Thistle_do_nicely Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Laziness is a pretty important factor too to add in to the mix; i would say i was fairly intelligent at school (have slowly but surely regressed from there imo, p&b comprises almost all my reading now which... yeah thats a sobering thought ) but alas i always liked to do the bare minimum and just crammed for tests most of the time so i could piss about on PES or the like. I think i scored roughly 130 on an iq test many moons ago but im also a university dropout. Im not a full on "school of hard knocks, university of life" type, but im old enough and wise enough at this point to come to terms with/not care about past mistakes so much. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 My favour P&B intelligence story is when an Airdrie fan, of all people, posted somewhere that putting that you were a Mensa member on your CV would open loads of doors and secure lucrative highly paid positions. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 26 minutes ago, ICTChris said: My favour P&B intelligence story is when an Airdrie fan, of all people, posted somewhere that putting that you were a Mensa member on your CV would open loads of doors and secure lucrative highly paid positions. Mis-spelled Mason? 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 (edited) You can answer questions 100%. The day they have a gun to you head, and ask, how are you now? WHATS YOUR FUCKING ANSWER?` Quiz thread is welcome to everyone we start every Monday, 08:00. Edited July 15, 2021 by SlipperyP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Something we can all agree on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 On 14/07/2021 at 17:43, Aim Here said: Come on, this should never have been an anonymous poll. We want some point-and-laugh material... I think it is pretty smart to make people think it is anonymous. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 3 hours ago, Bert Raccoon said: I may not be highly intelligent but I have street smarts and went to the school of hard knocks so I get by ...after a fashion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 38 minutes ago, Barry Ferguson's Hat said: Something we can all agree on. Do you think I'm Idris Elba? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 I'm a himbo and proud of it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Nosejob Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Knowledge - The retention of information. “On average 1800 people are killed by tigers each year”. Intelligence - The implementation of knowledge. “There’s a tiger over there. They kill 1800 people per year. I won’t stick my head in its mouth.” Wisdom - The abstraction of intelligence. “There’s a lion over there. I don’t know how many people they kill but, given it looks as dangerous as a tiger, I won’t stick my head in its mouth either.” I’ve known plenty of knowledgeable people, some intelligent ones, but damn few wise ones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANTAN Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 I've posted this before, absolute buzzfeed type of pish but still entertaining. It's interesting how people rate their emotional intelligence as if that means they are definitely smart, I reckon I've got roughly average IQ but better social intelligence and such social intelligence leads me to understanding that being aware of peoples feelings has very little impact on IQ or traditional methods for rating intelligence. The absolute nerdy weirdos that can count two hundred numbers of pi are definitely smarter than someone of average IQ that doesn't act like an incel at parties. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Nosejob Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 56 minutes ago, SANTAN said: nerdy weirdos that can count two hundred numbers of pi are definitely smarter than someone of average IQ What’s smart about learning a mathematical ratio to a degree of accuracy that would only be used in interstellar astronomy, where you would rely on a computer to do the calculation anyway? I can recite the alphabet backwards. It’s a useless skill and doesn’t make me smart. It just means I was really bored one Sunday morning when I was a child and decided to learn the alphabet backwards. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANTAN Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 17 minutes ago, Funky Nosejob said: What’s smart about learning a mathematical ratio to a degree of accuracy that would only be used in interstellar astronomy, where you would rely on a computer to do the calculation anyway? I can recite the alphabet backwards. It’s a useless skill and doesn’t make me smart. It just means I was really bored one Sunday morning when I was a child and decided to learn the alphabet backwards. That's probably a bad example but I'd imagine those types are already better conditioned to taking in new information anyway. I meant more the human calculator type nerds that can actually apply their retained information in a fluid way rather than just memorising information. