intelligent people

greenmachine88

Do you have intelligent friends, family? Would you consider yourself intelligent!

Temptamperu

Didnt we just have this thread

Bipolar Joe

I'm a thick git. I know a few people that are brilliantly clever, not just book smart.

mcw92

My mammy says I'm interrigent. God Im so wonery.

greenmachine88

Temptamperu wrote: »

Didnt we just have this thread

I wasn't here so we have to start again

Stained Class

Not a whole lot of 'em running this country for the last 80 years!

jill_valentine

I'm fairly intelligent, but I hated school so much I've not got a whole lot to show for it. And lately, I'm very worried that the internet has shot my attention span to

policarp

Iv'e got an IQ of IKEA.

MungBean

I havent met anyone yet that I wouldnt class as intelligent. Then again I think it was Karl Spain that said "Theres a gobshíte in every group and if you cant see who the gobshíte is chances are its you" maybe I'm the gobshíte :eek:

Biggins

Temptamperu wrote: »

Didnt we just have this thread

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056358921

LighterGuy

Biggins wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056358921

haha. Just checked the poll results on it. 77% percent said yes. Would you ever go and ... :rolleyes:

But its been established time and time again intelligence has more than one aspect. I could tell you so much stuff you didnt know about history, but yet be totally naive with people. Intelligence cannot be defined by one thing.

Da Shins Kelly

Doesn't everyone consider themselves somewhat intelligent, even if they aren't? Nobody would ever freely admit that they're a moron, even if all their behaviour points to it.

Bipolar Joe

No, I'm pretty confident that I'm not particularly bright.

Cill Dara Abu

Bipolar Joe wrote: »

No, I'm pretty confident that I'm not particularly bright.

At least your honest :pac:

DjFlin

I don't consider myself a smart person, I'd call myself average. However, I do feel like I'm constantly surrounded by morons. Mostly family members...

Seloth

People who get high in the LC and think they're smarter than you...My god two people stick to mind who have neither common sense or common knowledge,both being as thick as planks.

Cill Dara Abu

Seloth wrote: »

People who get high in the LC and think they're smarter than you...My god two people stick to mind who have neither common sense or common knowledge,both being as thick as planks.

Agree, the LC is essentially a memory test, they don't teach common sense in school unfortunetly.

Chuck Stone

MAMMY SEZ I ARE A SMART BOY ME SO SHE GIVES ME MORE CAKE THAN THE STUPID ONES.

There is an obvious correlation between exam results and intelligence, people who do badly and claim they 'didn't put any effort in' are generally the people who think that they are more intelligent than they actually are.

Chuck Stone

Cill Dara Abu wrote: »

they don't teach common sense in school

True.

Common sense is a bit like swimming.

You can't learn to swim from a book.

jdooley28

Well of course I would like to think that im intelligent but finding anyone to agree could be a struggle. Some of my friends and family are very intelligent, not always in the traditional sense, but still what I would consider very clever and competent.

gcgirl

There is different kind of intellect, I myself would be intelligent maybe not so much academically(maths was my down fall) but more so in reading people and sussing situations, I love when people start bull****ting just standing there listening to them trip over themselves, dealing with situations and having a bit of copy on can go a long way!

jill_valentine

AdamD wrote: »

There is an obvious correlation between exam results and intelligence, people who do badly and claim they 'didn't put any effort in' are generally the people who think that they are more intelligent than they actually are.

For the most part, but I do think schools favour the "average" kid more than either extreme. I knew of a few exceptionally intelligent people who went off the rails completely after the Junior Cert. Not handing up homework, skiving off, acting up, I think they just got sick of being the "brainy" kids in the class.

DjFlin

jill_valentine wrote: »

I think they just got sick of being the "brainy" kids in the class.

Or maybe they just got sick of being "kids in class" :pac:

I remember when I was in sixth year, there was this guy who'd always poke fun at anyone doing a pass subject he was doing honours in. Then one morning I heard him complaining about how his toaster wouldn't pop the toast up, and he had to use a fork to dislodge it. That was the day I realised that booksmarts might not be the best kind of smarts. :pac:

kincsem

Temptamperu wrote: »

Didnt we just have this thread

Yeah we did. This one is for those who are a bit slow.

Fozzydog3

its a strange one alright , I'd consider myself fairly well read and can hold a decent conversation on most subjects and like another poster said i can suss people and situations pretty easily but i left school at 16 (not so intelligent)

But I'd say 4/10 of the smartest (Academically) people I know are socially inept and frequently need stuff explained to them or fail to realize obvious flaws in their character

pragmatic1

I'd consider myself average but can be really slow about some things. My father didnt have much of an education but is one of the most intelligent people I know.

The Scientician

I'm smarter than a little under half the population.

Saila

jill_valentine wrote: »

For the most part, but I do think schools favour the "average" kid more than either extreme. I knew of a few exceptionally intelligent people who went off the rails completely after the Junior Cert. Not handing up homework, skiving off, acting up, I think they just got sick of being the "brainy" kids in the class.

funny that, who'd have thunk it

Davidius

It depends on what you mean by intelligent. I think I'm reasonably good at understanding and using information, but I usually fall a bit short on anything that heavily requires 'feel' or intuition.

starlit

I'd consider myself intelligent but there are more intelligent people than me say a few members of my family and some friends but generally my intelligence is similar to most of my friends and family if not a little brighter in some aspects of intelligence than them but for the most part there wouldn't be a major difference between me and them.

Sooopie

I like to sneer at reality telly in order to make myself appear more intelligent then I actually am.

7sr2z3fely84g5

you could be as thick as sh'te and branded dumb in school because you dont understand some methods of teaching,then you could leave school and set up a small successful business for yourself.

skregs

I are sarmter then ppl who do good leaving certs, becoz I have more life skils then those book reeding nerds.

Leaving Cert is a memory test, and I am not unsecure abot my owne intelijence, I jsut no that I am smrter then everyone hu is mor educated, in a mor speshilized job and hu did a phd, becoz even tho they are samrt, they cant do life things like have freinds better than me

pragmatic1

skregs wrote: »

I are sarmter then ppl who do good leaving certs, becoz I have more life skils then those book reeding nerds.

Leaving Cert is a memory test, and I am not unsecure abot my owne intelijence, I jsut no that I am smrter then everyone hu is mor educated, in a mor speshilized job and hu did a phd, becoz even tho they are samrt, they cant do life things like have freinds better than me

Think you have it spot on tbh. Jealousy is a mother****er.

DanTheMan91

I am intelligent in certain aspects of life.

locked_out

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Think you have it spot on tbh. Jealousy is a mother****er.

Yes, because the LC is the only metric that determines intelligence.

Haelium

There's no test that can accurately measure a persons intelligence(IQ tests have quite a few flaws), so personally I think we should just judge people(If we must) based on their accomplishments in life.

pragmatic1

locked_out wrote: »

Yes, because the LC is the only metric that determines intelligence.

When did I say that? Sensitive much.

skylight1987

My mother is the most emotionally intelligent person i know .My dad is a good scholar ,as he would say , but god love him not emotionally intelligent at all .I unfortunately take after my dad , not as bad as him but more him than mam.So i can quote you shakespeare but not really notice when i have upset you.

SuperInfinity

Sorry but this is all getting a bit much for my BS quotient, one of these topics per year is enough for me.

HUNK

I am so smart!

I am so smart!

I am so smart!

I am so smart!

S M R T... I mean S M A R T!