There was an admission test to join this site. It checked for intelligence, but not for proper use of said intelligence. Oh well.Loop Stricken said:I took a MENSA test once, and it said if I gave them money, I could be a member.
I chose not to pay them, so I'm clearly clevererer than even MENSA members.
I don't recall seeing many stupid people on this site, though. Misguided and of poor moral judgement maybe, but not particularly unintelligent.SmashLovesTitanQuest said:OT: Oh look, everyone thinks they are slightly above average. What a surprise.
let's suppose that we say the "average intelligence score" in whatever country you reside in, is 100. the average says that most people fall at or around 100. so where do you think most people on this forum sit?Hero in a half shell said:How smart do you think you are in relation to the rest of your country;
except for this guy. he is above average. certainly.Aris Khandr said:Above average, certainly. I was in gifted programs all throughout school. Did debate club, and in primary school I was on the Academic Team (which is competitive nerdity).
> Points out flaw in pollJak23 said:Wait. If everybody's above average, aren't they all just the new average?...
This is a fun summary of the effect [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_superiority#Effects_in_different_situations] as it's been studied in various situations. The most well-known version is probably the Dunning-Kruger effect, after that particular study got an Ig Nobel Prize. The details vary in different areas, but in general, the less competent you are with whatever's being measured (skills, intelligence, whatever), the less able you are to accurately rate your own ability and that of others and the more likely you are to overestimate your own ability. Science have proven the old saying that you really do have to know a lot to understand how much you don't know. Heh.Zhukov said:I'm intelligent enough to know that I'm not particularly intelligent.
Also, fun fact: most people believe they are slightly above average. Which of course cannot possibly be true considering the definition of average.
Nice. Here I am writing something out explaining it, and this shows up before I finish. I admit defeat. A winner is you.Secret world leader (shhh) said:Dunning-Kruger effect up in this *****!
This is great because i am the exact same . Just that i haven't hit my mid 20's yet and have yet to "smarter up" . But you post gives me hope . I'm also incredibly imature :/ .Learning to try is hard though , how do you do it?Also what is library school?IndomitableSam said:This could get controversial, and (edit: most) everyone will say they're above average or better.
Myself? As a child I tested in the genius range (whether that's still true today or not, I don't know, but I am incredibly lazy so I would say "technically yes, but really no because I don't challenge myself") and was put into advanced classes until funding ran out and I went back to normal class.
... Anyway, I went to university and college and am a librarian for a legislative library now. Before that (and it was my first job after graduating) I was hired at a prestigious private school, so I must have done something right.
Still not sure what it was, though, because I'm as lazy as they get.
Honestly, I never learned how to study until college. All through middle school, high school and university my grades were only average because I never sat down to study anything. I did my homework, but never spent any time prepping for tests or essays and such. I'm mad at myself for that because I could have done so much better when I was younger, but because I did well without trying, I never actually learned how to try. Until I went to library school and got serious, then I would sit and study for hours on end and got 4.0's. I was more proud of myself for studying than the grades.
So, yeah. I chose 'genius' because I technically was, but I never learned how to try or had to work hard, so I failed myself in many ways and didn't smarten up until my mid 20's. And I still have to really work hard to motivate myself. ... As I reply to this thread instead of tackling the "to-do" list I made myself here at work so I can check things off my list and feel like I've actually done something.