Poll: Do you think you're more intelligent than the average person? (Be honest)
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You're missing the 'I reckon I'm about average' option....
If you want a fair poll, you have to give people the middle option as well as the extremes. Preferably also the 'I'm a bit above average' and 'I'm a bit below average'
What about 'I'm pretty good in school, but my emotional intelligence could use some work' etc etc.
You're forcing bias with your options, so I'm not sure why you're wanting people to 'be honest'.
If you want a fair poll, you have to give people the middle option as well as the extremes. Preferably also the 'I'm a bit above average' and 'I'm a bit below average'
What about 'I'm pretty good in school, but my emotional intelligence could use some work' etc etc.
You're forcing bias with your options, so I'm not sure why you're wanting people to 'be honest'.
Well, if I remember correctly my IQ was in something like the 98th percentile, and fell into the genius category, but IQ means shit. I would say I am an idiot most of the time who happens to be good at patterns and mathematics.
Also, the lack of an average option is a very bad idea. nobody will want to admit they are of less than average intelligence, so everybody is going to put above.
Also, the lack of an average option is a very bad idea. nobody will want to admit they are of less than average intelligence, so everybody is going to put above.
I am the best mathematician in my school, and was invited to take part in the European Kangaroo, a challenge for the very best young European mathematicians. Sadly, I wasn't invited to the British Olympiad, so I'm not the best of the best, but I am pretty damn good.
According to the SAT I am 88% smarter than people in America who took the same SAT that I did. I'm not sure if that is the most reliable source of information ever but its all I got.
I tested in the top 10% in the US in college, though they did not tell me if that was just out of college students or the national average.
I'm smarter on some areas then other people (Such as Politics and History), and dumber in other areas (Math and Mechanics). Overall, I'd say I am averagely smart.
I would say that I am very very slightly above what I deem to be average intelligence. But, because I knew everyone was going to answer above and there was no option for average, I chose below.
There are many different types of intelligence. Some people are very good with numbers and theoretical thinking. Some people just have incredible memories and can remember things they were taught over a decade ago. Some people are just personable, and understand how people think and can predict their behavior. I think I'm intelligent in my own way, but there are people out there that are smart in ways that I could never be. I would say I am better at math and can think abstractly better than my best friend, but he can understand music and the intricacies of it in a way that I simply never could. Furthermore I don't think intelligence is simply a measure of how quickly you can learn things, but how hard you work at it comes into play as well. Nobel prize winners are very intelligent, but none of them just woke up one morning and had a theory in their head that would revolutionize physics or chemistry as we know it. They worked hard. They worked countless hours researching and formulating their hypothesis and performing test after test to prove or disprove its validity. If you can learn things quickly and easily but put no real effort into learning then I think you're very gifted and have a lot of potential, but I don't think you're intelligent.
''Illusory superiority is a cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate their positive qualities and abilities and to underestimate their negative qualities, relative to others.'' /Wikipedia
According to several psychologists people tend to overestimate their own abilities relative to others, like intelligence. In fact, there are several types of these biases that are about overestimating oneself and underestimating others.
According to several psychologists people tend to overestimate their own abilities relative to others, like intelligence. In fact, there are several types of these biases that are about overestimating oneself and underestimating others.
If you judged my intelligence on deduction, resourcefulness, or imagination, I would be well above average. Based on social/emotional intelligence, definitely below average. That, and I don't consider myself an academic person. A career in scholarship doesn't seem like something I'd enjoy.
I don't think there is any link between intelligence and acedemics... I have met some Oxford and Cambridge Grads without any common sense to their names, but have also met a lot of very clever people who struggled with accademics at school!
I have more natural intelligence than most of the people I work with, and have highter natural aptitudes for learning, and linking information... amazingly I am appaling at accedemics, and struggle with written exams. This has resulted in me without a degree... but am doing just as well, if not better than most of my counterparts who have degrees in my job!
I have more natural intelligence than most of the people I work with, and have highter natural aptitudes for learning, and linking information... amazingly I am appaling at accedemics, and struggle with written exams. This has resulted in me without a degree... but am doing just as well, if not better than most of my counterparts who have degrees in my job!
It doesn't surprise me that most people who visit the escapist are above average nerdy gamers.
However, I don't consider myself to be anything but average.
However, I don't consider myself to be anything but average.