How smart are you really?

[Pattaya57]

I was pretty average at school probably because my "poor uneducated" parents never made me do homework. I also cruised through my air force apprenticeship just doing what I had to because I didn't know better.

 

Then went to uni on engineering degree and recieved best student of the year, then got Golden Key Honours Society for supposedly best 15% of academic performance on the planet. Then got Masters degree and retired rich at 52

 

Now I'm posting on a forum that other posters continue to say my comments suck. I give up as to why so many people are supposedly now smarter than me?

 

Could be achohol related...

 

Edited March 5 by Pattaya57

[save the frogs]

there's different types of intelligence.

the ability to get rich is one type of intelligence.

but some people do it without degrees or being smart in school. 

people can be fairly smart in some areas and less smart in other areas of life. 

 

 

[OneMoreFarang]

Intelligent people don't have to be nice people.

And some high IQ people have difficulties understanding how stupid those low IQ people can be.

 

In general, I am pretty sure most of my good friends are smart. And in many ways that makes life easier.

But I also know a couple of smart people who I don't like and don't want as my friends.

And then there are some not so smart people who are nice, and I like to see them.

 

It's nice to be smart. But it sure is not everything. 

[Olmate]

Could it be that your arse is smart? 

[Pattaya57]

2 minutes ago, Olmate said:

Could it be that your arse is smart? 

Just to prove my OP was correct...

[dingdongrb]

Schooling and education doesn't always mean squat. I worked around many folks throughout my career that had PHDs and one would wonder how they dressed themselves.

[cdemundo]

21 minutes ago, Pattaya57 said:

I was pretty average at school probably because my "poor uneducated" parents never made me do homework. I also cruised through my air force apprenticeship just doing what I had to because I didn't know better.

 

Then went to uni on engineering degree and recieved best student of the year, then got Golden Key Honours Society for supposedly best 15% of academic performance on the planet. Then got Masters degree and retired rich at 52

 

Now I'm posting on a forum that other posters continue to say my comments suck. I give up as to why so many people are supposedly now smarter than me?

 

Could be achohol related...

 

You are justly proud of your achievements.

Sincere congratulations.

But intelligent people can disagree with each other, of course the less intelligent and the uninformed also have opinions.

Disagreements of all kinds occur on AN and lot of posters here are pig ignorant and proud of it.

Hence the ignore function which I have used liberally.

 

I have found that one of the most useful functions of AN for me is to show me what kind of behavior and attitudes to avoid.

To many of the posters here the saying applies: "You're not completely useless, you can always serve as a bad example".

Edited March 5 by cdemundo

[mfd101]

I can wax on endlessly about history, languages, French literature, English literature, Latin, politics etc etc ad nauseam. I'm also good at housework (neat & tidy). Good at managing current funds (despite b/f's best efforts), not so good at increasing funds ...

 

But if I have to fix a dripping tap I get my b/f to do it. Ditto the a/c, an electricity blackout, water pump not working etc etc.

[dingdongrb]

1 minute ago, Pattaya57 said:

Just to prove my OP was correct...

That doesn't mean chit. As far as anyone knows that poster might just trying to be funny and may have an IQ twice as high as yours......or that poster just makes posts with sarcasm to feel like he's an important poster. Has nothing to do with be smart or stupid.

[Olmate]

6 minutes ago, Pattaya57 said:

Just to prove my OP was correct...

Happy to help! 

[Pattaya57]

11 minutes ago, dingdongrb said:

Schooling and education doesn't always mean squat. I worked around many folks throughout my career that had PHDs and one would wonder how they dressed themselves.

I came from a trade background doing the work first so actually understood it better doing the engineering degree. Many other engineer peers found it hard to understand the actual work required and many PHD's never did

 

[Dolf]

What's the point of bragging about yourself on a forum? 

 

 

[Pattaya57]

28 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Intelligent people don't have to be nice people.

And some high IQ people have difficulties understanding how stupid those low IQ people can be.

