Do you think you're smarter than the average person?

Sykk · 16-08-2011 05:31PM #1

I've been in a lot of different discussions with different people lately and I've come to the conclusion that almost everybody thinks they're smarter than the average person..

Plenty of those just saying they're "under achievers" and "not bothered".

This isn't to say you aren't intelligent or over-estimating your intelligence.

I just merely want to know from the users of the forum!

Do you believe if you took an IQ test, you'd score higher than average? (Or perhaps if you have taken one)

PS: Online tests from random internet sites that give you the IQ of a physics genius don't count!

Please answer honestly.

Alter-Ego · 16-08-2011 05:33PM

I'm surrounded by morons and gobsh1tes TBH.

Icyseanfitz · 16-08-2011 05:33PM

i think everyone thinks that they are smarter than most which is probably why the world is in such a s*** state

mattjack · 16-08-2011 05:34PM

smarter than the average be.......poster Yogi......

Micilin Muc · 16-08-2011 05:34PM

What do you mean by smart? I believe most people are smart in their own way and others are just thick.

Sykk · 16-08-2011 05:34PM

Alter-Ego wrote: »

I'm surrounded by morons and gobsh1tes TBH.

The problem is, everyone has this opinion.. I do as well, at times :eek:

El Weirdo · 16-08-2011 05:35PM

Abso-fucking-lutely.

alwaysadub · 16-08-2011 05:35PM

No

Pace2008 · 16-08-2011 05:36PM

Illusory superiority, Dunning-Kruger effect etc. etc.

Gandalph · 16-08-2011 05:37PM

My IQ is higher than that of an average tin of beans maybe

mikemac · 16-08-2011 05:40PM

I did that IQ test with Anne Robinson and Paul Schofield
You know the test is given in a TV mag and then they run the test over a few hours on TV on a Friday evening.

First time I ever did an IQ test

95, they said average was 90 - 110
Sounds ok to me

Sea Sharp · 16-08-2011 05:41PM

I hate to sound cocky but **** yeah I am.

mikom · 16-08-2011 05:43PM

Post up a pic of a well known average human there, and I 'll tell ya.

flutterflye · 16-08-2011 05:44PM

This is going to sound totally cliched!
But, in some ways, I am definitely smarter than the average person.
And in other ways, I would be well below par.
There is no way to measure overall intelligence, so no one can ever really know one way or another.
To go about believing that you are smarter than everyone else is actually healthy for your self esteem, but it's not going to win you any friends!
And it's not ever going to be true either!

16-08-2011 05:45PM

In IQ tests, yes quite a bit.

derfderf · 16-08-2011 05:46PM

I'd say I am but I balance it out by being socially retarded.

16-08-2011 05:53PM

I had my IQ tested when I was a kid and it was very high, so yeah. I was reading GCSE level novels at 6 or 7. I was supposed to go to a programme for weird smart kids, but my mum thought it would turn me into a total weirdo (I was already quite odd). I pick things up very quickly and find it easy to retain information, which is just as well because I don't really enjoy reading or studying. Common sense is somewhat lacking. I think it's well within the 'normal' range, but I do have blonde moments fairly regularly.

Deus Ex Machina · 16-08-2011 05:53PM

I find myself simply astonished by the depths of my stupidity on an almost hourly basis.

Gandalph · 16-08-2011 05:55PM

Have you ever seen that movie good will hunting?
no?
me neither.

mickydoomsux · 16-08-2011 05:55PM

derfderf wrote: »

I'd say I am but I balance it out by being socially retarded.

Same here. I can't get on with most people because of their utterly crushing stupidity.

antodeco · 16-08-2011 05:57PM

Sometimes my posts are so intelligent, the boards servers overload and crash. I will post something intelligent later today, and you will see!!

Daniel S · 16-08-2011 05:58PM

It's funny 'cos over 80% think they're above average. I'd say I'm average, but broadminded and will be properly educated (as in college/masters/phd) in a few years time.

TheZohanS · 16-08-2011 05:58PM

Ok let's get the bidding going. My IQ is two fiddy.

16-08-2011 05:58PM

mickydoomsux wrote: »

Same here. I can't get on with most people because of their utterly crushing stupidity.

This.

Caliden · 16-08-2011 06:01PM

Define smarter, street smarts or actual smarts?
Actual smarts in what field/topic?

It's all relative depending on what you're talking about.

Happyzebra · 16-08-2011 06:01PM

I am regularly disappointed by how average I am...and sometimes I can be just plain stupid... I'm university educated though so I know how to pass myself off as being resonably intelligent

I did read somewhere that apparently women tend to under estimate their ability and men over estimate it... What a surprise.