Intelligent people, how do you know you're not stupid?

Dustin · January 14, 2015, 05:06:09 AM

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clum clum · January 14, 2015, 05:34:16 AM

Quote from: challengerX on January 14, 2015, 05:21:13 AM

Well I know I'm not you so I'm good to go.

BTFO

Dustin · January 14, 2015, 05:44:04 AM

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challengerX · January 14, 2015, 06:19:24 AM

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Dustin · January 14, 2015, 06:50:29 AM

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DAS B00T x2 · January 14, 2015, 06:52:28 AM

Because I don't make pseudointellectual threads in an order to appear smarter than my peers. That kind of effort just means you're trying to compensate for something.

gats · January 14, 2015, 06:53:56 AM

I'm dumded

challengerX · January 14, 2015, 07:50:08 AM

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rC · January 14, 2015, 07:52:16 AM

i dunno about me, but i sure can judge you

Verbatim · January 14, 2015, 08:43:40 AM

I've never met an intelligent person who wasn't smart enough to concede that they're also highly ignorant.

Jocephalopod · January 14, 2015, 08:47:24 AM

Because I don't doubt my entellgance

w/e · January 14, 2015, 09:47:08 AM

Quote from: Jocephalopod on January 14, 2015, 08:47:24 AM

Because I don't doubt my entellgance

Am I smart? No, but I am smarter than the general population. Why am I smarter than the general population? I know more languages, my IQ says that I'm high average, and I know that I'm nowhere near smart. I also know that the general population could easily become smarter than me with some effort, bu they waste their potential with trivial things.

I also see things from a different perspective on many things, and I'm able to understand things other can't, because I've reset myself.

What does that mean? It means that I decided to pronounce things as they're spelled without a dialect, and with time I started to understand that neutrality is the best when trying to learn about something. My pronunciation of things makes my eloquence drop, but if I learn as many words as I want to, I'll be more efficient than before. In the end, it's a good choice.

Turkey · January 14, 2015, 09:49:42 AM

I'm dumb in a lot of areas.

w/e · January 14, 2015, 09:51:45 AM

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on January 14, 2015, 09:49:42 AM

I'm dumb in a lot of areas.

Most of us are, but I see what you're getting at. You know your weaknesses.

Mad Max · January 14, 2015, 10:07:36 AM

Quote from: Dustin xLilD on January 14, 2015, 05:44:04 AM

Quote from: Numb Digger on January 14, 2015, 05:34:16 AM
Quote from: challengerX on January 14, 2015, 05:21:13 AM
Well I know I'm not you so I'm good to go.

BTFO
challenger is mad because he himself got BTFO'd back on Bungie.net

http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/92111051/0/0/1

>implying Challenger isn't 100% correct

🍁 Aria 🔮 · January 14, 2015, 10:24:47 AM

I'm intelligent enough to realize that I'm not smart.

Sandtrap · January 14, 2015, 11:13:32 AM

I look at the evidence in front of me. Depending on how intelligent people are, they act differently. And a clear cut example of this is easy to spot on a worksite. Where one person would simply do as asked, in a simple manner, another will actively think ahead, spot things, and move before asked.

So I know I'm intelligent in that when I work I'm actively thinking ahead of things and looking for what's needed before it happnes. I actively think about the current state of the project and the problems that may or may not arise on the way and a way around them if I'm asked for help.

I study myself all the time and consciously do my best to think about my actions and learn about myself and them.

I learn things on my own. Without an instructor or teacher, I study things by myself and learn. This goes hand in hand with my self reflection because through experience of these things I learn what I can do better next time.

And I know that those three things are an active display of intelligence from myself.

Although, intelligence isn't much of a mantle or crown to carry that sets you above people. Intelligence shows itself in different aspects and overall it just changes what you do instead. Doesn't make you completely immune to making stupid decisions.

Dustin · January 14, 2015, 11:30:49 AM

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More Than Mortal · January 14, 2015, 11:56:37 AM

If I'm stupid then everybody else is brain dead.

🍁 Aria 🔮 · January 14, 2015, 12:05:34 PM

Quote from: Dustin xLilD on January 14, 2015, 11:30:49 AM

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on January 14, 2015, 09:49:42 AM
I'm dumb in a lot of areas.
Aren't engineers supposed to be like... skilled in everything but English?

Skilled and intelligent aren't necessarily the same thing.

Cindy · January 14, 2015, 12:08:47 PM

>"How do you guys know you're intelligent?"
>So many people on the site respond

lol

Verbatim · January 14, 2015, 01:38:56 PM

Quote from: Dustin xLilD on January 14, 2015, 11:30:49 AM

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on January 14, 2015, 09:49:42 AM
I'm dumb in a lot of areas.
Aren't engineers supposed to be like... skilled in everything but English?

it's so funny that you say that

Azumarill · January 14, 2015, 02:02:47 PM

i dont know. i think im fairly intelligent, but then again i could also be a total dumbass. probably the latter, but im not dumb enough to choke on my own spit, so im happy with what i have yknow

Camnator · January 14, 2015, 04:15:30 PM

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challengerX · January 14, 2015, 05:12:11 PM

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Forgewolf · January 14, 2015, 11:58:41 PM

I know that I am far wiser than a lot of people who are more "Intelligent" than I. They can spew out memorized information far more efficiently than myself, but I can leave their mind blown and torn to pieces with my Philosophy skills.

Cheat · January 15, 2015, 12:24:34 AM

Quote from: Sandtrap on January 14, 2015, 11:13:32 AM

I look at the evidence in front of me. Depending on how intelligent people are, they act differently. And a clear cut example of this is easy to spot on a worksite. Where one person would simply do as asked, in a simple manner, another will actively think ahead, spot things, and move before asked.

I would say that's more being lazy than dumb, to be honest, but I see the point you're trying to make.

SecondClass · January 15, 2015, 02:24:50 AM

It's one of those things you just know. You can bring up that Dunning-Kruger shit all you want, but I'm comfortable saying that I'm probably in the top 10% of the country in terms of intelligence.