How intelligent do you think you are?

caseyann

Depends in what area,some things very intelligent others as thick as a plank of wood Also depends on how much you know on something and how i am feeling brain wise on the day.
If you are flapping in the wind then get out of there or if you dont mind looking dumb and you get smarter as you read more from the dumb questions.Then you are more intelligent then most because you got them to tell you all you need.

I once had a debate with a professor on history and he thought he was pretty intelligent 20 years my senior on line and he went away never to return :cool:

dr.bollocko

orestes wrote: »

Pfft, it's all about the thanks dude

By your logic that would make javaboy smart.
javaboy 7101
AlmightyCushion 6418
dr.bollocko 5856
Terry 5094
Sharpshooter 4731
Orestes 3386
Tar.Aldarion 1825
Rabies 1495
Monty... 29

brummytom

dr.bollocko wrote: »

By your logic that would make javaboy smart.
javaboy 7101
AlmightyCushion 6418
dr.bollocko 5856
Terry 5094
Sharpshooter 4731
Orestes 3386
Tar.Aldarion 1825
Rabies 1495
Monty... 29

That's obviously bollocks. Monty's clever enough not to get addicted to Boards.

On the plus side, I'm cleverer than Rabies

Steve

eVeNtInE wrote: »

This post has been deleted.

True. Along with physics it requires a good memory of formulas - how and when to apply them requires intelligence. It's the exception to the LC as a whole.

Einstein by his own admission had a terrible memory, on top of that he couldn't spell very well and would most likely fail the LC if he were to sit it today. (He might pass applied maths though :pac:)

Steve

Earthhorse wrote: »

I don't know where the draw the line between intelligence and lifeskills though.

lifeskills = wisdom (based on experience)

wisdom =/= intelligence


If you are tasked with - say - organising a childrens party.

wisdom would say "remove anything breakable from the room because stuff got broken last time"

If there had not been a 'last time', intelligence would say "I better remove anything breakable because there'll be kids running around"

pikachucheeks

Mine's only 1,666
I need to be funnier smarter!

pikachucheeks

Steve wrote: »

wisdom =/= intelligence


If you are tasked with - say - organising a childrens party.

wisdom would say "remove anything breakable from the room because stuff got broken last time"

If there had not been a 'last time', intelligence would say "I better remove anything breakable because there'll be kids running around"

And stupidity would say "Let's invite Josef Fritzl!"

wudangclan

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Postcount :pac:

says mr.10k

pikachucheeks wrote: »

Mine's only 1,666
I need to be funnier smarter!

officially it's postcount/thanks ratio that counts.:cool:

Steve

pikachucheeks wrote: »

And stupidity would say "Let's invite Josef Fritzl!"

*wish I'd thought of that*

:D:D

brummytom

pikachucheeks wrote: »

Mine's only 1,666
I need to be funnier smarter!

pikachucheeks wrote: »

And stupidity would say "Let's invite Josef Fritzl!"

Nope, you're good

orestes

dr.bollocko wrote: »

By your logic that would make javaboy smart.
javaboy 7101
AlmightyCushion 6418
dr.bollocko 5856
Terry 5094
Sharpshooter 4731
Orestes 3386
Tar.Aldarion 1825
Rabies 1495
Monty... 29

Pfffft, AH mods don't count, you feckers can remove our thanks in here to make yourselves look better and we all know that the AH users just thank you cos they're a bunch of arse-lickers and the mods are all just gonna thank each other anyway to back each other up no matter what and then they lock the threads so that nobody else can get a post in and get thanks and then they ban anyone who points it out so that they can keep their little dictatorship in place and get as many thanks as they can to keep the conspiracy going on.

This nonsensical ranting fight da powah stuff is fun, no wonder Rozie keeps coming back!

Latchy

Intelligence can be measured with having the ability to know a little about a lot of things instead of knowing a lot about just one subject .Some people will obiously excel at some subjects but know sweet FA about others .

Thanks post imo are not a great measure of judging intelligence ,ie I thanked you cos you like the same movie ,music ,porn star , football team as I

I am very intelligent but dont feel very ( inteligent) when I'm hungover.:(

Earthhorse

Steve wrote: »

True. Along with physics it requires a good memory of formulas - how and when to apply them requires intelligence. It's the exception to the LC as a whole.

