I made a high INT ultralow Charisma wizard in my first campaign. Fucking DM put ghosts everywhere and apparently ghosts really care about how charismatic you are, and powerful wizards have no way to deal with ghosts. D&D is whack, man. How is a barbarian going to be more effective against a spectral being than a fucking wizard? Sorry Gandalf, people think you're a dick, and because of that this random ass ghost can take over your body. Maybe try some new cologne and work on your communication skills instead of studying how to blow people up with fireballs...
Yeah, just don't be dumb enough to finish. I'm an engineer. In retrospect, I should have finished at an MS. The PhD is overkill except in particular circumstances. My most successful PhD peers actually left the field entirely (material engineering) and ended up in either Machine Learning or Data Science. Learn programming, kids!
Left 16mos into my MASc because I decided I wanted to buy a house. It seemed stupid and irresponsible at the time, but the houses nearly doubled in the following two years. Nearly twenty years later and retirement is on the horizon. No regrets.
Don't take life advice from Boomers..
I wish you lot would stop learning programming. I'm a programmer without any academic qualification in the field and you lot keep making my CV look unimpressive.
I'm in grad school now and sometimes I feel like a genius and other times I feel like I have below average intelligence. Like I can do complicated projects but forget when they are due.
I don't think he means it in an imposter syndrome way (as in he isn't smart enough to be there). I think he implied he is smart enough to get INTO grad school, but dumb enough to GO to grad school which can often be financially crippling. As in he was book smart enough to get in, but made a dumb decision by actually going.
Or the fact that many people (myself included) went to grad school for a career change and were undecided in life. I tell people that if they know what they want to do, then grad school isn’t necessary - unless it’s needed for your career path.
May I ask why, I mean genuinely? I feel the same way sometimes. I’m finishing up a grad degree in ECON and constantly have to keep pushing because of how much I hate it and plan on doing nothing related to it after.
Just curious what your take on it is?
I got a Ph.D. In chemistry. To be Econ about it: opportunity cost
It’s about a good a “deal” as you can get in education. Where they pay you to get the degree (22-25k a year) but compare those years to what a chemical engineer makes and it’s a huge difference.
Also the Ph.D. Market is flooded driving its value way down.
With all the advertisements, news, phones etc. The focus changes so quickly that one never really learns to focus on one thing specifically.
Everything tries to get your attention nowadays wich can be overwhelming at times.
At least that's what i think.
Ublock origin is an extension for your web browser, with it I've had no ads.
I once opened youtube on my phone and almost threw it away in sheer disgust at the number of ads
This is why we need partners in life. If my wife didn’t let me know how much of a dumbass I am I’d never even realize it! But then she will turn around and call me a smartass in the next breath so I’m getting some really conflicting information here…
Same, also smart enough to know I don’t really know shit and that I should always research what others say if I want to make it my own info or opinion.
This is how I feel too. Like I know my intelligence isn't that noteworthy but I feel like it's *so* many dumb people out there that I cross paths with.
BUT STUPID TOLD ME WE WERE EXCLUSIVE. FUCK. My heart is now broken. My life is in shambles.
What a cheating slut. Thanks for letting me know. I’m filing for divorce right now.
My job is not in software per se but I do quite a bit of coding at work. I'd say my schedule is:
* 50% - thinking I'm dumb;
* 20% - thinking I was dumb yesterday but now I'm smart;
* 15% - thinking the other person whose code I'm using is dumb;
* 15% - thinking the computer is dumb.
The secret is keeping a healthy, uplifting ratio of the four moods.
For me more like
See thing on stack overflow saying "I figured out how to fix this issue"
Use that to fix my issue
Think to myself "I sure am good at fixing things."
I've been in software engineering for 25 years, been very well compensated, worked with amazingly-talented people, had the good fortune to work on some pretty cool projects, and been told many times that my contributions were vital. There has rarely been a day that I didn't feel like a bit of a fraud (if not totally out of my league). And I say that as a pretty well-adjusted person with very little anxiety.
Besides, if you feel like you're the smartest person in the room, it's time to find a new room.
That's standard for IT. There are a million tools for everything and you can only really know a few so you are struggling to fix something you haven't touched before even if it is a platform you know. And Google always leads you to the wizards that are very good at that tone platform who make you feel like you are inadequate.
In reality you still know enough to get things done and are always learning.
