Are you smarter than the average Apolytoner?

loinburger · April 29, 2003, 15:05

Thanks to JohnT and Snowfire for the poll idea.

OneFootInTheGrave · April 29, 2003, 15:15

I'd say I am negative percentile, but luckily there is the banana option

Agathon · April 29, 2003, 15:26

Is the average Apolytoner you, LB?

In that case, everyone's smarter.

Spiffor · April 29, 2003, 15:29

I am among the samrtest people of 'Poly

I dare say I compete with Faded Glory

Ben Kenobi · April 29, 2003, 15:30

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Is the average Apolytoner you, LB?

In that case, everyone's smarter.

/me scratches head.

I hope you are not responsible for a logic class, Aggie.

There are some smart cookies here on Apolyton, so I will say that I'm below average.

Agathon · April 29, 2003, 15:33

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Originally posted by obiwan18

* obiwan18 scratches head.

I hope you are not responsible for a logic class, Aggie.

There are some smart cookies here on Apolyton, so I will say that I'm below average.

Ah, you got it.

I hope Spiffor saying that he was one of the "samrtest" people was also joking.

This is a cr@p question. How about this one:

"Which Apolytoners do you feel confident you could beat in a fight?"

SlowwHand · April 29, 2003, 15:33

You wouldn't believe me anyway, so let the picture be worth a thousand words.

Drake Tungsten · April 29, 2003, 15:34

In actuality I am probably the stupidest person on Poly, but I marked the 75% option out of respect for its judicious use of the word "Wutang". The Wutang Clan ain't nothin' to **** with.

Kropotkin · April 29, 2003, 15:35

Some of us are smarter than the average bear, while the rest of us are smarter than the average beer... oh well, there's always the banana!

orange · April 29, 2003, 15:37

I'd say 75th percentile, but i think it really depends on how we define 'smart'. There's some guys on here I am floored by, because of their booksmarts and memorization ability, while others have a keen intellect and logic that is unbreakable. On rare occasion, you find someone with both.

Agathon · April 29, 2003, 15:38

So 5 people have voted themselves the smartest person on Apolyton. Some people have no tact.

Well at least four, and probably all five of them, are wrong.

Agathon · April 29, 2003, 15:39

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Originally posted by orange
I'd say 75th percentile, but i think it really depends on how we define 'smart'. There's some guys on here I am floored by, because of their booksmarts and memorization ability, while others have a keen intellect and logic that is unbreakable. On rare occasion, you find someone with both.

What do you need book larnin' for when you've got Google - a whole universe of spurious information at one click.

Bugs ****ing Bunny · April 29, 2003, 15:40

Smart? Debateable.

Persuasive? Yes.

That'll do for me.

Harovan · April 29, 2003, 15:43

Polls like this are what the banana option is for.

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Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
In actuality I am probably the stupidest person on Poly, ...

Excellent sig material that!

Alex · April 29, 2003, 15:50

Banana, of course. Anyway, I'm the average Apolytoner.

Solver · April 29, 2003, 15:55

Indeed, if we take the average level of 30k users, I have no doubt that I'm by far smarter

. That's because about 80% are spammers, morons, dead DLs, drunk ferrets or Faded Glory

.

Seriously though... I don't believe smart is that easily defined. What are you looking for? Great knowledge of facts? Outstanding memory? Awesome logical / math skills?

Lazerus · April 29, 2003, 15:57

Anywhere we can all take an IQ test ? I remember scoring 144 last time I took one a few years ago at 16 (some unofficial one i scored 135 on recently) but im aware that the scoring for them becomes alot harder as you enter the 17-30 range i think it is since this is supposed to be your prime time for intellect

Spiffor · April 29, 2003, 15:59

I had 76 at my last IQ test IIRC

Me dumb

Solver · April 29, 2003, 16:02

Ran a few tests on those IQ tests...

1). Many online IQ tests actually have randomness in the result - I even saw one that generates result completely randomly

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2). The one REAL IQ test can not be taken online, for by the rules of it, you need your pen & paper, and some other stuff there...

So, in all the different online tests, it's probably easier to get a 'good' (110+) IQ, while as for the real one... well, THAT could be some indication at least of real intelect.

Agathon · April 29, 2003, 16:02

I wouldn't believe IQ tests. I know a guy who took one when he was a teenager and was told he'd never be able to complete a university degree. The guy just retired as a full professor and in his youth won a full scholarship to Oxford.

Solver · April 29, 2003, 16:03

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I know a guy who took one when he was a teenager and was told he'd never be able to complete a university degree.

IIRC, it's agreed that you can't take the IQ test (talking about the real one here) while in your teens, you need to be 18 or preferrably over 20 to get the results right.

Ben Kenobi · April 29, 2003, 16:04

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Indeed, if we take the average level of 30k users, I have no doubt that I'm by far smarter.

I assume he means active posters, roughly 2000 users here on Apolyton.

Agathon · April 29, 2003, 16:05

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Originally posted by Solver

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I know a guy who took one when he was a teenager and was told he'd never be able to complete a university degree.

IIRC, it's agreed that you can't take the IQ test (talking about the real one here) while in your teens, you need to be 18 or preferrably over 20 to get the results right.

He was 19 I think - just before entering uni. I don't put much faith in standardised tests anyway. Anyone else done the joke that is the GRE?

Solver · April 29, 2003, 16:06

Pah, the average level of 30k users, counting the intellect of those who never posted as 0

.

Actually, the first paragraph in that post isn't meant to be serious. Oh, and last time I checked, 49,2% registered users have never posted.

Asher · April 29, 2003, 16:06

The funniest tests are the child IQ tests.

Agathon · April 29, 2003, 16:07

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Originally posted by Asher
The funniest tests are the child IQ tests.

What's funny about them?

Asher · April 29, 2003, 16:08

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Originally posted by Agathon
What's funny about them?

Are you saying you consider them remotely accurate or useful?

Spec · April 29, 2003, 16:09

I'm not booksmart smart, I'm the logical type smart.

Hey, I got a 143 I.q. result on the same test Einstein took, and he got 151.

It's a test I took when I was 17 years old when I went to see a therapist because I was too much of a bum. I used to beat people up, sell drugs, steal things and was being a total brat in school but still got over 90% grades. My parents didn't know what to do so they sent me to see a therapist and he concluded that I was to smart for the average joe and that I was bored. That's why I did all the nasty stuff I did....But I dont buy it, I still think I did it because I felt like it...But I buy the 143 iq result though.

Spec.

Agathon · April 29, 2003, 16:10

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Originally posted by Asher

Are you saying you consider them remotely accurate or useful?

No - not at all. I had to do several when I was at school. I found them less than amusing.

Japher · April 29, 2003, 16:12

I think that we are all smarter than the avergae apolytoner...