What about English? You have to remember the material but also display an insight into and be able to articulate that. Surely that counts as intelligence? You also have to right an essay that counts for 25% of your overall mark; so you must display some creative skill and perhaps knowledge of the broader world and insight into it. What about Art? (I can't comment much on it because I never did it).

Steve wrote: »

wisdom would say "remove anything breakable from the room because stuff got broken last time"

If there had not been a 'last time', intelligence would say "I better remove anything breakable because there'll be kids running around"

I see. Well, what about another scenario.

You're tasked with chatting up a girl. You know you're a funny guy. But you also know that sometimes you take it too far and this puts girls off. Wisdom would say "dial it down a notch". Instead, you take it to the next level. Why would you do that, Steve?

WHY WOULD YOU SABOTAGE YOUR OWN HAPPINESS!?!? :mad:

If you are tasked with - say - organising a childrens party.

Right, right, yeah.

Was it Daniel O'Connell?

brummytom

Earthhorse wrote: »

Was it Daniel O'Connell?

The singer?

Earthhorse

Earthhorse wrote: »

What about English? You have to remember the material but also display an insight into and be able to articulate that. Surely that counts as intelligence? You also have to right an essay that counts for 25% of your overall mark; so you must display some creative skill and perhaps knowledge of the broader world and insight into it. What about Art? (I can't comment much on it because I never did it).

I wonder if that's opening up talent vs intelligence

orestes

Earthhorse wrote: »

Right, right, yeah.

Was it Daniel O'Connell?

brummytom wrote: »

The singer?

You're one brave Englishman Tom, I'll give ya that

Calibos

I think one reason why a lot of people overestimate their intelligence is due to a rebound effect. You go through school thinking you are average or below average because you may feel you are in the middle of the class intelligence bell curve. It doesn't 'click' at the time that due to class streaming you may be of average intelligence within a class that is overall more intelligent than average.

You enter real life after school and start working with, interacting with and socialising with the general population outside your peer group, (your peers up till now being people who were put in the same class as you because they were of similar intelligence to you)

All of a sudden you realise that the average person in real life is a moron. You start to think you are much more intelligent than you once thought. Much more intelligent than average. You graduate from spending all day on Facebook and start broadening your internet horizons. You start getting into serious discussions and wide ranging topics on forums. You enter science and technical fora and start reading some postings and think to yourself, "Actually, No, I think I'm thick after all". Then you enter the afterhours forum and think to yourself, "No, don't second guess yourself, you're a fcuking genious"

Antar Bolaeisk

I would consider myself very intelligent but only in a book smart way.

brummytom

orestes wrote: »

You're one brave Englishman Tom, I'll give ya that

Earthhorse

orestes wrote: »

You're one brave Englishman Tom, I'll give ya that

Or else, not a very intelligent one.

wudangclan

i did that test that appeared earlier in the thread.
i've done other iq tests and got higher results,i've done yet other iq tests and got lower results.
where does that leave me? fuck knows
do i think i'm intelligent? fuck yeah (and cool) but then i am human and we are masters of self-deception.

Steve

Earthhorse wrote: »

I see. Well, what about another scenario.

You're tasked with chatting up a girl. You know you're a funny guy. But you also know that sometimes you take it too far and this puts girls off. Wisdom would say "dial it down a notch". Instead, you take it to the next level. Why would you do that, Steve?

WHY WOULD YOU SABOTAGE YOUR OWN HAPPINESS!?!? :mad:

Simple formula for it:
willy > wisdom * intelligence

Earthhorse

Calibos wrote: »

I think one reason why a lot of people overestimate their intelligence is due to a rebound effect. You go through school thinking you are average or below average because you may feel you are in the middle of the class intelligence bell curve. It doesn't 'click' at the time that due to class streaming you may be of average intelligence within a class that is overall more intelligent than average.

Funny you should say that. On leaving school I felt I'd been misled as to how intelligent I was but in the opposite direction.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

I can do some really stupid things, but I consider myself to have above average intelligence... Most people are stupid. Like really stupid.

The average human being is dumb as fcuk, so it's not hard to be above the average to be honest.