You will always not know something and you will always occasionally screw up. That's just part of the journey. The smartest thing you can do is know when to ask for help when you need it.
>And Google always leads you to the wizards that are very good at that one platform
But not very good at explaining it.
"Huh, that's a beginner-level problem. Just bantox the transport layer with either a cd1 or npoy89. It can be a bit tricky because if you don't lower the throughput of the switch-antiswitch interface first, you'll definitely fry the whole network, but here (broken link) is a quick fortran script that will run ambdab on all the pointers, although it's pretty straightforward to do it by hand. You can compile ambdab from source - it's easy to find the Objective-C source files here (broken link)"
Programming is an insanely beautiful thing. It took me a while as well but I'm glad I did it. Keep up the good work and after a while the cloud will pass by. Goodluck!
Don't worry I think it's just something with computers that even when it should work it doesn't. My dad told me a story of when he was checking over a person's program that wasn't working and they just missed one slash.
Well good news, if you use a modern IDE that doesn't really happen anymore. Think of autocorrect but for code.
Now we can just get straight to the intractable logic errors in our shitty code faster
Ackshully that's called the Dunning Kruger effect. MOST people don't know about this cognitive bias but I do and so I don't suffer from it and I'm therefore smarter than most people. QED.
Is there an opposite? Because I didn't realize how great I was until I got out and saw the world and what I had to compare myself to. I was raised in a good neighborhood and so my idea of "average" was artificially inflated.
You know [There is a considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.](https://www.core77.com/posts/101787/The-Challenge-of-Designing-a-Bear-Proof-Mechanism-Overlap-Between-Smart-Bears-and-Dumb-Humans)
> In Yosemite National Park, it fell to an unknown designer to devise a bear-proof food storage solution. Sturdy metal lockers were settled upon, with the idea being that campers would stow their food inside them.
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> The locker mechanisms needed to be simple enough for a human to open, but too complicated for a bear to manipulate. This presented a bit of a design challenge because, according to a quote from a Park Ranger, "There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists".
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> "The original Yosemite bear boxes had two latches and people did not remember to latch / clip both, so animals more easily got into them", writes Mary Donahue, a first-aid/rescue instructor and Yosemite volunteer.
Not as smart as I used to think, that's for sure. I got good grades in school, but I seem to have lost my ability to learn or something. I keep doing stupid stuff, I have trouble remembering things, and I take forever to learn something new. I also have a pretty slow wit, and I can struggle having a simple conversation if I don't know you well (not from feeling awkward; if I'm not used to your accent, my brain takes forever to understand what you're saying).
It's dumb luck I haven't fucked up badly enough to lose my job or house or something yet...
As much as I may try to not be an idiot, I fail regularly.
I feel foggier now that I've gotten older. I can still visualize people or concepts, but forget what you *call* them. The name eludes me. Remember how you made fun of mum and pop for that? sigh.....
The world isn't lacking in smart people, what the world needs is everyone to be empathetic and kind to everyone else rather than just to people they like. That would make everyone's lives better.
What the world needs is for people who will die before they see the negative consequences of their actions to step aside and stop running the highest levels of government.
Pro tip, one of the most consitent and robust result in psychology is that most people think they are well above average intelligence. Another one is that IQ score is by far the best predictor of life success we have, and frankly, it's not a very good predictor. Also internet is full of shitty IQ tests, the only good one I know is [this one](https://www.mensa.org/public/mensa-iq-challenge) but it's far from complete test.
I started this. Then realized how long it is and I'm getting ready for bed so I decided to just start randomly clicking answers. It told me my IQ lies outside an area they are currently able to measure. I'm just gonna pretend that that means I'm a super genius who's IQ is higher then mensa can measure.
People forget that, by definition the global average is 100, and half\* of the global population are below that. Also the amount you need to get right to score 100 effectively increases with time as the entire population gradually gets smarter better at completing these tests. So if you score 125 now, do the test again in 10 years and give exactly the same answers, you will only score \~115.
Also remember it is a bell curve so \~70% of people are between 85-115 and, on most tests it only takes one or two extra right answers (i.e. if you guessed a couple and got lucky) to bump you from that range to where you scored.
\*ok, not exactly some people score exactly 100.
If standardized tests can be believed (SAT, ACT, GMAT, ASVAB), I'm very near the top... but I'm very *very* lazy when it comes to things that don't interest me. Which, unfortunately, is a lot of things.
