Ninetieth percentile. |
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I'd like to try and avoid this turning into a discussion on exactly what it means to be intelligent, so for the purposes of this thread I'd like to use this definition of intelligence as given by Mainstream Science on Intelligence: |
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Ninetieth percentile. |
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i spent 3 min tryn to think of something clever to say |
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WAY more intellegent that i act |
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Well, I know my intelligence exceeds my social skills. Though I probably shouldn't venture into a discussion on exactly what that might imply. |
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April Ryan is my friend,
Every sorrow she can mend.
When i visit her dark realm,
Does it simply overwhelm.
I'd say top 2%... you're always going to sound exceedingly arrogant when you put yourself so high, but based on my academic performance that seems pretty fair. I went to a school that only takes the top quartile of the population (based on a test taken at age 11), and I got the highest grades by quite a margin in my year of about 150 people. I need to take a proper IQ test some time, all the online ones seem to be bunk. People are allowed to discuss me if they want. ;V |
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I have just changed my IQ. I am now in the top 103%. |
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Well, I mastered tying my shoes before I was 12, but I still have to look into my wallet and find my I.D. to know who I am most of the time. So, I would say, I am neither here nor there. But, if I were to pretend a bit, I would imagine that the sole characteristic called intelligence would have to comply with the definition of the human mind, that definition hidden in the puzzle of the name of the Beast 666. "To regulate one's behavior so as to turn the past into the future and to bring the future to pass." In that regard, I don't think there are any of us who fit the bill with any remarkable brilliiance. |
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I don't think I'm above average intelligence in most ways. |
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I think my intelligence might be slightly above average. I'm not sure though. I've never taken a real IQ test, just online ones, which I don't trust too much. I base this on the intelligence of the people I know, judging from their behaviour and conversations I have with them. Most seem like they don't have many deep thoughts or contemplate their lives on a larger scale. They have different interests and don't seem to care very much about the things that matter to me. Sometimes when I mention something interesting I read that sounds a bit complicated, they look at me like I'm Einstein or something. I don't think they're stupid, I just think they're too busy living their every day lives to care about things like science or philosophy. I'm not sure if they represent the general public everywhere though. |
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I have no idea, I haven't take an IQ test and I am just in highschool... |
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From my rotting body,
flowers shall grow
and I am in them
and that is eternity.
-Edvard Munch
April Ryan is my friend,
Every sorrow she can mend.
When i visit her dark realm,
Does it simply overwhelm.
I don't have very many people to compare myself to in terms of intelligence, and I have a habit of being lazy, but most of the time I find concepts people seem to struggle with easy to pick up. So I have no idea how intelligent I actually am, generally speaking. It doesn't seem to matter a whole lot anyway. |
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Time for my answer I guess. |
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Last edited by Photolysis; 04-11-2011 at 03:33 PM.
Two tests I've taken say top 0.5% and top 2% so perhaps top 1-2%. I agree it does sound arrogant to say such a thing, seeing as so many people here have said top 2% already. You have to really observe a person for a long period of time to get a full picture but IQ tests do a pretty good job of an estimate. I was moved ahead a year in science and 3 years in maths, I also tend to get good grades in the related subjects (poor grades in art but very high in maths/science based subjects) so academically I'm above average. I'll say above average is a pretty safe bet to make, but how far above I don't know. |
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Top 99.17% (of Coders). |
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So everyone thinks they're intelligent. How quaint. |
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surprising* |
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April Ryan is my friend,
Every sorrow she can mend.
When i visit her dark realm,
Does it simply overwhelm.
This is from an old thread: |
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It's hard to just give one answer because I seem a lot more intelligent than others in some areas, but am mentally deficient in others. I seem to be able to come up with ideas and solve problems and be creative better than most people, so in that way it seems I'm in the top 5%. But I'm much below average in speed of thought, below 50%. It's difficult for me to follow along for 2 hours with what a teacher is explaining. If I get lost once, I'll be lost for the rest of the class. I'm also terrible at multitasking. If a professor makes us write down notes, and explains the material simultaneously, I can't do it. I can't concentrate on writing down the notes, comprehending the notes, and listening to the teacher at the same time. I have to choose one. Other students don't seem to have as much of a problem with this (although I'm not sure, since I haven't talked to anyone about this before). But again, I'm generally good at solving problems, and at thinking generally, given enough time. I'm also pretty rational and good at thinking critically. I think the evaluation needs to be kept at that, and not averaged out. |
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Bear in mind that most people are full of shit. |
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Last edited by Xei; 04-11-2011 at 02:46 AM.
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