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've taken a couple online IQ tests and one in my Psychology class in high school and I've scored about 140 on all of them. I'm not sure I trust them that much because average intelligence is supposed to be 100 for my age. I don't feel comfortable thinking that I'm 7/5ths smarter than the average person since I don't really call myself intelligent.
I think I could be intelligent because I have a passion for knowledge. Anything I want to learn, I will pursue it. I am currently in college to be a Mining Engineer and have many things planned when I graduate. It's mostly stuff I want to learn like the piano and Spanish. I enjoy learning skills that I could use even though it might not be directly useful with whatever I want to do with the rest of my life.
I also seem to have natural abilities that, and I didn't know this, but others can't do so easily. My skills at mathematics let me go through Calculus 1 through 3 without needing to take half as many notes as the other classmates. I am also very visual in many dimensions which gave me an edge in Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials, and Engineering Design.
In spite of all that, I still find myself making very stupid mistakes and wish I was smarter. I like my brain and logical way of thinking, but I more than often feel like the dumbest person in the room. Then there are times I'm confused like when I'm with guys that do better on homeworks and tests and I'm having to explain **** to them. Does that make sense? I think logically I would be considered intelligent, but I'll never be sure.
If not intelligent, I know I am unique. How many people can write a Fourier Series, create poetry, and possess ninja skills? Oh, and I forgot to mention I have ninja skills.
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  | Posted Oct 9th, 2008 at 4:47PM On a reliable IQ test adjusted for age the average will fall within the range 85-115,so don't worry about the 7/5ths! On the whole IQ tests are a blunt instrument. They vary. Ever ponder the fact you can repeat the test and score lower? Think potential. You seem to be making the most of yours.Good for you. Remember, on its own IQ does not represent the keys to the kingdom! Focus,determination and a host of other qualities need to go into the mix. At best,IQ indicates the intellectual hand you've been dealt. How you play it is down to you. +5 nods   |
 | Posted Oct 10th, 2008 at 6:21AM Notdarcy is right. There are different kinds of intelligence and aptitudes and a great deal depends upon how your brain hard wires itself as you grow. Different learning experiences cause different neurons to grow. I'm not sure what someone from a hunter-gatherer environment would make of an IQ test but he's not neccessarily less intelligent, just from a different environment. An Australian aborigine, for example might not know much about Statics, Dynamics, Mechanics of Materials, and Engineering Design in an academic sense but he applies the principles on a daily basis to survive. Few could survive in the Dead Heart of Australia for very long. I know, bad analogy but they survived for millennia before white men came along. Here's a tip, though, be humble. Nobody likes a smart-arse. Oh, and anyone who claims to have ninja skills by default doesn't have them because a ninja would not blab about it. Get over yourself and grow up. +4 nods |
| Posted Oct 10th, 2008 at 6:26AM No need to feel so good about yourself! That's fairly basic stuff, I am physically talented also, and my driving acumen is beyond all. I have had no life because of my extreme intellect. What I can't do is sing, dance or small talk. Or keep a woman I have never had a job as no driving licence. Continuously persecuted by peasants. I am 47 +3 nods |
 | Posted Oct 10th, 2008 at 6:35AM I understand your problem. I score really high on IQ tests and such. also I'm a member of Mensa - consider joining. I think you are confusing wisdom with intelligence. It takes a very intelligent human to put together a nuclear reactor - it takes someone with real wisdom to oversee it and insure it isn't used for evil purposes. Wisdom comes from intelligence multiplied by experience I believe. You are young - find a mentor, someone who can guide you. Listen to everything they have to say, then let your heart tell you which path to take. NEVER NEVER forsake your "spirituality" because of your intelligence. Sometimes intelligence tells us that there is nothing past death, nothing except this existence here. I'm not saying go to church or believe in a Christian God or Moslem God. Form your own set of principles, let them be your guideline in life. when you attain the wisdom I know you will have, use it to better mankind. Tim +3 nods |
| Posted Oct 10th, 2008 at 7:24AM yeah, but your still an *******. That's the problem with most of you "wonder boys". Let me tell you, the Ninja with the 140 IQ is usually the first to bite the dust because he is the most predictable. Isn't He? |
 | Posted Oct 10th, 2008 at 7:31AM What do you guys know about Asperger's? Contrary to popular, authoritarian mentality, it's not a disease and you don't need to be cured. It's just a different point of view. Most geeks are probably Aspies. It's a different way of looking at a personality type that's been around all along. Personally, I see it as a lack of herd-instinct and an inability to take social fictions seriously. (I can't bend the spoon because I can't even see the spoon. Because there is no spoon.) I prefer a straight-up, raw, ob The best way to get a handle on it is to talk to other Aspies and compare experiences. If you think it fits, it does. Wrong Planet: an online resource and community for Autism and Asperger's http://www.wrongplanet.net/article112.html#34283080 http://www.wrongplanet.net/forums.html |
 | Posted Oct 10th, 2008 at 8:29AM 140 is not high enough to justify your condescending attitude. My IQ is higher than yours, however, I don't feel the need to blab my mouth off about it to other people. You are a boring show-off. If you were not so boring, I would have written a longer, more thoughtful reply, but people who play games are beneath me. GROW UP. |
 | Posted Oct 10th, 2008 at 8:46AM I am a ninja, too! Being a ninja (IMHO) is being smart but not letting others know it. They will underestimate you and then... KAPOW! You blow them away. Intelligence can be described as knowing where to get the info you need and being able to apply it. If you don't know something, it doesn't mean you are stupid. Just because I am good at tests (celebrations of knowledge) doesn't mean I am intelligent, just a good test taker! Keep trying to expand your knowledge and reach higher! Don't let jealous people bring you down :) +2 nods |
| Posted Oct 10th, 2008 at 9:01AM Tense said: "140 is not high enough to justify your condescending attitude. My IQ is higher than yours, however, I don't feel the need to blab my mouth off about it to other people. You are a boring show-off. If you were not so boring, I would have written a longer, more thoughtful reply, but people who play games are beneath me. GROW UP." That's the typical, ignorant response Aspies get. To the point where it can be a barrior to employment. It's not enough to be good at your job, you must also grovel, kiss butt, deny your own existence and pass the abuse downhill. You will never win with such a narrow-minded, ego-centric person. They are so basically dishonest and amoral that they can't think straight. |
 | Posted Oct 10th, 2008 at 10:59AM, last updated Oct 10th, 2008 at 11:04AM Read the book Emotional Intelligence by Goleman if you haven't yet. Also The Moral Animal by Robert Wright. These books explore such questions in a broad context and may provide perspective. Scoring well on IQ tests indicates that you have efficient synaptic transmission in certain areas of the central nervous system. But life is about adaptability to environment, socialization and self-awareness. I believe the key to a 'good life' is mostly about forming strong relationships on many levels and behaving rationally in pursuit of goals that ultimately connect with the essential self. IQ is a wonderful tool available to you, but only one of many characteristics that when integrated provide opportunity for finding meaning and fulfillment in your life. I seem to have a knack for making friends who have high intelligence and yet fail in so many other ways to achieve meaningful existence. 'A New Earth' by Eckhart Tolle is another a book that I would recommend. Awareness of being, separate from the 'I' or ego as a function of thinking and emoting, may help in choosing a path. +3 nods |
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