Pretty much sums me up. I was always known as someone who "doesn't suffer fools". Could never understand why they don't get it

 

Edited March 5 by Pattaya57

[Dolf]

Just now, Pattaya57 said:

Pretty much sums be up. I was always known as someone who "doesn't suffer fools". Could never understand why they don't get it

Sums be up? 

[Pattaya57]

Just now, Dolf said:

What's the point of bragging about yourself on a forum? 

 

 

Quite the opposite. Was saying how I went from so smart to how dumb?

[Skipalongcassidy]

38 minutes ago, Pattaya57 said:

 Could be achohol related...

 

Yes it could be... so stop drinking.  PS... it's alcohol not achohol

[Lacessit]

I am pretty smart. However, I am always conscious of the fact there's going to be people smarter than me.

Academic smarts and life smarts are different, I have a lot of the former, not much of the latter.

Some people are incredible. Such as Brian Gilbertson, a former CEO of BHP. He could do Black-Scholes option calculations in his head.

[Dolf]

Just now, Pattaya57 said:

Quite the opposite. Was saying how I went from so smart to how dumb?

We are all heading for the dirt pit. Just enjoy life.

[cdemundo]

8 minutes ago, Dolf said:

What's the point of bragging about yourself on a forum? 

 

 

Without bragging and boasting this forum would have no reason to exist.

AN members can sneak in a boast on just about any topic.

The OP was just establishing his bona fides, no big deal.

[BE88]

Do you still use AI for your responses on this forum?

[stoner]

mama said life's like a box of chocolates....

[Pattaya57]

1 minute ago, BE88 said:

Do you still use AI for your responses on this forum?

Don't even know how to. My Engineering degree in Computronics is from the 90's. Knowledge far surpassed by any 5 year old on a phone today

[CharlieH]

Book smart, reading and retaining knowledge doesnt make you a "nice" person in the process. It simply means you can retain knowledge. Life experience or "street smart" is another form of intelligence.

 

People think that because they speak the same language they are understood, which is not always true, how people perceive what you have said may not be your intent, you cant know what their perception is going to to be hence we get misunderstandings or "taken the wrong way".To say nothing of IQ level that they have clue what your on about, people assume they do.

 

As Forrest said " life is like a box of chocolates, ya never know what you gonna get" and thats true of people until you start interacting with them and figure them out.

[KhunLA]

1 hour ago, Pattaya57 said:

Now I'm posting on a forum that other posters continue to say my comments suck. I give up as to why so many people are supposedly now smarter than me?

 

Could be achohol related...

 

Apparently not smart enough to ignore the trolls 

 

OH CRAP ... does he reply to this ... or not  

[spidermike007]

While you may be smart, or think you are smart, bragging about being rich does not make you appear to be smart. 

[jvs]

Yes different kind of smarts for sure.

I speak 4 languages and build my own house and can fix a lot of things,industrial maintenance mechanic.

Does that make me smart?Or just practical?

I realise i do make a lot of spelling mistakes but does that make me stupid?

I stopped on the road to help a Thai man change his tire, nice car and the guy was in a suit

and trying to get the rim off.

He was trying to tighten it more!

I told him this and he said that he knew that,face?

I just got back on my bike and left.

I think smart is knowing your own limitations and if things are out of your zone pay some one

who knows how to do it.

There are all kinds of smart.

Sometimes it is really smart just to keep your trap shut.

 

 

[VinnieK]

In my books, everyone is stupid except a tiny minority of ppl.

I have particular contempt for Academia.

[Gandtee]

Smartness is knowing when to keep your mouth shut.😉

[Olmate]

I was a cop and later owned pubs! Got the bases all covered! 🤪

[ravip]

3 hours ago, Dolf said:

What's the point of bragging about yourself on a forum? 

 

 

This is what we all do, but in a more different and subtle manner. For example, just read some of the above comments. Comparatively, OP's comments are 'less bragging'! 

Edited March 5 by ravip