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um, i dont know where to begin, i have a thousand things to bring up and no idea where to start....
Prior Knowledge: I'll probably use the word Intelligence in this thread to mean all those related words (knowledge/smartness/etc) that all have their own subtle meaning, i use intelligence as the all-in-one word so remember that (if your definition is different).
oh and as usual sorry if something doesnt make sense
and im in a writey mood, so it might be too long for some of you as well!!! We'll see how it goes...
Ive thought for a long time about intelligence. So many people find it the most important thing in friends/partners... and rightly so imo. Do you think its important?
But then what is intelligence?
There are so many different qualities that are called 'intelligence', and some of them i find less useful or impressive. For example there are people who work hard and used to get good grades at school or whatever, but they were dumb if you actually talked to them, they only got good marks through hard work. While this is an admirable quality in itself, i would in no way call it intelligence as i think anyone can do the same (if they wanted to). Then there's people who just simply have a good memory, the type you see on 'millionare' quiz shows or whatever, and they study hard and remember many facts and can recite entire books to you. But again ive never respected this type of intelligence, whereas so many people will say 'wow he must be smart' just because someone is knowledgable (which ive always taken to mean simply "knows a lot"). I dont think facts and past knowledge are that useful in this world. Then theres all the respective skills for different subjects like Maths or Science, where the intelligence rating is just saying how much you remember a process, and how accurately you can perform the process. I value this, knowing how to do things is very important, processes can be applied to new things that arrive and help make progress and make life easier. The intelligence i value most is the ability to figure stuff out... problem solving. The ability to be given a task and determine how to solve it. Very applicable to life. So what different types of intelligence do you value?
Having said this i find intelligence in most people. Everyone is intelligent in some way, everyone has their strengths. Agree or Disagree? Is anyone truely dumb? How many people do you consider intelligent? I know people who are called dumb who i can talk about the most abstract concepts with with no problems, while other people who are called intelligent i cant even begin to get a thougthful response from. I find that school grades are a very inaccurate way to determine intelligence and i think theres a great problem there (because people feel 'dumb', when in fact their strengths just arent suited to schoolwork). I was lucky enough to have skills that helped me get top marks at school without even trying, i pissed many people off in the process too! But i also have many weaknesses in intelligence terms, i cant write poetry or books or essays (i got bad marks for essays even if i understood the subject perfectly), i have little 'general knowledge', i dont know history or geography unless ive just learnt it (in which case i can remember up until after exams) etc etc.. so i never make a big deal about my grades when others think i should. I just dont consider myself any better, i consider myself lucky. Is this how others feel about people who get good grades? and incidentally.. isnt it hilarious how being smart is 'uncool' in todays world? isnt that just the weirdest thing?? Arent most 'cool' qualities supposed to come from an elite attitude? Which brings me to another question.. do you find intelligence is seen as a good thing or bad thing? (im seeing similarites to beauty. If someone flaunts it then they arent respected for it, yet if someone doesnt have it they tend to be 'excluded').
Heres what im good at: Problem solving, analysing, maths, science, learning, taking stuff in (if only temporarily)... etc So what kinda of things are you good at? and what do you struggle at? And you may notice these things i mention about myself are pretty similar to what i said i valued. Is this more than coincidence? Do you think people respect people of the same intelligence? (i dont mean 'how smart they are', i mean 'what areas they are smart in'). Or would you think its more a case of concentrating harder on things you value? (develop value because of intelligence, or develop intelligence because of value?) Or am i just in love with myself?
And last of all, whats your IQ???
go do some free online tests and find out and tell us all!!! Go on! Dont be scared.. we won't laugh. Its our right to know anyway!
what? you want to know MY iq??? DONT BE SO RUDE AND INTRUSIVE!! THATS MY OWN GODDAMN BUSINESS!!!!!
Prior Knowledge: I'll probably use the word Intelligence in this thread to mean all those related words (knowledge/smartness/etc) that all have their own subtle meaning, i use intelligence as the all-in-one word so remember that (if your definition is different).
oh and as usual sorry if something doesnt make sense
and im in a writey mood, so it might be too long for some of you as well!!! We'll see how it goes...
Ive thought for a long time about intelligence. So many people find it the most important thing in friends/partners... and rightly so imo. Do you think its important?
But then what is intelligence?
There are so many different qualities that are called 'intelligence', and some of them i find less useful or impressive. For example there are people who work hard and used to get good grades at school or whatever, but they were dumb if you actually talked to them, they only got good marks through hard work. While this is an admirable quality in itself, i would in no way call it intelligence as i think anyone can do the same (if they wanted to). Then there's people who just simply have a good memory, the type you see on 'millionare' quiz shows or whatever, and they study hard and remember many facts and can recite entire books to you. But again ive never respected this type of intelligence, whereas so many people will say 'wow he must be smart' just because someone is knowledgable (which ive always taken to mean simply "knows a lot"). I dont think facts and past knowledge are that useful in this world. Then theres all the respective skills for different subjects like Maths or Science, where the intelligence rating is just saying how much you remember a process, and how accurately you can perform the process. I value this, knowing how to do things is very important, processes can be applied to new things that arrive and help make progress and make life easier. The intelligence i value most is the ability to figure stuff out... problem solving. The ability to be given a task and determine how to solve it. Very applicable to life. So what different types of intelligence do you value?
Having said this i find intelligence in most people. Everyone is intelligent in some way, everyone has their strengths. Agree or Disagree? Is anyone truely dumb? How many people do you consider intelligent? I know people who are called dumb who i can talk about the most abstract concepts with with no problems, while other people who are called intelligent i cant even begin to get a thougthful response from. I find that school grades are a very inaccurate way to determine intelligence and i think theres a great problem there (because people feel 'dumb', when in fact their strengths just arent suited to schoolwork). I was lucky enough to have skills that helped me get top marks at school without even trying, i pissed many people off in the process too! But i also have many weaknesses in intelligence terms, i cant write poetry or books or essays (i got bad marks for essays even if i understood the subject perfectly), i have little 'general knowledge', i dont know history or geography unless ive just learnt it (in which case i can remember up until after exams) etc etc.. so i never make a big deal about my grades when others think i should. I just dont consider myself any better, i consider myself lucky. Is this how others feel about people who get good grades? and incidentally.. isnt it hilarious how being smart is 'uncool' in todays world? isnt that just the weirdest thing?? Arent most 'cool' qualities supposed to come from an elite attitude? Which brings me to another question.. do you find intelligence is seen as a good thing or bad thing? (im seeing similarites to beauty. If someone flaunts it then they arent respected for it, yet if someone doesnt have it they tend to be 'excluded').
Heres what im good at: Problem solving, analysing, maths, science, learning, taking stuff in (if only temporarily)... etc So what kinda of things are you good at? and what do you struggle at? And you may notice these things i mention about myself are pretty similar to what i said i valued. Is this more than coincidence? Do you think people respect people of the same intelligence? (i dont mean 'how smart they are', i mean 'what areas they are smart in'). Or would you think its more a case of concentrating harder on things you value? (develop value because of intelligence, or develop intelligence because of value?) Or am i just in love with myself?
And last of all, whats your IQ???
go do some free online tests and find out and tell us all!!! Go on! Dont be scared.. we won't laugh. Its our right to know anyway!
what? you want to know MY iq??? DONT BE SO RUDE AND INTRUSIVE!! THATS MY OWN GODDAMN BUSINESS!!!!!