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On a scale of 1-10, how intelligent are you?

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phucheneh

Diamond Member
Jun 30, 2012
7,306
5
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Poll is dumb.

Given a non-retarded poll, my kneejerk response would be 7/10. Which still seems optimistic, since I think Einstein or Hawking or whoever else you want to name should be more than 3 points higher than me.

But on further consideration, I would try and figure it as a percentile, and go with 9/10, since people are generally dumb.

Anyone who picks 10/10 is probably a fucking dipshit.
 

Fritzo

Lifer
Jan 3, 2001
41,920
2,161
126
I'm in the top group of smartest people I know, mostly because I have a talent for troubleshooting and understanding systems. However, I'm also not arrogant so I went with a solid 8 :p
 

JTsyo

Lifer
Nov 18, 2007
12,035
1,134
126
My IQ test came back negative! :)

congratulations on your lack of intelligence. Enjoy the bliss. :awe:

rather than the extremes, we need to base it off the average. Would the average be 5 or a bit lower 3 or 4?
 

Minerva

Platinum Member
Nov 18, 1999
2,134
25
91
I doesn't do surveys.

But a few years ago I melted down a telephone handset from blasting a portable boat horn into its mic. I turned the can upside down and this crazy cloud of dichlorodifluoromethane surrounded the grille and went to town on it crazing the surface. Shit you not looked like something out of one of those termite videos sped up 1000x.

Probably put a whole in the ozonite layer big enough to drive a parade of harleys through too. The heat haze shimmering from that shit looked better than the fumes from gassing up an old car from the 70s, you know where you pulled down the license plate to fill'er up?!
 

Juddog

Diamond Member
Dec 11, 2006
7,851
6
81
I was in the top 20 for the city math team in highschool and went to the state championships. My SAT results put in me in the top 1% (not the top .1% though), so I voted 8, since I've met quite a few people that were a lot smarter than me, plus wanted to herp derp the pole results since OP is playing games.
 
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BurnItDwn

Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
26,353
1,862
126
How is this scale setup? what is the formula for the scale? are we looking at a simple linear scale? What are the values for each? Did you instead mean to do a logarithmic scale?

This appears to be a childish "trick question" and nothing more that even an average 6 year old would figure out.


EDIT
I am quite intelligent and even more-so arrogant. I do tend to argue, but I get along best with people who are hyper-intelligent and extremely arrogant.
 

mistercrabby

Senior member
Mar 9, 2013
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congratulations on your lack of intelligence. Enjoy the bliss. :awe:

rather than the extremes, we need to base it off the average. Would the average be 5 or a bit lower 3 or 4?

Um, well, you see the average on a 1-10 scale is, um, never mind.:whiste:
 

FelixDeCat

Lifer
Aug 4, 2000
31,017
2,685
126
How is this scale setup? what is the formula for the scale? are we looking at a simple linear scale? What are the values for each? Did you instead mean to do a logarithmic scale?

This appears to be a childish "trick question" and nothing more that even an average 6 year old would figure out.


EDIT
I am quite intelligent and even more-so arrogant. I do tend to argue, but I get along best with people who are hyper-intelligent and extremely arrogant.

You guys do realize that 1 is highest and 10 is lowest. An average 6 year old could figure that out. :whiste:
 

phucheneh

Diamond Member
Jun 30, 2012
7,306
5
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You guys do realize that 1 is highest and 10 is lowest. An average 6 year old could figure that out. :whiste:

An average retarded person could figure out that you're retarded.

10/10 = more

1/10 = less

So reword your dumbshit poll to 'how stupid are you on a scale of 1-10.' And then rate yourself a ten.
 

BurnItDwn

Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
26,353
1,862
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You guys do realize that 1 is highest and 10 is lowest. An average 6 year old could figure that out. :whiste:

Yes, of course we realize that in your world 1 is higher than 10. That is the opposite of reality, however, not really the question. The question is what formula are you using?

Also, if you are 6 years old, I apologize for being too difficult for you to comprehend.
 

HomerJS

Lifer
Feb 6, 2002
39,382
32,885
136
What's a greater sign of intelligence, scoring high on SAT or the ability to survive in a hostile environment?
 

Midwayman

Diamond Member
Jan 28, 2000
5,723
325
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Ranked in the 99% both ACT and SAT way back when. Those online IQ tests usually put me about 140 IQ. Obviously there are smarter people out there, but its rare when I feel like the dumb one in the room.
 

herm0016

Diamond Member
Feb 26, 2005
8,516
1,128
126
Here's an idea- if you claim you have above average intelligence, ... It's called illusory superiority. Without some external validation, one's opinion of one's talents is meaningless.

So, put up or shut up.

29 act. while not awesome, pretty decent. first and only time i took it.

and i do make more than double the national avg. salary, working on triple.

i scored myself a 3.