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Higher IQ
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RE: Higher IQ
(June 13, 2016 at 10:27 am)RozKek Wrote: Now to the question; are there any members here with an or any members who know someone with a higher IQ of >120?

142 here, on my last test some years ago ... no doubt it's declined, especially if you listen to my ex-girls.

(June 13, 2016 at 10:27 am)RozKek Wrote: If so:
1) How did you fare academically?

In high school, thoroughly average; the curriculum bored me. In college, 3.88 GPA.

(June 13, 2016 at 10:27 am)RozKek Wrote: 2) How fast did you learn a new concept?

That depends on the field. I have difficulty with mathematics, only studied up to trig and didn't retain much. Language, history, and music, I'm pretty sharp on the uptake.

(June 13, 2016 at 10:27 am)RozKek Wrote: 3) Did you have to study much outside of school?

In grade-school years, yes. High school in America, hardly at all, except for maths. College, a bit, but by that point, studying was (and remains) fun.

(June 13, 2016 at 10:27 am)RozKek Wrote: 4) What was difficult for you to learn and what wasn't?

Answered above.

(June 13, 2016 at 10:27 am)RozKek Wrote: 5) How did it feel being around people that had it a bit more difficult to learn new concepts, remember things, solve problems etc

It taught me patience, something I never learnt in school. It's easy for me to look down on others -- I'm an arrogant asshole at times -- but interacting with folks who may not know as much about subject X as I do taught me that they may know a lot more about subject Y than I could hope to learn.

So I had to abandon my own judgmental outlook and learn that intelligence comes in many shades. You're purple, I'm green and so on.

(June 13, 2016 at 10:27 am)RozKek Wrote: 6) When you solve a problem in let's say mathematics (you can use another example) what is your approach and thought process when solving it?

Reasoning is my heuristic no matter the field -- except emotional intelligence. In that regard, empathy becomes my guide; I try to see things from your point of view.

(June 13, 2016 at 10:27 am)RozKek Wrote: 7) How was your experience when learning a new language? Did it come to you easily?

My only other language, Spanish, came difficult to me, and while I can hold a rough conversation I'm by no definition fluent. The process was eased by having background knowledge of Latin roots and using that knowledge as a mnemonic. But I was 25 by the time I took learning a second language seriously; I learnt it from my girlfriend in Spain, with the help of a Spanish/English dictionary and a mad crush. Smile

(June 13, 2016 at 10:27 am)RozKek Wrote: Personally I believe someone with a higher IQ has a much better and much more efficient thought process combined with a more powerful subconscious (pattern recognition, memory and such is very important too).

Perhaps. But intelligence comes in many flavors, and I think it's entirely unique to each person, depending on how they process their own education and experiences. I'm suspicious of generalizations. I've met many incredibly intelligent people who can't learn a goddamned thing because they own the surest block to learning: certainty in their own thought processes and its results.

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