Poll: How intelligent do you think you are?

[Talshere]

Statistically Im thicker than a door post. Last time I sat an IQ test I scored a woeful 92. My degree in a BSc, and acceptance onto an MSc combined with an imo fairly good general knowelge of important things (IE not what happened on corrie last week or how much Arsenal is paying for some dick which kicks a pig skin) generally allows me to assume Im in the more intelligent segment of the internet population in many things.

 

[Talshere]

The problem is the vague nature of "intelligence." We all have our own handle on it but can anyone directively state the definition of it?

To be able to learn or understand or perform something within a given subject quickly/with skill.

To have a perfect memory is not intelligence (The problem with the modern education system right there)

It is somewhat undefined as to what areas specifically you are able to understand constituting intelligence. But I think it depends how you use the word. Its context. For example. Traditionally intelligence is academic. Someone who is a great writer or director is a genius. For example people often refer to Shakespeare are a genius or brilliant but never intelligent. Similarly an actor is brilliant or gifted, rarely a genius, never intelligent.