| I am sure many of you have met them. What do you think of those guys? I think that having high IQ is pretty much useless if you are not going to utilize it. If you're just gonna be lazy all day long and score poorly in academics then it doesn't matter whether you have a high or low IQ. I mean, there are many people who have high IQ of 135-140, but not all of them become millionaires, scientists, etc. As for me, I never had an IQ test so I don't know what's my IQ Anyway, if you are born with an average IQ and you work very hard then you could possibly beat a person having an IQ of 160-170. Therefore, according to me Hard work > IQ (Natural Talent) As for people who brag about their high IQ, I guess they just want people to acknowledge them. No offense btw |
swirlydragonMay 3, 2017 10:12 AM
| I.Q is just a measure of certain type of brain faction that mostly correlates with mathematical type of thinking. Not an overall measure of intelligence. You can have an I.Q of 200 and lack any common sense. Sure you can write the nuclear equation for a missile but you can't get the plot of a movie for example or you don't understands simple logic. There are people like that and i will never call them smart. They are specialized but not smart in general. |
Monad said: I.Q is just a measure of certain type of brain faction that mostly correlates with mathematical type of thinking. Not an overall measure of intelligence. You can have an I.Q of 200 and lack any common sense. Sure you can write the nuclear equation for a missile but you can't get the plot of a movie for example or you don't understands simple logic. There are people like that and i will never call them smart. They are specialized but not smart in general. To do that, you'd need to work hard on your studies first. I am not talking about people having high IQ, I am talking about people who brag about their high IQ. Most of the people who brag about their IQ do not study at all. |
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| I've rather arbitrarily divided people into "rationals" and "intuitive types" based on the MBTI thing.. and naturally high IQ types would fall into high rational category.. (my own categories) So I see them as like "half" of something perhaps... like the head but not the heart, both mattering equally... |
Kefka1134May 3, 2017 11:07 AM
| The ones bragging about their IQ are usually the ones trying to overcompensate for their lack of actual achievements. |
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| IQ is very importnt we need a bigger discussion about it |
Erg_Orgy said: The ones bragging about their IQ are usually the ones trying to overcompensate for their lack of actual achievements. Yep, that's quite true. I do agree with you on this. |
swirlydragon said: I am sure many of you have met them. What do you think of those guys? I think that having high IQ is pretty much useless if you are not going to utilize it. If you're just gonna be lazy all day long and score poorly in academics then it doesn't matter whether you have a high or low IQ. I mean, there are many people who have high IQ of 135-140, but not all of them become millionaires, scientists, etc. As for me, I never had an IQ test so I don't know what's my IQ Anyway, if you are born with an average IQ and you work very hard then you could possibly beat a person having an IQ of 160-170. Therefore, according to me Hard work > IQ (Natural Talent) As for people who brag about their high IQ, I guess they just want people to acknowledge them. No offense btw Hard work will overtake someone shoving their IQ up their ass any day. And absolutely do I think they are just trying to excuse themselves from doing work. A person who does their work? I've never heard them brag about their IQ. Those that are lazy and do no work "But guys my IQ is like 140, i'm above average in intellect." |
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TheUnknownMerc said: swirlydragon said: I am sure many of you have met them. What do you think of those guys? I think that having high IQ is pretty much useless if you are not going to utilize it. If you're just gonna be lazy all day long and score poorly in academics then it doesn't matter whether you have a high or low IQ. I mean, there are many people who have high IQ of 135-140, but not all of them become millionaires, scientists, etc. As for me, I never had an IQ test so I don't know what's my IQ Anyway, if you are born with an average IQ and you work very hard then you could possibly beat a person having an IQ of 160-170. Therefore, according to me Hard work > IQ (Natural Talent) As for people who brag about their high IQ, I guess they just want people to acknowledge them. No offense btw Hard work will overtake someone shoving their IQ up their ass any day. And absolutely do I think they are just trying to excuse themselves from doing work. A person who does their work? I've never heard them brag about their IQ. Those that are lazy and do no work "But guys my IQ is like 140, i'm above average in intellect." Yep that's exactly what I am talking about. People who work hard do not need to brag about their IQ because their RESULT SAYS IT ALL! |
