<p>In a self-evaluation test, rank yourself on the IQ scale, from 50-150 and 100 being the norm (Bell Curve).</p>
<p>There's a cognitive bias where people of a below-average-IQ rate themselves above the norm, while people of above-average IQ underestimate themselves and rate themselves below.</p>
<p>There's been studies that show criminals on average have a lower IQ, causing them to commit crimes thinking they can outsmart the law.</p>
<p>Personally I know of a few who excel academically and still have a sizable ego, just wondering what CC (arguably more academically inclined than the average) think. Discuss!</p>
<p>OMG but separate seeming entities (like avocados vs peaches) actually go way back together on the evolutionary tree of plants, so they <em>can</em> be correlated (they are both fruits). </p>
<p>In the same way, while self-confidence may look like a vegetable when compared to intelligence, they are both clearly phycological psuedo-fruits, if examined closely enough.</p>
<p>^^Well, evolutionary speaking intelligence was probably a benefit cuz it meant you were less likely to be killed by doing dumb s***. And a degree of confidence was probably good, but too much and you were likely to get in over your head by like, fighting a woolly mammoth or whatever.</p>
<p>Anyway, I think confidence as a general concept is a lot different from evaluating your intelligence level–that probably is more a factor of egotism than confidence, really. In a way it would make sense that if intelligence is negatively correlated with social skills (which it may not be, but my anecdotal observations and experience supports this), and social skills are positively correlated with confidence, then intelligence would be negatively correlated with confidence.</p>
<p>I also think it’s interesting how most killers who had one victim had below average IQs–but many serial killers actually have above average IQs and are pretty intelligent.</p>
The mind is one entity. Any attempts to dissect or measure one particular part separate from all others is flawed. The IQ test is particularly laughable, as is known in legitimate psychological circles. An attempt to quantify “intelligence” is doomed to failure and misuse.</p>
<p>Further, anyone who would post their “IQ” on here to brag says a lot about their confidence. Mainly, that they feel the need to show off and are either arrogant or insecure.</p>
<p>This, of course, is a general assessment and need not apply to every or any particular poster.</p>
<p>Not true, there are plenty of extremely intelligent people out there who are quite sociable as well. Likewise there are plenty of unintelligent people who don’t have very good social skills.</p>
<p>It’s a bit of a generality. As stated, evidence would often be to the contrary. If I could hazard a guess, though, intelligence and social skills probably would be inversely proportional, to some degree. “Social skills” is a bit subjective as well.</p>
<p>Uh, when you’re smart enough to realize that you’re just a tiny carbon-based organism in the middle of a billion light year universe, you can’t have much confidence in your pitiful body.</p>
<p>^But as a more intelligent person, you realize that comparing yourself to the universe is a pointless activity when discussing the importance of who you are.</p>
<p>Not related at all… I know people who have like NO INTELLIGENCE, but yet in still think they can do everything. And I know a person who knows just about everything and still thinks he can do eerything.</p>