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What do you think is a good sign of somebodies overall intelligence?

  • 06-07-2011 09:36PM
    #1
    paky
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,138 ✭✭✭


    I would rate somebody with a good understanding of human nature as being particularly intelligent. Somebody who is innovative also. I wouldnt regard grammar as an indicator of someones overall intelligence.


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  • #2
    Helix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,661 ✭✭✭✭Helix


    grammar


  • #3
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    Why are people so obsessed with intelligence?


  • #4
    Sinfonia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭Sinfonia


    paky wrote: »
    grammer

    Oh no you di'int


  • #5
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    Rationality


  • #6
    SteelyDanJalapeno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,487 ✭✭✭✭SteelyDanJalapeno


    The 1st witty reply in an after hours thread indicates excellent intelligence.


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  • #7
    Helix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,661 ✭✭✭✭Helix


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    Why are people so obsessed with intelligence?

    it comes in handy occasionally


  • #8
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    Helix wrote: »
    it comes in handy occasionally

    An obsession with intelligence?


  • #9
    Helix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,661 ✭✭✭✭Helix


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    An obsession with intelligence?

    not quite

    try again


  • #10
    Thatnastyboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭Thatnastyboy


    Helix wrote: »
    not quite

    try again

    an obsession with socks?


  • #11
    Jarren
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,689 ✭✭✭Jarren


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww


    and how could anyone forget that? :D


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  • #12
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    Helix wrote: »
    Not quite.

    Try again.
    Helix wrote: »
    Grammar.

    Grammar ftw.


  • #13
    Helix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,661 ✭✭✭✭Helix


    Thatnastyboy wrote: »
    an obsession with socks?

    bingo!


  • #14
    Sinfonia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭Sinfonia


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    Why are people so obsessed with intelligence?

    Makes more sense to me than people who are obsessed with how fast people can run, or the way people kick a ball.


  • #15
    CreepingDeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,015 ✭✭✭CreepingDeath


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    Why are people so obsessed with intelligence?

    Because success in the modern world tends to be more related to brains than brawn.


  • #16
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    Helix wrote: »
    not quite

    try again

    try what?


  • #17
    Davidius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,893 ✭✭✭Davidius


    How much they agree with me. The more they agree, the dimmer they seem.


  • #18
    Helix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,661 ✭✭✭✭Helix


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    Grammar ftw.

    that's punctuation and capitalisation, neither of which i use online because i honestly can't be bothered

    i write for a living so its nice not to have to behave in my spare time when it comes to how i type

    one sentence lines with no capitals followed by a new paragraph = easiest form of messageboard reading


  • #19
    paky
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,138 ✭✭✭paky


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    Why are people so obsessed with intelligence?

    its not an obsession its an appreciation


  • #20
    Cianos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,850 ✭✭✭Cianos


    The loudest tend to be less insightful and thus lacking in some forms of intelligence. A loud person is more likely to steer the direction of the conversation and people generally like talking about things they know a lot about, so they're less likely to learn anything new.

    So in that regard, someone who can listen as much as talk and is genuinely interested in what others have to say is a good sign of intelligence imo.


  • #21
    Littlehorny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,344 ✭✭✭Littlehorny


    I'll take common decency over intelligence any day, have met plenty of arrogant stupid educated people in my time.


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  • #22
    ColeTrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ColeTrain


    A monocle or a pipe.


  • #23
    mattjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    CreepingDeath wrote: »
    Because success in the modern world tends to be more related to brains than brawn.

    or two mickeys.... imagine how successful you,d be with two mickeys.....wimmin would be flingin. themselves at ya.....


  • #24
    Skerries
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,014 ✭✭✭✭Skerries


    yeah but your Durex expenses would double
    Untitled Image




  • #25
    Eve_Dublin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,884 ✭✭✭Eve_Dublin


    jarecki1976 wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww


    and how could anyone forget that? :D

    Is she a teenager???

    To be honest, I don't know what kind of answer I'd give to that question if I was up on stage with millions of people watching me and that music in the background...and I was half the age I am now.

    Why do they ask these questions in beauty pageants and pretend the contest is more than it actually is? Are the purposely trying to make a tit out of the girls? Sound!


  • #26
    Stained Class
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,808 ✭✭✭Stained Class


    Height of forehead, length of eyebrows & positioning of the ear.

    A combination of these features gives a reliable guide not only to your intelligence, but the type of intelligence you have.


  • #27
    Eve_Dublin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,884 ✭✭✭Eve_Dublin


    A sure sign of intelligence for me is a razor sharp sense of humour.


  • #28
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    The correct use of apostrophes does it for me.


  • #29
    Needler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 753 ✭✭✭Needler


    I'm surprised some fecker hasn't mentioned atheism yet


  • #30
    Solnskaya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,463 ✭✭✭Solnskaya


    lack of drool, laces tied, fly zipped up - all key signs.

    also, not wearing 3/4 length shorts(men), not having an "I like beer" T-shirt, not wearing grey shoes or black trainers, not lying in a pool of their own vomit, generally not wearing a uniform, not having elaborate facial hair. Also, not having the collar of their polo shirt turned up.

    there may well be others, such as the ability to string together a sentence not containing the words "fcuk, Loike, you know or going forward", the ability to laugh, especially at themselves, and a hatred for peppering sentences with quasi-intellectual pseud speak such as "stretching the envelope, inclusivity, stakeholders".

    I also think adopting a double barreled name when you are from Termonfeckin or the like indicates you may well be a bit dim.

    When it comes to the Ladies, I've no idea, who needs clever when you can have pretty.(only messing, sort of.)


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  • #31
    paky
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,138 ✭✭✭paky


    Stained Class wrote: »
    Height of forehead, length of eyebrows & positioning of the ear.

    A combination of these features gives a reliable guide not only to your intelligence, but the type of intelligence you have.

    what if someones ears are different in size? i heard this is a feature of people with schizophrenia


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