People with unreal IQ

Pottler

Cognitive Cascade wrote: »

Actually fu*k you I am going to make a retarded thread about what useless crap I learnt from here today....one sec.

Someone else beat you to it, you can be guaranteed..AH is the nearest thing to Camp Tardicaca online. Funny too, if you give it a chance.

Skerries

if everyone reckons they have above average IQ then isn't that the new average?

Ficheall

Skerries wrote: »

if everyone reckons they have above average IQ then isn't that the new average?

No.

QuiteInterestin

sparks24 wrote: »

dont believe everything you hear!!

usually these people are the thickest of all

+1, its all in the way they say it. Some people have such confidence in themselves that they could tell you that the sky is pink with yellow polka dots and you would take it for truth because they seem so sure of themselves. Personally I often end up starting sentences with "I think" or "As far as I know" etc when I'm asked questions which makes it sound like I haven't a clue, even though I'm probably right, while others who haven't a clue what they're taking about give there answer with such certainty its automatically taken as truth.

bnt

Skerries wrote: »

if everyone reckons they have above average IQ then isn't that the new average?

It's called the Lake Woebegon Effect - after that little fictional town in Minnesota where "all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above-average". :pac:

If you've never heard a Lake Woebegon story, I can highly recommend subscribing to the podcast, or at least try this one, which is partly about education and memory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzF2Jw2jZd8

Brain Stroking

My IQ is 164 but is a weight around my neck. I spend half my day biting my lip and generally hating everyone. Silently

ToddyDoody

I have unreal IQ..whatever number i told you is not real.

Where To

I love nerds.

Especially when they are female nerds.

Calibos

QuiteInterestin wrote: »

+1, its all in the way they say it. Some people have such confidence in themselves that they could tell you that the sky is pink with yellow polka dots and you would take it for truth because they seem so sure of themselves. Personally I often end up starting sentences with "I think" or "As far as I know" etc when I'm asked questions which makes it sound like I haven't a clue, even though I'm probably right, while others who haven't a clue what they're taking about give there answer with such certainty its automatically taken as truth.

"The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt."
Bertrand Russell

Brendog

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Brendog

Brendog wrote: »

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_James_Sidis

The paper reported Sidis's vows to remain celibate and never to marry, as he said women did not appeal to him. Later he developed a strong affection for a young woman named Martha Foley.

lol

28064212

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Just know OP that even the smartest people are only right a percentage of the time.

100 is a percent....

Ruralyoke

I'd take literal IQ figures with a big pinch of salt.

OK, not unreal but good: my IQ is supposedly 150+ , but I'm kinda thick in some ways really.

QuiteInterestin

Calibos wrote: »

"The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt."
Bertrand Russell

Thanks, he said it better then I ever could

The Big Red Button

I was reading long before I started school (at three.) Was always in the 99th percentile for everything, right through primary and secondary school. Did the SATs at thirteen, joined CTYI, MENSA etc. Got the crazy LC points and the 1.1 degree.

But I'm a bit of a f*ck up now though.

My mother often wonders where it all went wrong with me.

pragmatic1

28064212 wrote: »

100 is a percent....

Ugh.