Do you consider yourself smarter than the average Thai?

[Ben Zioner]

23 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Haters.

Teasers.

[cdemundo]

A question that is complicated by the existence of the Dunning-Krueger effect.

 

In general people are very generous in their self-evaluations on any characteristic.

 

No data but it does seem that confidence in one's intelligence may be inversely proportional to one's actual level of intelligence.

As anecdotal evidence take note of the unshakable confidence of some posters here on AN.

[jayboy]

14 hours ago, Robert_Smith said:

Just an empirical question, tis all...

 

Try not to take it too personally.

 

regards,

bob.

 

Stupid question from forum time waster.Mods please remove.

[PoorSucker]

13 hours ago, proton said:

According to this list Thai IQ is higher than USA and UK, hard to believe when a lot need a calculator to add up 25 and 10

 

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/average-iq-by-country

Well, Thais elected Thaksin and US elected Trump. Think about it.

Both put a convicted criminal in charge.

[PoorSucker]

Generally I think people that left their home country are smarter than the average or have ADHD.

Where would the world be today if everyone stayed home and married their cousin. (Sorry if you're from Alabama)

[Grumpy one]

13 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Thais have more patience.

My wife sure does, having to put up with me  

[hotsun]

4 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

Generally I think people that left their home country are smarter than the average or have ADHD.

Where would the world be today if everyone stayed home and married their cousin. (Sorry if you're from Alabama)

Seeing the thoughts of the posters here, i tend to disagree

[PoorSucker]

2 minutes ago, hotsun said:

Seeing the thoughts of the posters here, i tend to disagree

Did I mention ADHD?

[Lacessit]

1 hour ago, Mike_Hunt said:

 

You should try being modest for a change. 

 

 

Why? I am proud of my achievements in life.

 

OTOH, you probably have much to be modest about.

[ricklev]

I consider myself smarter than everybody!

[Lacessit]

13 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

Generally I think people that left their home country are smarter than the average or have ADHD.

Where would the world be today if everyone stayed home and married their cousin. (Sorry if you're from Alabama)

IMO people who emigrate are more adaptable to changing circumstances.

 

 

[Lacessit]

1 minute ago, ricklev said:

I consider myself smarter than everybody!

I know there are people out there smarter than me.

 

Your statement just proves it's unlikely they are on ASEAN.

[Yagoda]

I consider myself smarter than the average everybody.

[Lacessit]

1 hour ago, sungod said:

 

Rich coming from one of the nastiest and vindictive posters on the forum. 🤣

One that lives rent-free in your head, apparently. Have a nice day.

[Yagoda]

4 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I know there are people out there smarter than me.

 

Your statement just proves it's unlikely they are on ASEAN.

Well no, Im here.

[PoorSucker]

14 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

but they lack critical thinking..

Not permitted in school, the teacher is always right even when she's wrong.

 

[Lacessit]

2 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Well no, Im here.

You really should learn how to use apostrophes if you want to be believed.

[Yagoda]

2 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

You really should learn how to use apostrophes if you want to be believed.

On the other hand, it could be that that key is sticky and I gave up on it.

 

Clearly I am smarter than you if I was clever enough to drive though that 6 lane tunnel you gave me.

 

[Lacessit]

1 minute ago, Yagoda said:

On the other hand, it could be that that key is sticky and I gave up on it.

 

Clearly I am smarter than you if I was clever enough to drive though that 6 lane tunnel you gave me.

 

Is the letter "r"  sticky too? Although "other" , "smarter" and "clever" are spelled correctly.

 

You are obviously not smart enough to use a spellchecker.

 

 

[thesetat]

2 hours ago, ChaiyaTH said:

You realize your comment is super dumb itself right? You measure intelligence based on Thais knowing their own culture? lol. Perhaps what you are trying to say is that Thais have a pretty good emotional intelligence but that is not true either, more like the opposite hence they are like kids forever.

 

They only still have a good natural instinct / reading someone their mood etc.

I never said that... The comment was legit and not dumb really. The Thais are smart in things that matter to them at the time.. Perhaps smarter than alot of foreigners. But as for intelligence, I think they just do not care to learn or know anything that is not inside their circle of what they do daily. Even their social media habits do not utilize anything for learning more. 

[Yagoda]

1 minute ago, Lacessit said:

You are obviously not smart enough to use a spellchecker.

Actually too lazy, glad it bothers you. However, any time you want to engage in a debate about issues rather than your continual flaming of Americans, let me know. I havent noticed your contributions in Topics such as National Socialism is Socialism and the Ukraine is Not a Country. 

[transam]

1 minute ago, Yagoda said:

Actually too lazy, glad it bothers you. However, any time you want to engage in a debate about issues rather than your continual flaming of Americans, let me know. I havent noticed your contributions in Topics such as National Socialism is Socialism and the Ukraine is Not a Country. 

"Lazy", naaaaaaah, that is a feeble excuse, with your attitude on here, you should make sure you post perfection...🤗

[Yagoda]

16 minutes ago, transam said:

"Lazy", naaaaaaah, that is a feeble excuse, with your attitude on here, you should make sure you post perfection...🤗

Glad you recognize that but for my keyboard problems, my posts are almost perfect. Thank you. 

[BritManToo]

44 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Is the letter "r"  sticky too? Although "other" , "smarter" and "clever" are spelled correctly.

You are obviously not smart enough to use a spellchecker.

My spellchecker adds more problems than it catches!

 

Back to the OP,

I'm smarter than everyone, no need to specifically look down on Thais!

[NoshowJones]

15 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Thais have more patience.

I hope wouldn't be referring to their dreadful road behaviour surely.

[actonion]

15 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Thais have more patience.

They bottle it, loss of face an all that, then explode later

[Ralf001]

54 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

Not permitted in school, the teacher is always right even when she's wrong.

 

 

Whilst I have spent some time loitering outside of Sripatum University waiting for a friend to let out in the afternoons..

I have never been inside so will have to take your word  with the teachers practices.

[KhunLA]

Smarter as to book smart and general world knowledge, unless they are Uni grad and their specialized fields.   TBH, most of that knowledge really isn't useful in life.

 

Almost as smart as Thais, as could live off the land, if the world went to sh!t.  Not nearly as good as them, but I could survive.

 

Guessing most expats would starve without Thais in their lives, if had to survive in the wild, or not so wild, on their own.

[Yagoda]

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

One that lives rent-free in your head, apparently. Have a nice day.

He cant live in yours, Im there and Im fat enough to take up the whole couch

[Yagoda]

15 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

but they lack critical thinking.

They are hiring in the Democratic Party and the NY Times, too bad the border is shut they could have come over and got jobs.