<p>I do think I'm more intelligent than the vast majority of people I know. Intelligence IS something quite intangible though... I think of it as a certain mindset and approach to thinking and processing information. </p>
<p>But it's not like I can be like "I hereby challenge to an IQ TEST! Hahaha. Now I'm smarter than you." Cuz in the end... it's very hard to measure how much innate intelligence someone has... when success is always a mix of innate ability, environment, and effort/interest. How do you sort out what part of that innate ability?</p>
<p>I do not at all. I know a ton of people who are way smarter than I am. Also, I seriously lack common sense, so in that regard, many people are smarter than me. I'm just a pretty good studier and I test well (on standardized tests).</p>
<p>I don't think i'm smarter than everyone else. I'm not sure as to whether your IQ is something you are born with, and i strongly disagree with that statement, or if it's a product of your surroundings at an early age. Most experts agree that it's formed at a very early age, however, there are recent findings that support the brain plasticity theory, which is that you can mold your brain into what you want to a certain extent.
I personally advocate the latter case because studies have shown that kids learn better at an earlier age- which is why i think middle school should have calculus and physics. I'm a junior in high school and feel let down by the education system in america because algebra and trigonometry and precal could have been learned in 5th, 6th grade yet they wait till sophomore and junior year to teach it.</p>
<p>As to the question of do i think i am smarter than everyone else, no. There are some people that i know i will never be smarter than like Daniel T the guy with like a 200 IQ. There are always going to be people who are smarter than you. In that respect i do find myself more intelligent than most of the people i meet but there are those that are smarter at certain areas that cannot be tested which is a basis for the arguement against the validity of IQ tests. I know i've probably equivocated the topic itself but i felt compelled to add some ideas of IQ of my own and material that i've read in magazines and books.</p>
<p>Long Answer: It's hard to define smarter. On one side, it can be getting the girls, and on another, it can be winning the Nobel Prize. Smart has to be taken in context, and there's many talented people on the universe. Considering that I am only good at some things, and there's many talented people in the world, it's impossible to tell exactly, or even roughly, where I rank in scale of smartness.</p>
<p>I'm very intelligent as far as IQ goes (Standard deviation places me up and down the 140's) and GPA wise (4.6 W). However, I'm terrible at standardized tests (30 ACT 133/160 psat) and can be socially retarded at times. Thus, I firmly believe there is no way to rank people in overall intelligence. There are too many different parts of intelligence such as: memory, comprehension, analytical abilities etc. Oh, and the ability to focus plays a large role in succes on tests.</p>
<p>No, I don't think I'm smarter than everyone else. I just have the useless gift to pick up a bunch of useless facts, so every now and then I can answer a question no one else can.</p>
<p>I am one of the most easily amused, childish seventeen-year-old my friends have ever met. I do, however, have my "occasional insights of genius". Haha. Too bad they're only occasional. I have a memory for the most useless things, so while I can tell you what my brother said about soccer a year ago, I can't recall what the function of the golgi body is.</p>
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I have to admit, I have very, very little patience for people who spend inordinate amounts of time working at classes but can't manage to bring anything profound or interesting to the intellectual table.
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Ugggh, those people annoy me so much. I feel stupid saying, "I wish that unintelligent people would stop trying so much..." I mean, that's obviously not what I mean. But there's this one girl at my school who is incredibly uncreative and just... not smart at all. She places herself in AP classes where she clearly does not belong, though, and spends hours and hours and hours every day working. It just frustrates me.
This whole rant makes me seem like an -sshole, but.... yeah.</p>
<p>It only matters if what you want to do requires a high intelligence level. The only time I can tell where a very high IQ matters is with some forms of research (think hawking/einstein). You only have to be so smart even to be a lawyer or a doctor...I would much rather have a doctor with an IQ of 125 who has written papers on my ailment then a doctor with an IQ of 160 who has never had to deal with a patient like me. Anyone disagree?</p>
<p>I would worry about having a doctor with an IQ of 125, as that would be much lower than the average IQ for that profession (I think. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). I would wonder how he got through medical school.</p>
<p>This is a very poorly phrased question or, rather, one that is designed to illicit a "no" response. No one could say that they are smarter than "everyone else" because there are multiple types of intelligence. But is it wrong to say one is smarter than others in some aspect of intelligence? No, and that statement isn't intangible either.</p>
<p>Oh, and this question is silly as well since intelligence in any form isn't anything without hard work to back it up.</p>
<p>There are tons of people who are smarter but less successful. After all, John McCain's intelligence level has been rated very low, most of us here are very likely much smarter than him, but he's more successful than most of us will ever be. One example.</p>