swirlydragonMay 3, 2017 11:12 AM
| I think they're people who don't have much else to brag about. If they were true hard workers or had spent their time on something, they could at least brag about their hobby, or a cool relative, or that they can do a cartwheel. Also, since IQs are measured in numbers, it's very easy to say "I'm better than you because my IQ is higher." You can't exactly measure who has the coolest uncle. |
| Ehhh... I think a better way would be " People who brag that he/she is intelligent" would be better. IQ are just something in the gray area, and if the dude said that he got "X in an online IQ test", I'd just ignore it. Not worth my time. |
| They are usually underachievers. If your I.Q is so high, then why are you making so little money or rather why is your current position at the company you work for so piddly? Thing I noticed from successful people is that they do rather than talk. You never hear people who are on the higher echelon of intelligence talk about archaic shit like I.Q tests. You want to succeed, then show me through your ingenuity, ideas and drive to reach a new strata of achievement in an area of your life. |
Kefka1134 said: I've rather arbitrarily divided people into "rationals" and "intuitive types" based on the MBTI thing.. and naturally high IQ types would fall into high rational category.. (my own categories) So I see them as like "half" of something perhaps... like the head but not the heart, both mattering equally... It really isn't possible to accurately classify people in that manner. There is absolutely no data to support the validity of MBTI, or really any other personality test for that matter. |
The_Missing_LinkMay 3, 2017 11:45 AM
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| Bragging about IQ is an attempt to protect a fragile ego. IQ tests were invalidated a while ago, due to their failure to really measure anything concrete. I can't speak for any individuals here, but I believe the act of bragging about one's IQ is a sign of low self esteem. |
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| i wouldn't give a fuck tbh. i would probably say "cool story dude". |
| Hmm. I'd say there is a 70-80% chance that they are fibbing about their score. That's exactly the sort of thing people love to lie about. |
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xrockxz89 said: Hmm. I'd say there is a 70-80% chance that they are fibbing about their score. That's exactly the sort of thing people love to lie about. More than that I'd wager, but further than even if it is "true" chances are they took one of those online tests that give everybody vastly inflated scores. |
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Dwlr said: xrockxz89 said: Hmm. I'd say there is a 70-80% chance that they are fibbing about their score. That's exactly the sort of thing people love to lie about. More than that I'd wager, but further than even if it is "true" chances are they took one of those online tests that give everybody vastly inflated scores. Oh well I sure hope nobody takes those seriously. Just remember its SAT scores > IQ, and everybody lies about their SAT scores ;D hahah |
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| Actually in my current work, there are like half of them that brag their competency in coding and mathlab skills lol. Even the new hires are no different when comparing their ATARs XD However, from what I noticed, people who perform really well in work are the ones with average IQ. While the people that had higher GPA tend to slack off and feel too superior. (some even don't want to talk with someone that they think inferior) Kinda sucks tbh... I feel IQ and EQ shouldn't really depart to one another. We don't even know how standard these tests are. |
swirlydragon said: I'm going to guess they most likely don't have a high IQ if they don't study.Most of the people who brag about their IQ do not study at all. The reason being that of the things that IQ predicts, one area is one's ability to consider consequences and act accordingly. Those who "don't study", are usually (knowingly) ruining their future to some extent. Now I haven't seen a correlational study looking at this, but I would guess that odds are people who don't study, don't have a high IQ. |
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| I don't take statements like that seriously. I don't think IQ means much in the long run, it's just an estimation more than anything. There are many different ways to be intelligent, whether it's through academics or social smarts. |
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| I've never heard someone brag about their high IQ who'd had an actual IQ test; they all just took some quiz online, which says a lot about their actual IQ. (Yes, I'm aware I have an online IQ test result on my profile, but I'm not bragging about it.) |
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| Yeah I agree that IQ doesn't mean squat in the long run. I'm in the superior range but I don't think it helped me a lot in getting where I am today. Hard work takes credit for that. |
