Do you find your intelligence holds uou back?

Internet Hero

You might have noticed from my posts that im a pretty thick lad. I always find it hard to figure out what people are talkin about or what they mean when the say complicated stuff. I find that outside of maths I have no idea what anyone us on about it anything and i can see obviously I'm fait stupid and thats why I have allot of trouble with the news and stuff. do you find that you are limited by your brain? and when do you meet your limits? I'd each day a big reminder that you are thick? or a reminder that everyone else is? Haha. Or are you in the middel.

frozenfrozen

apt thread title mistake

1ZRed

Ignorance is bliss. You should be happier that way

dd972

Internet Hero wrote: »

You might have noticed from my posts that im a pretty thick lad. I always find it hard to figure out what people are talkin about or what they mean when the say complicated stuff. I find that outside of maths I have no idea what anyone us on about it anything and i can see obviously I'm fait stupid and thats why I have allot of trouble with the news and stuff. do you find that you are limited by your brain? and when do you meet your limits? I'd each day a big reminder that you are thick? or a reminder that everyone else is? Haha. Or are you in the middel.

I believe you can be thick as two short planks but due to the right background, luck etc, etc, it's not an issue, on the other hand, you can have the intelligence of Chomsky yet if you have an image deficit, born into a poor background, etc. it counts for nothing

Pherekydes

Isn't everyone limited by their intelligence?

My IQ is so low it fell over: ∞

FloatingVoter

Pherekydes wrote: »

Isn't everyone limited by their intelligence?

My IQ is so low it fell over: ∞

...and bounced to infinity.

hatrickpatrick

Yeah my intelligence holds me back, most of the time nobody understands my grand elevated plain of thinking and just assumes I'm being a complete eejit, when in fact I'm delivering gems of wisdom minute after minute which those poor unfortunate gobsh!tes will never be able to grasp.

I feel for them. I really do.

godtabh

No but I bet your spelling does

Prick!

People who aren't academically smart are generally smarter at life.

Swampy

Prick! wrote: »

People who aren't academically smart are generally smarter at life.

That is generally untrue.

shizz

Prick! wrote: »

People who aren't academically smart are generally smarter at life.

Extreme generalisation is extreme.

3ndahalfof6

once I turned 18 and got out of 4th grade I never looked back, the meds seemed to help a lot.

livinsane

Honestly, the best people in my life are not concerned with the level of their intelligence. Most haven't been to college. They are hard working and enjoy life and are not concerned with how people perceive them. They are intelligent but not in a forced way. They make spelling mistakes and haven't a dictionary sized vocabulary, but can express themselves better that someone who is too consumed with sounding intelligent.

The worst type of people are the ones who are so paranoid about their intelligence not being recognised that they force it on everyone.

That saying, everyone should try to broaden their minds and abilities. You mightn't have the sharpest intellect but if you have interests and something to talk about, you'll get along well in life.

kneemos

Don't the smart people generally end up working for the less educated?

Az0th

Hard work beats intelligence in most cases. Im lucky to have both but it's balanced out by my less than stellar looks.

kowloon

So, if I'm not the cleverest, not so easy on the eye and extremely lazy, do I get some kind of superpower to address the karmic imbalance?

Gi joe!

Not really, it'd be more my devastatingly good looks that intimidates other people.

On a more serious and less sexy note I've noticed that the ability to hold a conversation and be affable trumps book smarts for a lot of success in life. If you can communicate well with people and get in their good books(especially in areas like work), it can often be more important than other factors like your intelligence(which people associate with memory retention).

ian87

When I'm dropped behind enemy lines with poor intelligence it can be hard to find the enemy

Tonyandthewhale

kneemos wrote: »

Don't the smart people generally end up working for the less educated?

Nope.

Scioch

If your not own throwing bangers into peoples letterboxes, fighting outside the chipper, pissing in doorways and generally being a public nuisance then I'd say your not doing too bad intelligence wise.

Remmy

Not really. I'm not saying I am super intelligent by any stretch but any time In my life that I didn't do as well as I hoped on something it was because I was being lazy and not bothering. Any achievements that I can look back on with pride are the result of me pulling the finger out and working really hard and getting sh-t done.