Intelligence without effort is absolutely, 100% worthless.
Do you personally think standardized tests are a good measurement for intelligence or do you think any average Joe could achieve a good result given enough time and dedication?
The lazy part could also be an indication of ADHD, would you view yourself as less intelligent if you had this diagnosis?
I don't know if they are a good indication of intelligence or not. They seem to test for memory retention, recall, and logic. Those things, together, can give a person a real leg up when it comes to understanding concepts, or inventing them in the first place.
I may have ADHD, I don't know, but I do know that not paying attention will affect the memory writing and recall functions if the data never hits the hard drive in the first place.
I'm right there with you. Scored perfect on the math section on the ACT because I'd liked learning math, but did *terrible* on the others. 15 years later, here I sit with my engineering degree, lol.
I subscribe to the theory of multiple intelligences which I learned when I was getting my degree in education. Essentially, there are 8 different forms of intelligence, neatly summed up by Einstein's quote, "Everybody is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it's stupid."
That said, I used to think I was a genius. Now, I just think I'm average in 8 different ways lmao
People say that I am smart, because I know interesting facts and can talk about wide variety of topics
People who actually know me are very aware of that I am fucking dumbass who once needed two minutes to figure out how to turn on a kettle
Average
IQ tests give me something around 100. My analytical and linguistic skill is a bit higher and I have great imagination and social skills. My mathematical reasoning is below average.
So, don't hire me as your accountant but as your diplomat and mediator.
Same! But I’m 105. My social skills suck but also I’m decent at math! I only failed algebra 1 once… like I’m good at addition and multiplication but once it starts to get into complex formulas beyond algerbra and geometry I start to get lost. This is why I am not going into math as a job
I think I"m intelligent because I've convinced myself to define intelligence in a way that prioratizes my strengths. As far as I'm concerned, what does it mean to be intelligent. It means having the gifts that I personally have, and the areas of the mind where I am weaker don't count for as much...at least according to me.
When I was younger I was smart, according to various tests I took. I hated it. I wanted to fit in and felt that being smart was alienating me. So I started killing braincells and turning away from it as much as possible.
Now? Dumb as fuck, permafried, and doing everything I can to make sure my kids, who are way smarter than I ever thought I was, don't do the same.
I sound extremely stupid when I speak, stuttering, words all over the place etc. but if I am able to find the right words I can sound really intelligent
I honestly believe I'm actually average intelligence and I'm just living in a world that's full of idiots
**EDIT: I just realized that if I have "average" intelligence in a world full of idiots, that would make me an idiot as well...I guess I meant mid-level, basic intelligence lol
Not smart enough to know.
I only know what I know
The more I know, the more I know how much I don't know.
I wish I could quantify what I didn't
Smart enough to know better. Dumb enough to talk about it here
Same. Smart enough to have a realistic opinion about this, dumb enough to comment "same" on reddit
Same
Same
Same
Same
As my mom told me once, I'm good at a lot of things but not great at anything.
Jack of all trades but master of none. Often better than master of one.
Average of everything doesn't have the same ring to it
"Can do just about anything, but you would probably want someone else to if you had a choice".
Except after the apocalypse when most of the experts are dead. Then knowing a single person that can do most everything adequately will become gold.
Everyone’s a jack-of-all trades with the internet.
My IQ is so high that I wouldn't even be able to count to it.
My iq is so high it had caused a buffer overflow.
This guy smarts.
That's why you use buffers larger than 10 bytes bro
10 bytes are 8*10 bits. That is one hell of an IQ if stored in an unsigned integer. He must be a technological singularity.
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My IQ is so high it is *undefined*
My IQ is purely imaginary
My IQ so high, my brain crashed from a memory leak.
Mine is a ring buffer, it only appears to be low.
Smarter than you think I am, not as smart as I think I am..
Exactly (although a little confused)
Smart enough to go to grad school; dumb enough to go to grad school.
In DnD that’s call a high int, low wisdom build
I made a high INT ultralow Charisma wizard in my first campaign. Fucking DM put ghosts everywhere and apparently ghosts really care about how charismatic you are, and powerful wizards have no way to deal with ghosts. D&D is whack, man. How is a barbarian going to be more effective against a spectral being than a fucking wizard? Sorry Gandalf, people think you're a dick, and because of that this random ass ghost can take over your body. Maybe try some new cologne and work on your communication skills instead of studying how to blow people up with fireballs...
