People who boast about their IQs are losers

[Azor]

Why did Stephen Hawking say that? Do you agree with him?

Did my bragging about my superior intelligence make a loser?

This is an important question.

My self-esteem is on the line.

I might have to ask for assume my mistake in order to redeem myself if Mr. Hawking is correct.

Does assuming my mistakes make me a loser also? Would I be humiliated if I did that?

[Chalupacabaras]

You don't get the IQ you want, you deal with the IQ you're born with. Drugs won't change it, alcohol won't change it, where you come from and where you live won't change it. The only way is to survive catastrophic physical brain damage, but it's a one-way trip downward.

The reason most of us don't brag about our IQ is because the real deal doesn't have to hang a shingle outside their office door. You'll figure out who we are, if you're smart enough.

[LoveAndPeace]

very true.
however staring at a person with enough knowledge to scare even the most thought out person can be jarring for most people.
they can't deal with the fact that someone in front of them may know something they don't.

we cant all act stupid so everyone else can be happy in their skeleton.

[Sir Seanicus, Esq.]

No amount of IQ is gonna stop this rock...

[Chalupacabaras]

The only genius in MENSA is the guy who came up with the idea of making people pay for a piece of paper that claims they're geniuses.

[Sir Seanicus, Esq.]

Just sayin, Ted Kaczynski had an IQ of 167...

[AlienTestosterone]

He never explain how the Pyramids was built or how the Stonehenge was built or any megalithic structures. He couldn't explain it mathematically and architecturally. As of the matter of fact no humans can.

[Chalupacabaras]

AlienTestosterone の投稿を引用：

He never explain how the Pyramids was built or how the Stonehenge was built or any megalithic structures. He couldn't explain it mathematically and architecturally. As of the matter of fact no humans can.

A good mathematician never reveals the secrets behind their magic tricks.

[Ganger]

I know many people who have bragged about being smart but are still living pay check to check. I also know people who aren't that smart living good lives.

What im saying, you can be the smartest person on the block but unless you make good use of it, it means nothing.

[Xautos]

Azor の投稿を引用：

People who boast about their IQs are losers

i never do, i don't actually care either, IQ testing is just a bunch of questions that have no relevance to the real world, it just measures some arbitrary number based off those answers.

[UserNotFound]

I dunno if anyone's mentioned this, but there's a YT vid iin which 5-6 individuals were asked to rate themselves. One woman who was a Phd in neuro-science and who'd helped create some sort of vaccine (kinda fuzzy on the details as I'd only seen this vid once a while back). She'd rated herself 2nd in IQ, correctly rated a guy as 1st (prolly based on his work), but incorrectly rated a 21y.o Marine as last.

She was sorta dancing a jig when she pointed out her list of accomplishments (yes, I do mean accomplishments in the strict sense of the word without being sarcastic), but she was kinda full of herself. Turned out that based on their IQ scores, she was last in the group (I think she score 112), which I'd hope that she'd learned something from that experience. Oh yeah, that young Marine guy was 3rd based on his IQ score.

[Stranger]

what are they losing?

[St✩rlight]

thread is strangely lacking all posters who brag IQ

[アキウアラ]

Azor の投稿を引用：

Why did Stephen Hawking say that? Do you agree with him?

Did my bragging about my superior intelligence make a loser?

This is an important question.

My self-esteem is on the line.

I might have to ask for assume my mistake in order to redeem myself if Mr. Hawking is correct.

Does assuming my mistakes make me a loser also? Would I be humiliated if I did that?

Anything that is rich is the real winner, IQ sh1t doesn't matter.

[Azor]

Stranger の投稿を引用：

what are they losing?

Their dignity? Respect?

Munithe EXT の投稿を引用：

thread is strangely lacking all posters who brag IQ

Of course...

Đarkensan の投稿を引用：

Azor の投稿を引用：

Why did Stephen Hawking say that? Do you agree with him?

Did my bragging about my superior intelligence make a loser?

This is an important question.

My self-esteem is on the line.

I might have to ask for assume my mistake in order to redeem myself if Mr. Hawking is correct.

Does assuming my mistakes make me a loser also? Would I be humiliated if I did that?

Anything that is rich is the real winner, IQ sh1t doesn't matter.

The crap rich people do usually do not require much intelligence, true.

But most of them are garbage people who value their assets more than human lives despite human lives being first requirement for their assets having any real value.

I believe that causes all of us to be losers. Though they get to lose while flying private jets.

[TwisterCat]

He said it because of the dangers of the combination of intellect, egotism, and rejection. Volatile mix, if you've ever seen it in somebody. A religious concept.

I don't think he was referring to the Dunning-Kruger effect, though I can't say for certain; as I haven't read whatever interview that was a part of.

Point being, you need to be humble to succeed in this world. The prideful keep their pride, at the cost of everything else.