EuropeanSon

dd972 wrote: »

I believe you can be thick as two short planks but due to the right background, luck etc, etc, it's not an issue, on the other hand, you can have the intelligence of Chomsky yet if you have an image deficit, born into a poor background, etc. it counts for nothing

This is, by and large, just bull**** that inept people tell themselves to make themselves feel better.

jaffacakesyum

I'm not super intelligent by any stretch of the imagination. But I am fairly intelligent, high points in the Leaving Cert. (not that that means a thing!), doing well in my honours degree at the moment, and have been described as a smart girl by many. I don't think I'm very intelligent but I do think I'm reasonably smart.

I find it holds me back when I meet a lot of 'below average' intelligence people. I'm not a snob at all and third level degrees, what kind of job someone is in, where someone is from etc. doesn't mean a thing to me. However, I do find that there is a disturbing amount of people in society with low intelligence who are in general proportionally more ignorant, arrogant, racist, homophobic etc. I know you can have geniuses who can be racist/homophobic but in general this is what I find. I also find these people generally haven't a clue about social or political ideals and I just wish they could be educated about things before forming opinions.

That said, I also find my shockingly poor ability at mathematics holds me back in common tasks. I was never good at it, worked damn hard to pass honours level Maths in school and have shied away from using it ever since.

Internet Hero

I was held back in school

Internet Hero

didnt know my first one worked and changed some mistakes and did one again

Hardonraging

Do you find super-rush holds you back much ?

splendid101

Internet Hero wrote: »

You might have noticed from my posts that im a pretty thick lad. I always find it hard to figure out what people are talkin about or what they mean when the say complicated stuff. I find that outside of maths I have no idea what anyone us on about it anything and i can see obviously I'm fait stupid and thats why I have allot of trouble with the news and stuff. do you find that you are limited by your brain? and when do you meet your limits? I'd each day a big reminder that you are thick? or a reminder that everyone else is? Haha. Or are you in the middel.

I want to print this thread out and then use the pages to slit my wrists.

Furious_George

Internet Hero wrote: »

I find that outside of maths I have no idea what anyone us on about it anything

If you are good at maths then you must be fairly intelligent

Chuck Stone

I'm not sure about intelligence but sitting in class wondering why the hell you are there on a wet winter's morning while the cat is curled up at home certainly presented me with some difficult circles to square.

king_of_inismac

There are a lot of different types of intelligence. People tend to concentrate on academic intelligence.

Other types include sports-intelligence (e.g. a really skillful footballer or a great dancer) or mechanic intelligence (someone who is good working with their hands) or social intelligence (someone who can get on easily with other people). There are also some great "all-rounders".

If you have some advantage in one of these areas, it makes life a hell of a lot easier. Be very thankful for it!

Internet Hero

Hardonraging wrote: »

Do you find super-rush holds you back much ?

no.. get a bit of bullying from el weirdo but otherwise its pretty much grand on boards

Pottler

doesn't hold me back half as much as the whole "not having a few million in the bank" holds me back. The things I could do with a few million...

pragmatic1

I'm smart enough to know my limits. Which is sometimes not nice.

Dangerous Man

I'm a reasonably intelligent person so I would say no; however, I hold myself back in a variety of others ways so I suppose it all evens out.

The Big Red Button

jaffacakesyum wrote: »

I'm not super intelligent by any stretch of the imagination. But I am fairly intelligent, high points in the Leaving Cert. (not that that means a thing!), doing well in my honours degree at the moment, and have been described as a smart girl by many. I don't think I'm very intelligent but I do think I'm reasonably smart.

And, you know, I hate the way how it's almost a crime to admit to being intelligent.

Yes I was in CTYI as a kid, yes I got high points in the LC, yes I got a 1:1 degree. I don't think I'm crazy-intelligent, not by any stretch of the imagination. But, being perfectly honest, I'm far from thick.

And of course my intelligence has helped me in my career to date - how could it not? And, while intelligence is not the only important thing, obviously it's going to matter to potential employers. A lot.

I am confused by the premise of the thread. No, OP, I have not noticed your posts, and I have no opinion on your level of intelligence. But surely, all other things being equal, any employer would prefer the employee with the higher level of intelligence? Why would they not?

jaffacakesyum

chatterpillar wrote: »

And, you know, I hate the way how it's almost a crime to admit to being intelligent.

Yup it's pretty hard to phrase without sounding like a twat :pac:

Internet Hero

chatterpillar wrote: »

And, you know, I hate the way how it's almost a crime to admit to being intelligent.