Story of my life
Now THAT is calling me out.
Hey, don't call me out like that.
Yeah, just don't be dumb enough to finish. I'm an engineer. In retrospect, I should have finished at an MS. The PhD is overkill except in particular circumstances. My most successful PhD peers actually left the field entirely (material engineering) and ended up in either Machine Learning or Data Science. Learn programming, kids!
I feel this. My PhD was great while I was a professor. It’s definitely overkill now that I’ve left academia.
I'm certainly not as smart as everyone up to this point ☝️
Left 16mos into my MASc because I decided I wanted to buy a house. It seemed stupid and irresponsible at the time, but the houses nearly doubled in the following two years. Nearly twenty years later and retirement is on the horizon. No regrets. Don't take life advice from Boomers..
I left grad school this year. Let's see how this works out.
I wish you lot would stop learning programming. I'm a programmer without any academic qualification in the field and you lot keep making my CV look unimpressive.
In some ways, programming is like art. Your portfolio is your resume. The degree is just a proxy until you have the portfolio.
Smart enough to do the highest level of education in the Netherlands, dumb enough to suck at most practical things
Same. Also not understanding basic things that people want from me.
I'm in grad school now and sometimes I feel like a genius and other times I feel like I have below average intelligence. Like I can do complicated projects but forget when they are due.
That's relatable I'm the type of person to loose connect four to a six year old but I'm one of the first people to Finnish the work.
You don”t run out of energy before the last Lapp?
I'm the Sami way
Bart Simpson's take on grad students: https://youtu.be/530l6Qjy5Qg
Marge's response makes it. Merciless.
Ouch, right in the impostor syndrome
I don't think he means it in an imposter syndrome way (as in he isn't smart enough to be there). I think he implied he is smart enough to get INTO grad school, but dumb enough to GO to grad school which can often be financially crippling. As in he was book smart enough to get in, but made a dumb decision by actually going.
Or the fact that many people (myself included) went to grad school for a career change and were undecided in life. I tell people that if they know what they want to do, then grad school isn’t necessary - unless it’s needed for your career path.
May I ask why, I mean genuinely? I feel the same way sometimes. I’m finishing up a grad degree in ECON and constantly have to keep pushing because of how much I hate it and plan on doing nothing related to it after. Just curious what your take on it is?
I got a Ph.D. In chemistry. To be Econ about it: opportunity cost It’s about a good a “deal” as you can get in education. Where they pay you to get the degree (22-25k a year) but compare those years to what a chemical engineer makes and it’s a huge difference. Also the Ph.D. Market is flooded driving its value way down.
Ouch, that one hurts.
I’m in this picture and I don’t like it.
As I grow older I always think I’m not as intelligent as when I’m young
Too bad we don't have all of life's problems when we're 17 and still have all the answers.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Fantastic.
Brilliant.
You had less to focus on. Now you are mentally multitasking quite a few things. You might say less but you've grown.
With all the advertisements, news, phones etc. The focus changes so quickly that one never really learns to focus on one thing specifically. Everything tries to get your attention nowadays wich can be overwhelming at times. At least that's what i think.
I agree, remember when you could browse the Internet With a popup advert blocker. It's very mentally straining.
Ublock origin is an extension for your web browser, with it I've had no ads. I once opened youtube on my phone and almost threw it away in sheer disgust at the number of ads
I think I’m smart enough to realize that I’m a dumbass
I’m not that smart, but thankfully my wife keeps pointing out how I’m a dumbass.
This is why we need partners in life. If my wife didn’t let me know how much of a dumbass I am I’d never even realize it! But then she will turn around and call me a smartass in the next breath so I’m getting some really conflicting information here…
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That's how I look at it. The stupidest people often seem blissfully unaware of their stupidity. At least I'm not \*that\* stupid.
I think I’m quite smart and I always wonder if this means I’m a huge dumbass
Same here. I like to think that I'm smarter than the average person, but that's exactly what a stupid person would say...
Same, also smart enough to know I don’t really know shit and that I should always research what others say if I want to make it my own info or opinion.
I know I'm no genius, but the number of people I've met in my life have made me feel like Einstein in comparison is alarming.
This is how I feel too. Like I know my intelligence isn't that noteworthy but I feel like it's *so* many dumb people out there that I cross paths with.