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Funky Nosejob said: Knowledge - The retention of information. “On average 1800 people are killed by tigers each year”. Intelligence - The implementation of knowledge. “There’s a tiger over there. They kill 1800 people per year. I won’t stick my head in its mouth.” Wisdom - The abstraction of intelligence. “There’s a lion over there. I don’t know how many people they kill but, given it looks as dangerous as a tiger, I won’t stick my head in its mouth either.” I’ve known plenty of knowledgeable people, some intelligent ones, but damn few wise ones. Statistician - there are 7 billion people on the planet, only 1800 are killed by tigers. Think I'll go and say hullo and maybe stick my head in it's mouth, I'm more likely to be struck by lightning than something going wrong. Edited July 16, 2021 by welshbairn 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Nosejob Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 7 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Statistician - there are 7 billion people on the planet, only 1800 are killed by tigers. Think I'll go and say hullo and maybe stick my head in it's mouth, I'm more likely to be struck by lightening than something going wrong. That’s the kind of argument that could win you friends on the COVID thread. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 4 hours ago, Funky Nosejob said: Knowledge - The retention of information. “On average 1800 people are killed by tigers each year”. Intelligence - The implementation of knowledge. “There’s a tiger over there. They kill 1800 people per year. I won’t stick my head in its mouth.” Wisdom - The abstraction of intelligence. “There’s a lion over there. I don’t know how many people they kill but, given it looks as dangerous as a tiger, I won’t stick my head in its mouth either.” I’ve known plenty of knowledgeable people, some intelligent ones, but damn few wise ones. Epidemiologist: Nobody should go out ever as there might be lions and tigers in Scotland. We just don't know. Yes, Covid thread for this pish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 21 minutes ago, tamthebam said: Epidemiologist: Nobody should go out ever as there might be lions and tigers in Scotland. We just don't know. Yes, Covid thread for this pish. That's literally the opposite of what epidemiologists do, but ok. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandarilla Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Epidemiologist: Nobody should go out ever as there might be lions and tigers in Scotland. We just don't know. Yes, Covid thread for this pish.This post would get at least 5 greenies in the covid thread. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 9 hours ago, Funky Nosejob said: What’s smart about learning a mathematical ratio to a degree of accuracy that would only be used in interstellar astronomy, where you would rely on a computer to do the calculation anyway? I can recite the alphabet backwards. It’s a useless skill and doesn’t make me smart. It just means I was really bored one Sunday morning when I was a child and decided to learn the alphabet backwards. Combining your two comments, I know Pi to ten decimal points because it was something I learnt at school and I doubt I will ever unlearn it. Some people use a nmemonic such as "How I wish I could recollect Pi easily today". (I wish I could always remember how to spell "nmemonic"). However I find 3.14 is usually close enough on most occasions. Like you, I see little point knowing more decimals for Pi. I can name the 50 states of America because I once made an effort to do this and again I am not likely to unlearn them. Not much use unless you also know where they are, how big they are, rivers, cities and so on. Occasionally I try to learn the elements of the periodic table. Not so good. Not much use unless you learn something about them. For example in one part of the table the sequence is not toxic, very toxic, very very toxic, extremely toxic, not toxic, toxic, and toxic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Nosejob Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Fullerene said: Combining your two comments, I know Pi to ten decimal points because it was something I learnt at school and I doubt I will ever unlearn it. Some people use a nmemonic such as "How I wish I could recollect Pi easily today". (I wish I could always remember how to spell "nmemonic"). However I find 3.14 is usually close enough on most occasions. Like you, I see little point knowing more decimals for Pi. I can name the 50 states of America because I once made an effort to do this and again I am not likely to unlearn them. Not much use unless you also know where they are, how big they are, rivers, cities and so on. Occasionally I try to learn the elements of the periodic table. Not so good. Not much use unless you learn something about them. For example in one part of the table the sequence is not toxic, very toxic, very very toxic, extremely toxic, not toxic, toxic, and toxic. Agreed. Like my alphabet backwards, these are fun “party tricks” that might impress someone down the pub. Part of the problem with our education system is that we spend so much time teaching children useless party tricks. It’s over 50 years since we switched to decimal currency and our children learn using metric measurements, yet we still insist on teaching them the 11 and 12 times tables. We teach them the formula for the volume of a cone but, unless they end up as avant garde architects or working in the Cornetto factory, it’s useless knowledge. I hated history at school as it seemed more about learning the dates that things happened, rather than what actually happened, and I still haven’t experienced a situation where I’ve had to differentiate between a terminal and medial moraine. We spend so much time filling children up with knowledge, a lot of it either pointless or that could be acquired in the appropriate job, and testing them on their ability to retain and regurgitate that knowledge, yet so little on how to apply useful knowledge in the real world. Edited July 17, 2021 by Funky Nosejob 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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