Yes I was in CTYI as a kid, yes I got high points in the LC, yes I got a 1:1 degree. I don't think I'm crazy-intelligent, not by any stretch of the imagination. But, being perfectly honest, I'm far from thick.

And of course my intelligence has helped me in my career to date - how could it not? And, while intelligence is not the only important thing, obviously it's going to matter to potential employers. A lot.

I am confused by the premise of the thread. No, OP, I have not noticed your posts, and I have no opinion on your level of intelligence. But surely, all other things being equal, any employer would prefer the employee with the higher level of intelligence? Why would they not?

u seems like maybe you are a genious by what you said. i just mean i feel like i am missin out on stuff in life because of my lack of intelligence and unability to know what people are on about when they are talking...

TheBegotten

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I'm not sure about intelligence but sitting in class wondering why the hell you are there on a wet winter's morning while the cat is curled up at home certainly presented me with some difficult circles to square.

Who's really in charge?

Can't stand cats anyway...

weemcd

Yes it holds me back.

Holds me back because I have to drop down 15+ levels to have conversations with dullards when I could be creating perpetual motion machines, free renewable energy, exploring the mechanics of time travel etc. etc.

Internet Hero

weemcd wrote: »

Yes it holds me back.

Holds me back because I have to drop down 15+ levels to have conversations with dullards when I could be creating perpetual motion machines, free renewable energy, exploring the mechanics of time travel etc. etc.

haha id be lost talkin to you. dont get talkin to me or youll be snoring soon!

weemcd

Internet Hero wrote: »

haha id be lost talkin to you. dont get talkin to me or youll be snoring soon!

I'm jokin hi, I'd sit down and talk about ordinary joe stuff any day of the week, fúck the fancy shíte

wilkie2006

Pherekydes wrote: »

Isn't everyone limited by their intelligence?

My IQ is so low it fell over: ∞

"So low it fell over"? Are you sure? I think you'll find that its low centre of gravity should afford it some stability.

Rigol

Internet Hero wrote: »

I always find it hard to figure out what people are talkin about or what they mean when the say complicated stuff. I find that outside of maths I have no idea what anyone us on about

Yeah..yeah...outside of maths...definitely outside of maths
definitely


definitely

BBDBB

Its not my intelligence that holds me back


Its my stupidity

ArtSmart

Internet Hero wrote: »

You might have noticed from my posts that im a pretty thick lad. I always find it hard to figure out what people are talkin about or what they mean when the say complicated stuff. I find that outside of maths I have no idea what anyone us on about it anything and i can see obviously I'm fait stupid and thats why I have allot of trouble with the news and stuff. do you find that you are limited by your brain? and when do you meet your limits? I'd each day a big reminder that you are thick? or a reminder that everyone else is? Haha. Or are you in the middel.

ha. your grand.

ArtSmart

king_of_inismac wrote: »

There are a lot of different types of intelligence. People tend to concentrate on academic intelligence.

Other types include sports-intelligence (e.g. a really skillful footballer or a great dancer) or mechanic intelligence (someone who is good working with their hands) or social intelligence (someone who can get on easily with other people). There are also some great "all-rounders".

If you have some advantage in one of these areas, it makes life a hell of a lot easier. Be very thankful for it!

Yeah. It's important that you keep telling yourself that.

ArtSmart

Internet Hero wrote: »

no.. get a bit of bullying from el weirdo but otherwise its pretty much grand on boards

it's when he ignores you, you know you got a problem...

Cee-Jay-Cee

I'm so intelligent that nothing I could add to this thread would make any sense to the rest of you average people...so I'll not bother wasting my intellectual brilliance here.

Wacker The Attacker

I find my lack of work ethic holds me back

Internet Hero

CJC999 wrote: »

I'm so intelligent that nothing I could add to this thread would make any sense to the rest of you average people...so I'll not bother wasting my intellectual brilliance here.

haha i wouldnt know what you were on about anyway but sure have a go!

cfc1888

dd972 wrote: »

I believe you can be thick as two short planks but due to the right background, luck etc, etc, it's not an issue, on the other hand, you can have the intelligence of Chomsky yet if you have an image deficit, born into a poor background, etc. it counts for nothing

This sums up Irish life.Great post.