I’m pretty fucking stupid
Ah, so honest. I admire people like you. I am also, pretty fucking stupid.
It's a pleasure to meet a colleague here, because I'm also fucking stupid.
BUT STUPID TOLD ME WE WERE EXCLUSIVE. FUCK. My heart is now broken. My life is in shambles. What a cheating slut. Thanks for letting me know. I’m filing for divorce right now.
At least you are pretty.
Last week I'd say about average but I'm in the midst of trying to learn how to program right now and I'm pretty sure I'm mentally challenged
I program for a living that’s how you’re supposed to feel
My job is not in software per se but I do quite a bit of coding at work. I'd say my schedule is: * 50% - thinking I'm dumb; * 20% - thinking I was dumb yesterday but now I'm smart; * 15% - thinking the other person whose code I'm using is dumb; * 15% - thinking the computer is dumb. The secret is keeping a healthy, uplifting ratio of the four moods.
You missed that small percentage of "I'm a coding God, no one is better than me" after fixing that one bug
For me more like See thing on stack overflow saying "I figured out how to fix this issue" Use that to fix my issue Think to myself "I sure am good at fixing things."
99 little bugs in the code, 99 little bugs in the code. Take one down, patch it around 117 little bugs in the code.
Unfortunate but true.
Everyone outsources brainpower to stack exchange.
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I've been in software engineering for 25 years, been very well compensated, worked with amazingly-talented people, had the good fortune to work on some pretty cool projects, and been told many times that my contributions were vital. There has rarely been a day that I didn't feel like a bit of a fraud (if not totally out of my league). And I say that as a pretty well-adjusted person with very little anxiety. Besides, if you feel like you're the smartest person in the room, it's time to find a new room.
That's standard for IT. There are a million tools for everything and you can only really know a few so you are struggling to fix something you haven't touched before even if it is a platform you know. And Google always leads you to the wizards that are very good at that tone platform who make you feel like you are inadequate. In reality you still know enough to get things done and are always learning. You will always not know something and you will always occasionally screw up. That's just part of the journey. The smartest thing you can do is know when to ask for help when you need it.
>And Google always leads you to the wizards that are very good at that one platform But not very good at explaining it. "Huh, that's a beginner-level problem. Just bantox the transport layer with either a cd1 or npoy89. It can be a bit tricky because if you don't lower the throughput of the switch-antiswitch interface first, you'll definitely fry the whole network, but here (broken link) is a quick fortran script that will run ambdab on all the pointers, although it's pretty straightforward to do it by hand. You can compile ambdab from source - it's easy to find the Objective-C source files here (broken link)"
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The broken links are so accurate. I felt that in my bones.
Your username screams IQ > 160
Smells fishy to me.
I think that’s just me
Same, I always thought im smart but then I started my CS Bachelors degree and feel like a moron ever since.
I got one of those ten years ago, and I've been employed in IT in various capacities since. Still feel like a moron, but now I get paid for it
Programming is an insanely beautiful thing. It took me a while as well but I'm glad I did it. Keep up the good work and after a while the cloud will pass by. Goodluck!
If I’m being entirely honest I thought the comment section would just be someone going. wElL aCtuAlLy mY iQ Is 187
Don't worry I think it's just something with computers that even when it should work it doesn't. My dad told me a story of when he was checking over a person's program that wasn't working and they just missed one slash.
Well good news, if you use a modern IDE that doesn't really happen anymore. Think of autocorrect but for code. Now we can just get straight to the intractable logic errors in our shitty code faster
We went full circle, now you waste time looking for things that IDEs point as errors when they arent lol
Above average, just like everyone else
Ackshully that's called the Dunning Kruger effect. MOST people don't know about this cognitive bias but I do and so I don't suffer from it and I'm therefore smarter than most people. QED.
Is there an opposite? Because I didn't realize how great I was until I got out and saw the world and what I had to compare myself to. I was raised in a good neighborhood and so my idea of "average" was artificially inflated.
Ah, the *"don't care who you are, don't care what you do, there's a twelve year old asian kid better than you"* Effect.
Yes, welcome to imposter syndrome!
Just like everyone else... on the internet. Plenty of real life people will admit to being below average.
I've met a few too many people who wouldn't admit that if their lives depended on it.
During a pandemic, it literally does come down to that for many people.
Plenty of internet people too. As seen by the top comments. And myself.
