How smart do you think you are.

How smart are you?

  • I am smarter than most people I know.

    Votes: 22 26.8%

  • I'm smart, above average.

    Votes: 19 23.2%

  • I'm about average.

    Votes: 20 24.4%

  • I think im not as smart as most people.

    Votes: 5 6.1%

  • I'm getting crayons for Christmas!

    Votes: 16 19.5%
  • Total voters
    82
rodr

rodr

Well-known member
Intelligence has multiple facets. I don't think a linear scale works.

That said, the older I get the more I realize I don't know and the less I care about it.
 
DucatiHoney

DucatiHoney

Administrator
Staff member
Well, there's that old joke that 60% of people believe they're smarter than the average person. :laughing

I have no idea where I'm at. I'm a total spaz when it comes to some stuff and seem to excel in other areas. So I guess it boils down to who stack yourself up against and what's your evaluation criteria.
 
rodr

rodr

Well-known member
DucatiHoney said:
Well, there's that old joke that 60% of people believe they're smarter than the average person. :laughing
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They might actually be. All you have to do is compare yourself with others based on the things you are best at.
 
DucatiHoney

DucatiHoney

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Staff member
TylerW said:
Dunning-Kruger is a hell of a syndrome.
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I looked that up on Wikipedia and felt like I needed a dictionary and another degree to get it. I think I know how to answer the poll now. :laughing

BTW: I checked "about average" but I think I'm "below average" frequently, so somewhere in between those two I guess. I'm not ashamed to admit it. I ain't all that and a bag of chips... I get by though, and I do well at work because I think I put in the extra time and effort where I know I lack true brain power. Fortunately it generally works out, as my job is just problem-solving 3D stuff, being a decent planner. It's not always as smooth a process as I'd like.
 
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CABilly

CABilly

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Dunning-Kruger predicts that this poll will either be worthless, or you'll have to inverse the data to get to the appropriate conclusion.

Edit- I see I was already beaten to the punch. Let's just assume that the KS in general is on the right side of the bell curve.
 
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TylerW

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DucatiHoney said:
I looked that up on Wikipedia and felt like I needed a dictionary and another degree to get it. I think I know how to answer the poll now. :laughing

BTW: I checked "about average" but I think I'm "below average" frequently, so somewhere in between those two I guess. I'm not ashamed to admit it. I ain't all that and a bag of chips... I get by though, and I do well at work because I think I put in the extra time and effort where I know I lack true brain power. Fortunately it generally works out, as my job is just problem-solving 3D stuff, being a decent planner. It's not always as smooth a process as I'd like.
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I'm sure I don't understand most of it, but the layperson's version is the old workplace adage that A's hire other A's, and B's hire C's.

Or, in other words, Really smart and talented people want to surround themselves with other really smart and talented people, even if it means often be humbled by the intellect or talents of the people who surround you.

Meanwhile, folks who are not as smart or talented, or people who feel insecure about their intellect or talents, will surround themselves with those who are less smart or talented, so they feel better about their capabilities.
 
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