Loaf confirmed IQ of 76

Intelligence and convictions are overrated. If focusing on that shit is making you unhappy, then you're missing the point.

No, IQ is an indicator, and a pretty arbitrary one at that.

Quote from: SecondClass on June 19, 2015, 09:57:40 PM

Intelligence and convictions are overrated. If focusing on that shit is making you unhappy, then you're missing the point.

It's not the arbitrary level of intelligence I place on myself that I am concerned about, it's more so the fact that I just constant look on the things that I say and I just think they seem so stupid, I can't even get over the fact that I will never just be a more intelligent person.

No, you can't really make yourself "smarter". But you can make yourself happier, and that's ultimately all that matters. If you're willing to accept your level of intelligence, have some self-awareness about it, you won't be constantly so down on yourself about it.

Quote from: SecondClass on June 19, 2015, 10:05:51 PM

No, you can't really make yourself "smarter".

I'm pretty sure I was smarter after I learned language than I was before I could speak/read/write.

Ugh....okay, you got me? Obviously, your brain develops while you're a child and teenager, but this isn't fucking relevant to what I'm talking to Loaf about.

Ugh....okay, you got me? Obviously, your brain develops while you're a child and teenager, but this isn't fucking relevant to what I'm talking to Loaf about.

I don't know what you're talking about, especially when you say stuff like we can't make ourselves smarter. Like, do you mean that we can't change our IQs? Our capacity to learn? I would agree with that, I guess. Some people have learning disabilities.

Quote from: SecondClass on June 19, 2015, 10:11:48 PM

Ugh....okay, you got me? Obviously, your brain develops while you're a child and teenager, but this isn't fucking relevant to what I'm talking to Loaf about.

I don't know what you're talking about, especially when you say stuff like we can't make ourselves smarter. Like, do you mean that we can't change our IQs? Our capacity to learn? I would agree with that, I guess. Some people have learning disabilities.

Knowledge and intelligence are different. Loaf isn't going to be able to just change how smart he is for the better. For the worse, sure, just do a bunch of drugs. But there's really no easy way to increase your IQ, as Loaf wants. It's better to just accept who you are and your limitations, and work with them.

Knowledge and intelligence are different.

I'm inclined to agree. But to you, what separates knowledge from intelligence?

Quote from: SecondClass on June 19, 2015, 10:21:40 PM

Knowledge and intelligence are different.

I'm inclined to agree. But to you, what separates knowledge from intelligence?

Knowledge is simply how much you know, intelligence is your capacity for knowledge and your level of critical thinking. Wisdom is something entirely different.

One could argue that the best possible determination of your intellect is your happiness with your life situation, e.g. Were you smart enough to overcome any inhibitions you may have had, to make decisions that allowed you to accomplish any major goals you had in life?

Numerically, I'd say a high overall score in any aptitude testing can be used as a reasonable indicator.

Knowledge and intelligence are different. Loaf isn't going to be able to just change how smart he is for the better. For the worse, sure, just do a bunch of drugs. But there's really no easy way to increase your IQ, as Loaf wants. It's better to just accept who you are and your limitations, and work with them.

do you always edit your posts five hours after you post them

Zonda bumped this. I read over some of my replies. I noticed an error. Sorry?

because it notifies everyone in the pyramid when you do that--i don't know if you realize

I've never really had that problem, as in the most intelligent person in my family.

My sister is also incredibly bright, but she lacks real conviction and direction, and that makes her kind of blundersome in life.

There was a time, when my younger brother said  to my mother that he thought I was stupid, because I acted silly to amuse my younger siblings, and she laughed at him and said, "No, he's smarter than everyone in the car put together.

But I'm certainly no beacon of success, and being smart isn't the only thing that matters, it's what you do with it.

There are a lot of stupid people who get ahead in life because they're good at sucking dick sand following rules.

I got through high school by lying and manipulating people, taking shortcuts so that I wouldn't have to do any work.

The problem for me had always been that I'm to too smart, and it gets me in trouble.

I've been invited to join Mensa, but I still don't have a place to live right now.

My advice to you, is to capitalize on opportunities, and to never let your IQ be a factor in what you think you can accomplish, because I thought it would all be brought to me on a silver platter simply because I was smart, and I wrote off a lot of opportunities that I got were below me.

People who know they're smart are arrogant, and people who know they're dumb just give up, so you should really ignore it all and just always do the very best you can and take all the chances you get.

That's more of just situational success. You can be the smartest guy in the world IQ-wise and still not be able to get over some personal fear.

I'd argue that intelligence is just how adept you are in academic and critical-thinking challenges, and that it's largely decided based on genes alone.

I think intelligence is just a very broad term for one's mental capacity, to the point where it can't be determined numerically. For instance, capacity for logic, abstract thought, understanding, self-awareness, presence of mind, communication, learning, emotional knowledge, memory, planning, creativity and problem solving are all determining factors in one's intelligence, according to Wikipedia (untrustworthy source, I know, but I'm inclined to trust that specific article).

Would overcoming a fear not demonstrate self-awareness, emotional knowledge and problem solving?

a barbarian can have a high wisdom score and a low intelligence score while a rogue can have a high intelligence score but low wisdom

*adjusts nerd glasses"

roll for initiative

Shit, i knew i should've allocated more points to mental stat progression.

Then all of my rolls would be good.

Hey,i can bench press a truck tho