Daragh101

Paxton Prehistoric Skillet wrote: »

I can do some really stupid things, but I consider myself to have above average intelligence... Most people are stupid. Like really stupid.

The average human being is dumb as fcuk, so it's not hard to be above the average to be honest.

that is a stupid thing to say!!....no medal for guessing which catagory you lie in!

Vinta81

I consider myself quite intelligent in general knowledge, I don't think their is one subject that I really excel at. I guess you could say I was well-rounded?

wudangclan

Vinta81 wrote: »

I guess you could say I was well-rounded?

weight-watchers?

Abi

I would regard myself as being intelligent, or 'diligent', is another word I've seen used in my references. I don't for a second think I'm better than anyone else across the board, but I'd rate highly in my fields of interest iykwim. I think everyone is pretty much the same though.

Dudess wrote: »

It's a difficult one to quantify - yeah, I'm intelligent, but I'm also dumb at some stuff (e.g. science).

Agreed.

I love science, yet I'm politically ignorant. Thats more by choice though, I completely recoil from conversations about anything political because quite frankly, its boring to me. I think if theres a lack of interest in any given subject, its pointless force-feeding it to someone as they will never excel in it. It must have been soul-destroying for my history teacher to have to correct my papers on Irish history. Visually it must have been like throwing mud at a wall and watching it slide off :pac:


My youngest brother and I have been the only ones to attend college, but I don't think any less of our other siblings for not going because they've good jobs and they are happy.

ottostreet

im relatively intelligent. not great on the maths/equations front, but did decent enough at school and doing well at college. it depends on my level of interest, but ive rarely genuinely struggled at anything ive set out to learn or do. apart from ag science. that was terrible!

im not 'thick' anyway, but i do sometimes get easily confused, but sure, doesnt everyone?

SV

Depends how you judge intelligence.. If it's by the IQ test then i'm smart as fuck.. But I don't see how that can judge overall intelligence.

tech77

Why is there no "extremely intelligent" option in the poll?

Vinta81

wudangclan wrote: »

weight-watchers?

I'm the LAST person on this forum who needs weight-watchers, fat fighters etc.. :pac:

caseyann

tech77 wrote: »

Why is there no "extremely intelligent" option in the poll?

Obviously we all know what category you fall into

kumate_champ07

I'm intelligent enough to not answer this question

orange_peel

I'd consider myself very intelligent, but not extremely intelligent and definitely not a genius. I got 600 in the L.C. but I know that this is not a perfect indicator. I studied hard, but never killed myself. I know there are plenty of intelligent people who didn't study as much as me, and consequently did not get the same amount of points, but I would say that their unwillingness to study demonstates a lack of intelligence, because anyody with a bit of sense would perceive that neglecting their study in the LC could end up with them not getting their course.

I know I'm intelligent because I can retain large amounts of information from any subject, I grasp scientific concepts quickly and I learn new langages very quickly. Surely this is intelligence?

Though I am not weak at maths, it lags behind my other abilities. My abilities at algebra, calculus. etc are decidedly average, and I make freqeunt mistakes. I would also not be the guy that's able to figure anything out of my own accord in maths, for example if a new problem was put up on the board I would rarely solve it without first being shown how to do so, and this runs contray to my abilities in other areas/subjects. On the other side of the coin, I can do mathematical calcualtions in my head faster than anybody I know, and I find this strange because I'm not good at maths. I love doing this when other peple are around becaue they immediately assume I am some kind of maths genius, which couldn't be further from the truth.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

Daragh101 wrote: »

that is a stupid thing to say!!....no medal for guessing which catagory you lie in!

Why is it a stupid thing to say then... eh?

The average human is not very intelligent. Compared to other animals, yes, we are quite intelligent, compared to other human beings? Dumb as fcuk...

Bloody Nipples

As of writing this post, 77.94% of the people who have voted in this poll have placed themselves in the top two categories.

The nature of the bell curve and assuming the posters of this forum represent a reasonable cross section of Irish society would mean that half the posters in this forum are below average intelligence. Yet only 5.07% have admitted to being below average intelligence.

This proves that the vast majority of people SERIOUSLY overestimate their own intelligence.

