Poll: How intelligent do you consider yourself

[babinro]

From an educationsl standpoint I'm above average simply because I made it to 3rd year university and failed. I tend to get 70-90% in my courses. From a reality standpoint I'm strong with organization and problem solving ideas and math.

For the poll I classed myself as slightly below average. The reason is simply because I retain so little of what I learn and my intelligence in terms of life skills intelligence are way below average. I can't repair anything, fix a running toilet, change oil on a car, understand assembly instructions etc.

Because I can't apply my scholarly or worldly wisdom to anything practical and everyday, I fall under below average intelligence bordering on stupid.

 

[Hemlet]

I'm "other". In that on occasion I'll do something that requires some amount of intelligence and perception, like writing a damn good paper. Most days I'm either average or slightly below average. And on occasion I have days like today, where I thought that the best way to go about rearranging glasses on a tray was to use both hands to move glasses around on the tray while I was standing in the middle of an aisle. I guess at the time I had some sort of vain hope that gravity would just ignore that little stunt for a few seconds.

You are encouraged to facepalm at that last bit. Lord knows I did. Hard. Several times.

 

[Mr.Squishy]

First and foremost, I recognize the bias that one may have regarding one's own (illusory) superiority, as it is something everyone falls prey to at one time or another. Right. That outta the way?
I grew up in aa place filled with people who were terrified of being called 'nerds', and people who didn't give two shits about educating themselves and had no interest in school. I, on the other hand, have always been curious, eager to learn and bookish. Even so, I never scored the best grades, or at least not most of the time, but kept doing alright, somewhere around average and above-average. Except in maths and P.E.. Maybe it's 'cause I was lazy, or because I can (often) be genuinely very dense, stupid and unable to 'get' stuff. However, I was also the kid who wasn't afraid to go around and display my knowledge - I picked up a lot of informaation that was either useless in clases or forgotten on tests - and as such grew to be known locally as kind of a smart guy, even called "a living fucking dictionary". So naturally, I embraced that as I've grown up being told being smar iss good. However, in later education, I've come to meet more advanced peers, and realize I may at best be sliiightly above average, or even slightly below - but I still did get into a god university and a good course - even with my being dense and often borderline retarded.

TL;DR: Fucked if I know - somewhere between slightly under average?

 

[joshthor]

the average for the escapist community is apparently quite above average.

 

[FortheLegion]

I sometimes feel smarter than most people but other times I feel like an idiot.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

slightly above average, there are some people who look at me like i'm a god when i get plowing through some science/maths type stuff, or on random trivia knowledge, but when it comes to doing actual tests i'm not that good, in that most of my friends who i help (kinda tutor, more just help)usually get 5-10% higher than me on the tests, which i used to rage hard about but i've come to terms with it mostly.


honestly there are so many ways to define intelligence i stopped caring a long time ago, my old roommate was a perfect example of this, he was as dumb as a brick in class, didn't excel in any of those categories, but when it came to sports/hunting/cars/street smart stuff, he would destroy just about every single person in those categories, it was absolutely astounding some of the stuff he did with as little supplies that he had to do it with.

hell he fixed his own car after his brother ran it into a pole..when he was done, you could barely tell it had been in any kind of scuffle at all, and he didn't have any mechanics tools or anything.

so yeah, we can sit here and flop e-penis's around all day by who got what on what score/test, but it won't actually matter/do anything.

 

[drisky]

Honor Role all of high school, Dean's list Most of College. So I have a fairly strong intellect. On the other side though I'm often the last to finish a test, so my mind doesn't work quickly. Intelligence isn't a simple thing really, but I feel on a better side at the very least.

 

[superstringz]

I don't know. I live in a very small town and I'm just naturally awesome at filling in the right bubbles on tests. I'm smart enough to know that just because I'm the biggest fish in the pond doesn't mean I'm all that impressive in the open ocean. I'm used to being treated at the "fucking holy shit intelligent" though.

For those that are disgustingly interested in my e-peen size, I'm narcissistic enough to want to show you:

Spoiler

99th percentile of all Americans aged 18-25, according to the AFQT/ASVAB (the Navy basically told me I had to go nuclear, for better of for worse.)

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

I'm nothing special. I just have a very curious mind and I tend to learn about a lot of subjects that catch my interest. So if anything, I have an active mind and a drive to learn and challenge ideals.

 

[afroebob]

I think for my age I'm a fucking genius. Then again, being smarter than the average highschooler is as easy as knowing Transformers 2 was complete shit.

 

[Tselis]

I was IQ tested, with a battery of really boring tests, as part of a lawsuit against the school district. It came up with me being a genius. I don't feel much smarter than other people though, just less dumb.

 

[GigaHz]

Looks like we have a total of 227 idiots at this very moment.

Alright maybe a bit too harsh, but either a lot of you are lying or most of you don't know how intelligent you really are.

Statistically, it's impossible for the vast majority to be kinda intelligent otherwise the average would be much different. On top of that, this is a (mostly) gaming forum. Let's face it, gamers on the whole are not the brightest group of people in the world. Otherwise they would be accomplishing more real world things and less fantasy fluff.

I chose the more modest Slightly Above Average. It's what I expected to be the most popular answer if this poll were based in reality.

 

[Wyld Fyre]

I Am Intelligent Enough to Know That I Know Nothing At All.

 

[jpoon]

I would say average at most. I'm no genius but I have my moments...

 

[AMMO Kid]

I am well informed. I don't know if that counts as intelligent but I know more than a decent amount of people in my life. However, those who really are intelligent blow me out of the water...