others. It all balances out, I suppose.
Oh wait, this is The Escapist.
I have an IQ of 2,000,000 AND I can count to firetruck.
Bow before my smert.
Oh wait, this is The Escapist.
I have an IQ of 2,000,000 AND I can count to firetruck.
Bow before my smert.
Honestly, I have no fucking idea. People have said that I am smart but honestly, I don't think I'm any smarter than anyone else.
I did amazingly well in high school but am struggling in Uni. I have never done an IQ test because I do not trust them and just couldn't be bothered.
If anything, I will say that I am more perceptive than average due to my utter obsession with music and martial arts so I've trained my ear to pick up tiny subtleties in sound and tone, and my eyes to read body language respectively.
Maybe I'll just say average?
I did amazingly well in high school but am struggling in Uni. I have never done an IQ test because I do not trust them and just couldn't be bothered.
If anything, I will say that I am more perceptive than average due to my utter obsession with music and martial arts so I've trained my ear to pick up tiny subtleties in sound and tone, and my eyes to read body language respectively.
Maybe I'll just say average?
Based on testing, I score within the top 2 percent. But FUCK. THAT. Intelligence is such a broad and meaningless term that there isn't any way to measure it. Sure there are specific things that you can measure, but it's rarely accurate. Personally, I put myself at above average because as far as I'm concerned, I'm a moron. A creative moron, but a moron none the less.
I say "I can count to potato". I know I'm an idiot, but not sure how to rank it. I say aim low and avoid disappointment.
Everyone thinks they are above average, it is just Illusory superiority coming into play, and cognitive bias. I'd say I'm average, I've got areas where I'm extremely knowledgeable and will stop 99% of people but I'm just skilled in some areas not particularly smart.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effectVault101 said:
Normal folk and stupid folk rate themselves as smarter, smart folk rate themselves as lower.
So basically, reverse those results entirely to find the actual results.
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Yor smertnis! It burnz!Colour-Scientist said:
I must admit, the poll results are... interesting. I had not realized that the Escapist doubles as the Lake Wobegon community forums. As for me, I'm smug enough to privately consider myself smart, but only periodically honest enough to admit that I'm not. Every stereotypically smart characteristic in me is balanced out by an equivalent dumb one, making me pretty much average.