Recent questions tagged intelligence

Description : How do you decrease your IQ?

Last Answer : Easiest way: watch Fox News for 24 hours straight.

Description : Why aren't Smart people breeding?

Last Answer : I’m pretty sure they are?

Description : In the future , can an autopsy by a pathologist determine ones the intelligence of a cadaver?

Last Answer : No. Intelligence cannot be gauged post mortem. Nor could you scan the retina to find out the last thing they saw before death. Sorry.

Description : How do you assess the intelligence of another person?

Last Answer : I have trouble getting a true read on intelligence until someone is talking about something they care about or are passionate about. It doesn't matter what the subject is, just that they're into it. ... feel for how their mind works in just a few minutes of listening when they're fully engaged.

Description : Would you tell me about four of the ten smartest people you've ever known?

Last Answer : This is a great question, but I think I'll have to just give you the cliff notes version because there would be too much to write. In no particular order. 1. My son's paternal grandfather. ... she could do it. (these are the days before computing on spreadsheets. We used actual paper spreadsheets.)

Description : What do you think is the difference between someone who is intelligent and someone who is intellectual?

Last Answer : answer:My husband is intelligent. He has a good mind, a quick wit, and a memory like a steel trap. He can perform complex mathematical calculations in his head without trouble. He is not an intellectual ... 'm thankful for it. If there were two of me in this relationship nothing would ever get done.

Description : Do you think that, on average, carnivores are more intelligent than herbivores?

Last Answer : Well, hunting plants doesn’t take as much effort… So there’s that. But there’s a fine art to sustaining plant life. I can’t seem to get it.

Description : Is judging a person based on their intellect superficial?

Last Answer : Judging anyone on a single facet of their personhood seems very limiting.

Description : To you, what is intelligence?

Last Answer : Sensitive information gleaned by covert methods, like in spy movies & shit!

Description : Who is the smartest person you know?

Last Answer : My dad. He was in university at 16, back in the day when skipping grades was more common. He’s a retired dentist, and he knows more about more things and is capable of understanding just about any concept than anyone I know.

Description : What does it mean to be intelligent?

Last Answer : It means that you have problem-solving ability.

Description : Would you say that you have most of what it takes to make a good secret agent?

Last Answer : No. I am far too talkative, open, animated in personality to have to keep a low profile. Now, I could easily be a Mata Hari, using my charms to find out secrets, so, I’d be best suited to be an extroverted decoy for seduction. lol

Description : Is anyone brave enough to admit they are not very intelligent and would excluding them be discriminating?

Last Answer : I’m about as stupid as they come, this question had me insisting to my self that the answer is 10 for about an hour, and I have been here over 2 years now.

Description : Can wisdom be quantified?

Last Answer : Wisdom would be tough, but stupidity would be easy, so maybe a reverse scale type of idea?

Description : What's your IQ?

Last Answer : 129.5

Description : If you could choose between more intelligence and more wisdom, which would you pick?

Last Answer : wisdom – I’ve known plenty of super intelligent reckless loudmouths in my day who never knew when to hush

Description : Is intellect primarily based on memory?

Last Answer : no

Description : Do you hide your intelligence from other people/co-workers?

Last Answer : No. I have no intelligence to hide.

Description : Any ex-Mensa (etc.) members out there?

Last Answer : Apparently there aren’t any Mensa members on Fluther. Bummer.

Description : Using curse words equals stupidity?

Last Answer : Sometimes it’s hard to not call a no-good motherfucker by anything other than his rightful name.

Description : Are you intelligent?

Last Answer : Not really, no. I get 80’s and 70’s, but at least I am not stupid….for the most part… I am smart and wise, though. Right? I’ll wait for you all to get the joke P.S. You’re headin’ for the 10k Club, aren’t you? Sneeeaky!

Description : What do you think of this robot?

Last Answer : Can you please provide the title of the movie? The links don’t work from the ask-public app so I can’t watch it or memorize the HTML.

Description : What is your personal definition of intelligence?

Last Answer : A person who has a lot of education, knows a lot—both academically and culturally, has a bunch of reasoning skills, a modicum of interpersonal skills, and can do well on standardized tests. It is not innate. Genes may confer an advantage to some, but if they do, it is only a marginal advantage.

Description : What's the difference between stupidity and naivety?

Last Answer : Volition, openness and tenacity. When my cat, Milo, arrived unexpectedly a year ago, I was naive and inexperienced. I listened to all the wonderful advice I received on ask-public. Stupidity would have been me treating Milo like a dog.

Description : Do you think you're smart?

Last Answer : Thanks. I’m delighted that you feel that way about me.