Okay, but...what will you *do* with this superior intellect of yours? What positive difference have you made in the world thus far, and how much did your gigantic pulsing exposed neocortex have to do with it?
I never got to do much with mine, but it's made me a damn good pharmacy worker. It's good for picking up on how to do the job quickly and how to keep sterility and safety in the IV room. But you know what's more important than IQ for that? Good will, keeping myself slim and speedy, and a good heart. The high IQ helps but it's nowhere near even the top of the list. And yet, this is how I do good in the world. There are better people than me with perfectly average or even below-normal IQs. There are better people than me in third-world countries who every day do their best to help their families and villages. Intelligence is not the whole story.
-- I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
It's getting to be a while ago now. I'm class of 2006 in high school, so 2005? I do know it's before they added the essay requirement to the SAT. GRE would have been a few years later of course.
Why does your IQ matter to you so much, though? I have to ask, again, what are you *doing* with this superior intellect of yours? Remember, to whom much is given, of that person much is expected. If you are truly this intelligent, you have an obligation to do something good with it, more than someone with just an average IQ. Circumstances might prevent you from reaching your full potential (Madokami knows I'd have made an excellent pharmacist rather than just a tech but poor girls don't go to pharmacy school...), but even as "just" a tech I can still help save lives. What about you? What will you do with your Promethean IQ?
-- I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1) by melyan on Tuesday April 13 2021, @11:38PM (3 children)
I'm going to take the Miller Analogy Test. I expect to be in Prometheus.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday April 14 2021, @12:55AM (2 children)
Okay, but...what will you *do* with this superior intellect of yours? What positive difference have you made in the world thus far, and how much did your gigantic pulsing exposed neocortex have to do with it?
I never got to do much with mine, but it's made me a damn good pharmacy worker. It's good for picking up on how to do the job quickly and how to keep sterility and safety in the IV room. But you know what's more important than IQ for that? Good will, keeping myself slim and speedy, and a good heart. The high IQ helps but it's nowhere near even the top of the list. And yet, this is how I do good in the world. There are better people than me with perfectly average or even below-normal IQs. There are better people than me in third-world countries who every day do their best to help their families and villages. Intelligence is not the whole story.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1) by melyan on Wednesday April 14 2021, @01:12AM (1 child)
I think you are lying to yourself about your IQ. When was your SAT and GRE taken? They ceased to function for IQ tests around the 2000's.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday April 14 2021, @12:12PM
It's getting to be a while ago now. I'm class of 2006 in high school, so 2005? I do know it's before they added the essay requirement to the SAT. GRE would have been a few years later of course.
Why does your IQ matter to you so much, though? I have to ask, again, what are you *doing* with this superior intellect of yours? Remember, to whom much is given, of that person much is expected. If you are truly this intelligent, you have an obligation to do something good with it, more than someone with just an average IQ. Circumstances might prevent you from reaching your full potential (Madokami knows I'd have made an excellent pharmacist rather than just a tech but poor girls don't go to pharmacy school...), but even as "just" a tech I can still help save lives. What about you? What will you do with your Promethean IQ?
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...