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| I've never heard anyone brag about their IQ. They might brag about which University they came from to show off their intelligence. If I did hear someone brag about it I wouldn't care as long as they didn't bother me. |
| The IQ is just a number that serves as a reference, does not determine the success you can get during your life. |
| Who the hell takes an IQ test? Seriously, who would do that and why? I have terabytes of unwatched anime, I don't have time to be doing things. |
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| I have never had someone brag about their IQ to me. Probably because I'm a cynical shitweed. If someone ever did do that, they're probably just compensating for the fact that they've never achieved anything else worth bragging about. |
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| the only people worse than people who brag about their IQ are the ones who take someone mentioning their IQ as bragging l o l |
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| IQ doesn't mean much. Sure, my IQ test came back ~150, but all that does is make it harder for me to find entertainment. |
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| IQ is a lot of dung. It only shows how good you are at solving puzzles. Go to any lecture in philosophy. If things were just a puzzle, oh boy would life be easy. |
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| IQ is just bullshit you can improve it by taking the test again...it does not mean you are smart ...it is just superficial |
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ibraheem234 said: IQ is just bullshit you can improve it by taking the test again...it does not mean you are smart ...it is just superficial Even if it did prove you're smart, it only proves in a very narrow sense of the word, of solving some puzzles. |
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Pirating_Ninja said: swirlydragon said: I'm going to guess they most likely don't have a high IQ if they don't study.Most of the people who brag about their IQ do not study at all. The reason being that of the things that IQ predicts, one area is one's ability to consider consequences and act accordingly. Those who "don't study", are usually (knowingly) ruining their future to some extent. Now I haven't seen a correlational study looking at this, but I would guess that odds are people who don't study, don't have a high IQ. I believe that has more to do with conscientiousness than I.Q. (I.Q. is more related to openness as a trait, irc). Conscientiousness is a predictor for how much work a person is willing to put in and how much they value order. |
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| IQ test is sht, who cares about fake science and random geography from the middle of nowhere? |
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LoneWolf1 said: These people are compensating for some other shortcoming in their lives. I bet it's actual intelligence, the kind that makes you face complex information or ideas. Your reaction to basic writings in philosophy says more about your intelligence than any IQ test. |
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| wisdom/experience > IQ, however people who brag about their IQ... and people criticizing people who brag about their IQ... hmm... I would say insecurity... Also hard work may be more important than natural talent, but in the end hard work < same amount of hard work + natural talent Life is pretty unfair when you come to think of it... |
| But I think you can't even call someone smart or intelligent just because of IQ, it's just capacity of what your mind can do. Also, we shouldn't judge IQ only by correlating it with how successful the person is. that's really off tbh. swirlydragon said: Erg_Orgy said: Yep, that's quite true.The ones bragging about their IQ are usually the ones trying to overcompensate for their lack of actual achievements. I do agree with you on this. Not really, for example, they're already successful, and they want to be overrated. swirlydragon said: Yep that's exactly what I am talking about. People who work hard do not need to brag about their IQ because their RESULT SAYS IT ALL! But if you make unbelievable success, people will start to ask your IQ. How did you know that they think of the other as inferior? You might be just misunderstanding him, and that's sad. Just because they have higher score you think that's their sole reason not to talk to someone. |
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| I agree with you, IQ is only accompanied with words, while Hard work is accompanied with action :D It's likely compared to a saying "easier said than done". |
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That user actually had a lot of interesting things to say. I miss him/her :c |
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TheBrainintheJar said: That user actually had a lot of interesting things to say. I miss him/her :c Why? What happened to him? Did he get permabanned or something? I also want to meet that user xD |
| If you need to brag about your IQ I think that tells everythng you need to know about your intelligence. |
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