The Farang Pub: How Intelligent are the Posters. And, what can the Normal Curve tells us about the lengths of their pickles, .... if anything?

[GammaGlobulin]

Great humor is a sign of great intelligence.

 

Often, on the Farang Pub, you will read an odd remark intended to make you chuckle.

 

For sure, posters here are smart, and do not dwell overly much on mundane issues, such as where to buy farang things in Thailand, like Brie.

Most people here already know where to buy things.

 

But, what do we know about the intelligence of the people posting on the Farang Pub, after reading "The Bell Curve", an often misunderstood book?

 

I don't know what you know, however I would say that the people posting on the Farang Pub forum are fairly far right of being normally intelligent.

 

In my opinion, most posters are about one standard deviation to the right, ...  or... MORE.

 

 

 

How do we know this?

 

Well, you just know by reading posts on this forum, if you are intelligent enough to understand them.

 

I mean, what would the point be in posting here if there were no intelligent readers to respond to one's posts?

 

Particularly, what would the point be in even posting if there were none who were able to appreciate what one had written?

Right?

 

In NO WAY am I being facetious here.

 

In all honesty, there are some very smart and humorous people here....on this Pub Forum.

 

Maybe, too, and probably so, there are a few caring individuals who can enlighten us with various thoughts concerning how to continue living our lives in Thailand while maximizing our longevity and simultaneously adding to our feelings of satisfaction with our Asian existence through the pursuit of something similar to what Maslow termed Self-actualization.

 

 

But, back to the topic at hand, I would guess that the =average= IQ, if measured on the Wechsler, for this forum, would be somewhere around 110.

 

However, there are also many outliers who obviously would score much higher.

 

And, I am just wondering, just out of idle curiosity, which one of you all might test at about 3 standard deviations to the right?

 

I know there must be at least one of you.

 

In a normal curve, given enough posters, then there must be at least one genius here.

 

Still, it is hard to tell from your writing.

 

Maybe you should out yourself, if you are the genius we know is here, but maybe just lurking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[GammaGlobulin]

Some of the humor I have read on this forum is truly indicative of a higher intelligence.

 

Good to see.

Good to read.

[CharlieH]

I always found "common sense" to be more valuable, many "intelligent" people seem to lack it for some reason ????

 

 

[fredscats]

I am humourless

[OneMoreFarang]

Mensa member, nuff said

[WEBBYB808]

 Well, that wouldn't  be me.  Forest Gump and I, we be mates!  Or is it Forest Whittaker? I can never figure it out.  If it isn't written in crayon I just can't work it out.

[sipi]

I'm in the yellow.

Not telling you which end.

[CharlieH]

3 minutes ago, sipi said:

I'm in the yellow.

Not telling you which end.

Sipi you peed yourself again ! Only way you'd be in the yellow ! ????

[GammaGlobulin]

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Mensa member, nuff said

Already knew you were.

[Gsxrnz]

It always comes as a shock to the unfortunate individuals that fall to the left of the distribution curve that it is actually a mathematical requirement that 50% of the population have less than average intelligence.

[sipi]

8 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

Sipi you peed yourself again ! Only way you'd be in the yellow ! ????

I only pretend to be a complete bluthering idiot. ????

[BritManToo]

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Mensa member, nuff said

I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.

Edited December 14, 2021 by BritManToo

[sipi]

I went to visit a friend in hospital a day after she had her first baby and she said " he's highly intelligent and he has a great sense of humour"

I'm thinking "you figured that out in a day? ????????"

[GinBoy2]

I'm just thick as a brick, product of a good university education designed to knock any sense outta me!

 

Thinking about it, not sure if that expression 'thick as a brick' is the result of hanging out with too many somewhat drunk Brits over the years lol

Edited December 14, 2021 by GinBoy2

[OneMoreFarang]

46 minutes ago, Gsxrnz said:

It always comes as a shock to the unfortunate individuals that fall to the left of the distribution curve that it is actually a mathematical requirement that 50% of the population have less than average intelligence.

One of my favorite quotes is this one:

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” George Carlin

[OneMoreFarang]

35 minutes ago, sipi said:

I went to visit a friend in hospital a day after she had her first baby and she said " he's highly intelligent and he has a great sense of humour"

I'm thinking "you figured that out in a day? ????????"

Probably she was not so intelligent but she had a sense of humor. ???? 

[Gsxrnz]

38 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

I'm just thick as a brick, product of a good university education designed to knock any sense outta me!

 

Thinking about it, not sure if that expression 'thick as a brick' is the result of hanging out with too many somewhat drunk Brits over the years lol

Who dragged who down to who's level?

[sanuk711]

The first thing I look for in a woman is intelligence.

 

Because if she doesn't have that, there's a good chance I can <deleted> her................................

[473geo]

I have been taught well, not necessarily in topics that would score well in a mensa test, but probably a top end score in making the most of what I have in life ????

[1FinickyOne]

7 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I mean, what would the point be in posting here if there were no intelligent readers to respond to one's posts?

 

Particularly, what would the point be in even posting if there were none who were able to appreciate what one had written?

Right?

 

In NO WAY am I being facetious here.

Not facetious, the word is repetitious... 

 

which tells me that you feel posters here need 2-3x of reading the same item, which is why your posts are roundly considered too long... 

[1FinickyOne]

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.

Woody or Groucho?

[1FinickyOne]

21 minutes ago, sanuk711 said:

The first thing I look for in a woman is intelligence.

 

Because if she doesn't have that, there's a good chance I can <deleted> her................................

No man ever ran his hand up a woman's skirt looking for a library card... Joan Rivers

[sanuk711]

4 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Mensa member, nuff said

So Was Harry Roberts..............   nuff said................

[pseudorabies]

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

One of my favorite quotes is this one:

“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” George Carlin

I think Carlin meant "median" and probably knew this but also knew that 95% of his audience wouldn't know what this meant.

You know what I mean?

Edited December 14, 2021 by pseudorabies

[roo860]

17 minutes ago, sanuk711 said:

So Was Harry Roberts..............   nuff said................

And Jimmy Saville!

????????????

[jvs]

Sorry i don't understand what you mean.

[OneMoreFarang]

10 minutes ago, pseudorabies said:

I think Carlin meant "median" and probably knew this but also knew that 95% of his audience wouldn't know what this meant.

You know what I mean?

I know there is a difference and if necessary I look it up. But I have to admit I use statistical terms so seldom that I don't really know which term is correct in this case without looking it up. We all know what Carlin had in mind and unfortunately it is very true. 

[BritManToo]

10 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I know there is a difference and if necessary I look it up. But I have to admit I use statistical terms so seldom that I don't really know which term is correct in this case without looking it up. We all know what Carlin had in mind and unfortunately it is very true. 

The correct term is the one that fits your agenda.

[KhunLA]

So, is a high or a low number better ... oh c r a p ????

Edited December 14, 2021 by KhunLA

[simon43]

My IQ was tested on a few occasions back over the years, and was about 145.  Not bad for a rocket scientist.  But having a high IQ doesn't make you 'smart', as some of my previous activities have demonstrated....