If you can't find anyone smarter than you then you are not trying very hard.

Are you in college or did you go to college? Higher level classes are full of very intelligent people including the professors. It isn't hard at all to find intelligent people.

Oh and a general rule of thumb is anyone that professes their intelligence probably lacks it; but whatever floats your boat my dear Euthyphro.

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Graduated already and now work for the govt. I have intelligent friends, but it wasnt easy finding them, finding more is difficult as well, especially ones that are living the same life as you whether married or single, kids no kids, etc.

Also, I sport quite a large ego my friend so the rule of thumb doesnt apply. Personally, I have never heard a dumb person profess their intelligence.

nothing is worst then having some one tell you how to spell or correct your grammer, or a person who judges by IQ

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Really? You've never heard anyone talking about how smart they are when, in reality, they aren't smart at all?

No argument about the ego.

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no I havent, i really dont think its very "cool" to be intelligent

OK, the first time I got a 101.I began getting a headache and randomly clicking stuff at test question 20.So I decided to take the test two more times, randomly clicking answers, because I don't understand one fucking bit of the test.The second time, I got an 81.And the third time, I got...an 81.Hmmm.One more time.And I did it one more time, trying for about half of it, then giving up and saying, fuck it, this is like a bad test pattern.I scored a 102. I'm Forrest, Forrest Gump.

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You are right. I dont even try to make grammar or punctuation too correct. I could but in this digital age spelling errors and grammar dont apply. I also know I mispell words a lot but just dont care because if you can read it and understand I guess correcting it wouldnt change the point.
But then again I hate it when some tries to ask someone claiming to be smart or have a high IQ how far they went in college. It is a proven fact a lot of true geniuses dont even finish college and many drop out of H.S.
Its annoying to be taught the same crap for 20 years just to have someone tell you you pass and hand you a piece of paper. This is also why I never try to say anything that would make someone feel lesser or belittled. That is wrong and for years in school I got crap for being smart...same thing kinda in reverse. Had to dumb myself down to fit in. Never raised my hand to answer ?s
You know darn well how other kids treat the nerd and person who is the all knowing straight A kid in class. That kid always gets more shit than anyone being corrected for grammar or spelling.
Maybe thats why many true geniuses say fuckit im out and go about their own life to get away from inferior minds. Same way as some people who feel a little picked on for dumb mistakes feel like smart people are assholes.
Its true on both side of the coin. Smart people make dumb people feel dumber for mistakes and dumb people make smart people feel like nutcases for being smart.

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IQ does not tell you how smart you are. IQ is the measurement to rate your ability TO learn and how you adapt to situations and learn from them.

What's even funnier is I too am a highschool dropout. I guess it's not really FUNNY but for the sake of conversation...

Personally, I disagreed with the motives behind my curriculum and loathed being 'taught' by people who would just regurgitate other's words, expecting me to conform to their version of the truth.

By the way, even before being tested in grade two, my parents had to move me to a different school because I thought my teacher was an idiot. I wasn't pretentious about it like that, but I was certainly aware that she was holding me back and I was pissed. The teacher I got at the new school was the one who recommended I be tested. If it weren't for her and a teacher I had the following year who skipped two grades like you, I wouldn't be the who I am today.

Anyway, I'm going to read the rest of this thread and come back...

... and i'm back!

This thread is amazing. misterdogman, i agree with and relate to almost everything you say. i don't want to ego trip but my two younger brothers are also very intelligent (in differing ways than each other and I), so I've got to some from good genes. but like plants, good genes are less than half of the equation. my parents did an amazing job raising us (i partially attribute this to the fact that my older sister is mentally and physically handicapped) and we all lucked out in the early, most formative years of school with really good teachers. nature AND nurture.

Do i think high intellect is a good thing? yes. have i used it to it's full potential? no. do i feel guilty about this? no. I'm used to people being amazed at how much i know or how quickly i learn, but more often than not they follow it with "you should be doing this_____" or whatever it may be. FUCK THAT SHIT, and fuck them assholes. just because you're hung like a moose doesn't mean you gotta shoot porn. I do what i want, when i want, why and how i want, and for one simple reason; i don't owe anyone shit. i would rather die knowing i lived to serve my own purposes and die happy. my buddy put well when he said 'you can't take it with you anyway, so why stress over it'.

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