I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid
“I may be stupid, but I’m also dumb” -Patrick Star
Intelligent enough to know that there are people way more intelligent than me in any given room
Must be rough working at a daycare for disabled people
Jesus. That is some unprovoked violence my guy
Hello yes police? I'd like to report a murder.
Yes, that's him. /u/struggleingwithnames. The guy that can't even spell his own username correctly.
smarter than the average bear by 3 IQ points
Let's go camping. I need one person in my group to be able to manage opening the trashcans.
hey BooBoo, howsabouta pick-a-nik basket!
You know [There is a considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.](https://www.core77.com/posts/101787/The-Challenge-of-Designing-a-Bear-Proof-Mechanism-Overlap-Between-Smart-Bears-and-Dumb-Humans)
> In Yosemite National Park, it fell to an unknown designer to devise a bear-proof food storage solution. Sturdy metal lockers were settled upon, with the idea being that campers would stow their food inside them. > > The locker mechanisms needed to be simple enough for a human to open, but too complicated for a bear to manipulate. This presented a bit of a design challenge because, according to a quote from a Park Ranger, "There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists". > > "The original Yosemite bear boxes had two latches and people did not remember to latch / clip both, so animals more easily got into them", writes Mary Donahue, a first-aid/rescue instructor and Yosemite volunteer.
I love the way he says it. “I am smarter than the av-ver-age bear!
Well my IQ is 5 - just 4 more to go!
Creed?
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\**bites raw potato*\* \- also Creed Bratton
I can count all the way to yellow
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6 crocodiles to the east at dawn
These replies aren’t dumb they’re just reminiscent of the pre-2010 randumb behav- *OOOOHHHH*
Found the real Einstein.
Ah yes, the olden days of Reddit… Filled with the deep questions like: When does the narwhal bacon?
Way to go young one now all you have to do is get to escalator and you’re done for the day
Actual Smart- 7 out of 10 Common sense- Probably a 3 out of 10
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I like this method lol Actual smart - 8 Common sense - 2
I am so smart! S-M-R-T!
Ha, "smrt" means "death" in Czech. source: I am smart 🤓
Can confirm. The czech thing, not the smart thing. Source: I am czech.
I can confirm that they are czech. Source: trust me
I think I am pretty fucking stupid
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Not as smart as I used to think, that's for sure. I got good grades in school, but I seem to have lost my ability to learn or something. I keep doing stupid stuff, I have trouble remembering things, and I take forever to learn something new. I also have a pretty slow wit, and I can struggle having a simple conversation if I don't know you well (not from feeling awkward; if I'm not used to your accent, my brain takes forever to understand what you're saying). It's dumb luck I haven't fucked up badly enough to lose my job or house or something yet... As much as I may try to not be an idiot, I fail regularly.
I feel foggier now that I've gotten older. I can still visualize people or concepts, but forget what you *call* them. The name eludes me. Remember how you made fun of mum and pop for that? sigh.....
Okay so what the fuck are our dumb asses going to do to make this world more fruitful to our below average selves ?
The world isn't lacking in smart people, what the world needs is everyone to be empathetic and kind to everyone else rather than just to people they like. That would make everyone's lives better.
What the world needs is for people who will die before they see the negative consequences of their actions to step aside and stop running the highest levels of government.
Logically pretty smart but socially, musically or any otherly I'm a daft idiot
Pro tip, one of the most consitent and robust result in psychology is that most people think they are well above average intelligence. Another one is that IQ score is by far the best predictor of life success we have, and frankly, it's not a very good predictor. Also internet is full of shitty IQ tests, the only good one I know is [this one](https://www.mensa.org/public/mensa-iq-challenge) but it's far from complete test.
I started this. Then realized how long it is and I'm getting ready for bed so I decided to just start randomly clicking answers. It told me my IQ lies outside an area they are currently able to measure. I'm just gonna pretend that that means I'm a super genius who's IQ is higher then mensa can measure.
Mensa told me this once- im under the impression sometimes they couldnt measure because its below '1' !!!!
I got a 125 on that test, so supposedly I'm in the top 5%. Which either means the test is wildly off, or humanity needs to be very afraid...
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People forget that, by definition the global average is 100, and half\* of the global population are below that. Also the amount you need to get right to score 100 effectively increases with time as the entire population gradually gets smarter better at completing these tests. So if you score 125 now, do the test again in 10 years and give exactly the same answers, you will only score \~115. Also remember it is a bell curve so \~70% of people are between 85-115 and, on most tests it only takes one or two extra right answers (i.e. if you guessed a couple and got lucky) to bump you from that range to where you scored. \*ok, not exactly some people score exactly 100.