The way I see it from these poll results, most people should probably be shunted to the category below the one in which they've placed themselves.

Abi

Poo poo.

orange_peel

People definitely overrestimate their intelligence. Very rarely will people admit that they are stupid, though I think most people that are below average in the intelligence department know it, most deny it out of insecurity, and not because they actualy think they are smart, though we have a fair few of them too.

brummytom

Bloody Nipples wrote: »

As of writing this post, 77.94% of the people who have voted in this poll have placed themselves in the top two categories.

The nature of the bell curve and assuming the posters of this forum represent a reasonable cross section of Irish society would mean that half the posters in this forum are below average intelligence. Yet only 5.07% have admitted to being below average intelligence.

This proves that the vast majority of people SERIOUSLY overestimate their own intelligence.

The way I see it from these poll results, most people should probably be shunted to the category below the one in which they've placed themselves.

Hehe

kumate_champ07

theres intelligence that some people have for certain aspects of life's situations

like Jordan, she's made a lot of money. she does have good PR(Max Clifford) tho, so maybe thats a bad example...



..and ironically perhaps her fame is an indication of how dumb the general population are

Bloody Nipples

When I sit down and think about my friends though, there's no one I'd say "Oh he'd be one of the below average ones". Even though in and around half of them technically should be.

I myself would consider myself to be quite intelligent (IQ of 131 as tested by the University of Liverpool and my secondary school English teacher who was/is the State Advising Examiner told me that he wouldn't have been able to write some of the essays I did) but that said I'm probably thick as two short planks.

Bloody Nipples

brummytom wrote: »

Hehe

I'm guessing you're one of the 5%

Latchy

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

like Jordan, she's made a lot of money. she does have good PR(Max Clifford) tho, so maybe thats a bad example...

..and ironically perhaps her fame is an indication of how dumb the general population are

When I am confronted by the image of Jordan ( hard to escape the bish , she's everywere now ) I think of somebody of low intelligence .But some of dumbest people in history have played the fame game ,very well to and maybe it's just that much easier for them to expolit and be exploited .

Shinners23

Ok, I would break down intelligence into a few different areas;

1)) Academic Smarts - exams, percentages....Id reckon i'm above average

2) Street Smarts - Again im luck to have this... i think there are many people out there who may be academically smart but are street stupid........ u need a bit of the two,

3) Intuition - helps bring everything together i reckon..


So I've been blessed as I possess all three.

Hope some out there agree with me on the above.

SarahChambers

Almost 80% of people here believe themselves to be above average intelligence. While they may well be correct it appears somewhat unlikely. I think a lot of people rate themselves as more intelligent than the actually are. It is true to say that success in the LC and college isn't necessarily indicative of intellect, but an inability to succeed in exams does betray a lack of a particularly type of intelligence, if effort is take out of the equation.

brummytom

Bloody Nipples wrote: »

I'm guessing you're one of the 5%

Yeah, I'm a bell curve

Latchy

SarahChambers wrote: »

Almost 80% of people here believe themselves to be above average intelligence. While they may well be correct it appears somewhat unlikely. I think a lot of people rate themselves as more intelligent than the actually are. It is true to say that success in the LC and college isn't necessarily indicative of intellect, but an inability to succeed in exams does betray a lack of a particularly type of intelligence, if effort is take out of the equation.

Early this year I completed several courses including two adult literacy courses in English , City % Guilds , level 1 and 2 .The Exam test in level 1 consisted of answering 20 questions - minumum 14 right and you passed .In level 2 it was 40 questions - minumum 32 and you passed .I was delighted to have passed both with top marks and got as much satisfaction of it as when I first passed my old Leaving cert in Ireland .

TPD

Pretty intelligent. Kicked ass at the aptitude test (between top 30% and top 2% of the country in 6 different areas).

My problem, however, is that I did shíte in the interest test. Lowest in my class, even in the areas I'd indicated I had an interest in.

Orla K

I never thought I was that intelligent, daydreamed throughout school got an alright leaving but then I ended up going to a guy over an IQ test. Somehow I'm fairly smart, I still have the results he gave me, I see it as an I'm not stupid cert, quite reassuring.






But I still spell like a 12 year old.