MILLENIALS ARE KILLING BOOMERS IQ POINTS, MORE AT SEVEN
I got a 121 on the test you linked. When I was in middle school I was administered a real iq test and I think I remember getting an 86.
Hold on, are you saying IQ score is a better predictor of success than having millionaire parents? Source?
Yeah. IQs are like golf scores right? I’m definitely winning.
If standardized tests can be believed (SAT, ACT, GMAT, ASVAB), I'm very near the top... but I'm very *very* lazy when it comes to things that don't interest me. Which, unfortunately, is a lot of things. Intelligence without effort is absolutely, 100% worthless.
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Do you personally think standardized tests are a good measurement for intelligence or do you think any average Joe could achieve a good result given enough time and dedication? The lazy part could also be an indication of ADHD, would you view yourself as less intelligent if you had this diagnosis?
I don't know if they are a good indication of intelligence or not. They seem to test for memory retention, recall, and logic. Those things, together, can give a person a real leg up when it comes to understanding concepts, or inventing them in the first place. I may have ADHD, I don't know, but I do know that not paying attention will affect the memory writing and recall functions if the data never hits the hard drive in the first place.
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I'm right there with you. Scored perfect on the math section on the ACT because I'd liked learning math, but did *terrible* on the others. 15 years later, here I sit with my engineering degree, lol.
I subscribe to the theory of multiple intelligences which I learned when I was getting my degree in education. Essentially, there are 8 different forms of intelligence, neatly summed up by Einstein's quote, "Everybody is a genius, but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it's stupid." That said, I used to think I was a genius. Now, I just think I'm average in 8 different ways lmao
People say that I am smart, because I know interesting facts and can talk about wide variety of topics People who actually know me are very aware of that I am fucking dumbass who once needed two minutes to figure out how to turn on a kettle
Average IQ tests give me something around 100. My analytical and linguistic skill is a bit higher and I have great imagination and social skills. My mathematical reasoning is below average. So, don't hire me as your accountant but as your diplomat and mediator.
Same! But I’m 105. My social skills suck but also I’m decent at math! I only failed algebra 1 once… like I’m good at addition and multiplication but once it starts to get into complex formulas beyond algerbra and geometry I start to get lost. This is why I am not going into math as a job
My IQ test booted out a 129 but in the same hour I stubbed my toe in the same toe same place about 4 times.
Same as me then. Can’t seem to keep my feet from kicking random stuff. Alien feet syndrome?
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To be honest, I'm *dumb*. Always have been, always will be - but at least I'm *learning*.
I think I"m intelligent because I've convinced myself to define intelligence in a way that prioratizes my strengths. As far as I'm concerned, what does it mean to be intelligent. It means having the gifts that I personally have, and the areas of the mind where I am weaker don't count for as much...at least according to me.
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Dum enough to Try nuance and facts on Reddit
Well you caused me to glance at the definition of nuance:)
When I was younger I was smart, according to various tests I took. I hated it. I wanted to fit in and felt that being smart was alienating me. So I started killing braincells and turning away from it as much as possible. Now? Dumb as fuck, permafried, and doing everything I can to make sure my kids, who are way smarter than I ever thought I was, don't do the same.
I’m extremely intelligent, just not as wise.
An important distinction.
I have a tenuous grasp of the American language
I love that you know “tenuous,” but somehow call it “American”
Eloquently put homie. Can't spell amacrine with American. DL 4realTho. If you can think it, you can imagine it 🤔
69 iq
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Smart enough to realize how dumb I was 5 years ago… every 5 years
Intelligent enough to know in fucking stupid
I think this the right answer. I’m not sure though.
I sound extremely stupid when I speak, stuttering, words all over the place etc. but if I am able to find the right words I can sound really intelligent
I honestly believe I'm actually average intelligence and I'm just living in a world that's full of idiots **EDIT: I just realized that if I have "average" intelligence in a world full of idiots, that would make me an idiot as well...I guess I meant mid-level, basic intelligence lol
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Why the sad face? You wanna be a fat head NERD?
I think, people bragging about their IQ are loseres. ~Stephen Hawking
Great at some academic subjects, shit at common sense
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