Are you smarter than the AVERAGE United States Citizen?
 

Yes or No.

Are you below the 50th percentile of people in the United States in intelligence or are you above the 50th percentile?

Get to werk morans!

Yes. Above average penis size too I might add.

Yes.

We eat tide pods and drink fish tank cleaner

Yes, but every time someone does this experiment, it ends up being like 95% who say yes.

LMAO

Not even some kind of facebook IQ test where it's almost impossible to not be a genius?

156!

My IQ is so big it broke apart in midair.

case could be made to say that maybe 95% of the people whom post here are in the top 50% of IQ. Not because we are a bunch of balding goatee Mensa members but there is a lot of America that are dumb as rocks.

I doubt a lot of people respond No.

This is true.

Overall, yes. Depends on the subject though. Start talking math and shit and I would be way above average, but if you start talking history then it might get a little hairy.

I was 99% percentile on iowa basics, #1 in the history of my school at the ACT.

Since then I worked at Hardees, Wal-mart, and the post office.

Intelligence isn't everything folks.

Knowing history or lack thereof is not intelligence. That is acquired learning. Some people can remember things easier than other, which has some correlation of intelligence but a dumb ass son of a bitch can know a ton about history and still be as smart as Forrest Gump.

In fairness, it's a really low bar. Even our dumbest posters probably clear it.

I had sky high standardized test scores all through school. I have a J.D. and a molecular biology degree. I even studied at Oxford University. Hard to imagine that I'd be below average. However, interesting that everyone who has answered says "yes" so far (19 votes).

Either people are delusional or there's an implicit selection bias in that few people who are aware they lack intelligence aren't going to go out of their way to say, "Yes, I'm a moron."

If Loneiguana votes, I'm sure he thinks he's above average.

Nuff said.

I had a grandpa who couldn't read or write so he obviously had never read a book, yep, he talked like a simple man would. But.....he could cook better than any woman I have known, he played the guitar, the fiddle, the harmonica, the drums. He could fix anything broken, an ace mechanic, he could grow the biggest tomatos, he knew how to get people to do what he wanted done, and in a way they wanted to do it.

I have a buddy who can't even change his oil, can't cook, can't play anything who is a lawyer.

Intelligence???


I can't imagine anyone knowing more "stuff" than myself but is that intelligence?

I can only go by the people I've met in my half-century of life. And in all my various jobs, most of the customers and coworkers I've come into contact with are total ****ing morons. To the point that I've told many a person I want to have a t-shirt made that says, "Am I Really That Smart, Or Are You All That ****ing Stupid?" I'm fairly intelligent, literate, commonsensical, have attention to detail, am punctual (usually never late or absent from work), and in everything I do, once I figure out how to do it, I'm usually one of the best at it. All of that seems to put me well above the average. Either I'm Einstein, or I'm the smartest person in this short bus of a country, I don't know.

(And before you go "Patriuts fan so its where u ar, herp derp", I've lived in Boston, but I've also lived in Tampa FL and Syracuse NY and now I'm in Providence RI. It's been equally stupid everywhere.)

I’m no rocket surgeon, but yes... smarter than most dopes

just the fact that you logged onto the internet and posted on a message board means you're above the 50% there are a lot of dumb ****ers out there

I'm Canadian so the answer is obviously yes.

Your examples make a very good point... there are many different kinds of “smart”

Scary!

God, that was an epic thread.

Wasn't that 159?

I'm the person who voted no.

Yeah but you STAYED in Canada, which drags you back down to being borderline.

156. 159. Whatever it takes.

Education does not equal intelligence. shit I think I triple checked the spelling on this for potential blowback and I am still not sure It is right. But if any mistakes do exist I blame it on English being my second language, shit I am starting to realize the more I write I am increasing my margin for error.

I have a normal supply of Toilet Paper and have not bought any during in the hoarding period ...

Didn't capitalize "shit" to start the sentence and capitalized "It" mid sentence. Dumb ass.

so that's a no then.

Smarts are compartmentalized.

I know scientists that couldn't change a tire and mechanics that couldn't do a simple algebra problem.

It's a silly, over simplified question.

I'm just glad I have a 14" penis from ChiefsPlanet posting.

Mange moi.

LMAO

I scored a 1310 on my SATs, but I've also driven a car through a garage door so I think it's still up in the air on "yes" or "no" for me.

You overanalyzed this. Just say YES, brag about your 10 inch Willy and move on.

Dunning-Kruger on display.

Well, uh. . . you sound like a pretty smart guy.

You're shorting me 4 inches, bucko!

I thought just being on Chiefs Planet qualified us for the upper 10% of intelligence level....

Sorry forgot where I was.

Manger un sac enflame de penis infestes de SIDA.

Looked it up. 159 is correct.

Where is the "**** Yeah" option.

1. I didn't go on a ****ing vacation while a pandemic is underway.
2. I didn't digest some fish tank cleaner because I'm afraid of the Corona Virus
3. I didn't attend classified briefing about a pandemic and then suddenly sell all my stock.
4. I don't spend more than I make.


So yeah.

Pendez-vous à un arbre du SIDA enflammé

I'm a helluva lot smarter than half the population about a lot of things. Other things, not so much.

95% of the people I ask this question get it wrong.

A bat and ball cost $1.10.

The bat costs one dollar more than the ball.

How much does the ball cost?

Well done.

Miss him.

Some people say he's still here but I don't see anyone demonstrating his level of dumbfunniness.

I think most confuse interests with smarts. I know nothing at all about soccer, but could write a book on sprinting.

I do think if ship wrecked on a deserted island, then we'd see the differences in intelligence. My grandpa would do just fine, my lawyer friend, hmmmm?

I can't figure out how to vote on this, but assume that I'm a yes.

Knowing you are not as smart as you think is a sign of intelligence, also my mom said I was smart .

Speaking of smarts, does anyone watch University Challenge.

Those mother****ers are SCARY, like Ken Jennings pisses his pants SCARY.

I pump my fists and dance around if I can get 5-6 questions PER SHOW

And the proctor is 10x as withering as Trebek ever dreamed of. He's actually stopped to show to glare at contestants disapprovingly for an egregiously bad answer.

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That’s truthfully how I feel, we all have strengths and weaknesses... there are many shades and variations of intelligence

My heads like a brick with numbers, always has been and always will be... but other facets are polished to a fine shine

Since I post here, the answer is yes.

I've lived in enough places in this country, on both coasts, in the mid west, up here in the northwest, down in the south, to be pretty sure that I am smarter than a majority of American citizens. You never really believe it until you see it for yourself, but there are a lot of really stupid people out there, doing really stupid things.

yes

I had to take a test to get in the navy, didn't find out how I did until a couple years later when I got in trouble for falling asleep on watch (real big deal). i was told.....looking at your test scores what are you doing on the deck force to begin with?

I had to take a test to get a job at a creamery, there were about 20 of us in there. I was told by mail I'd passed, and got my interview date, I got the job and never saw any of the others so....

When I decided to get into selling insurance I had to take a test to get my licenses, yep,,,,passed.

I do think in with a 100 other Americans I could totally hang in the intelligence area.

I lurk CP threads. I might be looking at a hard no.

If the world ran on 40 times of dead people, you'd be Albert Einstein lol.

Yes and I run a 4.3 40

At a fundamental level intelligence is about problem-solving. The more easily one can solve a problem, and the more complex the problem is, the more intelligent that person probably is.

I found a concrete example of this when I was still pretty young, probably in my early twenties, when I became aware of a man by the name of Efren Reyes.

Efren was a Filipino national pro pool player. His story was that he was a terrible student in school (probably had some kind of learning disorder but this was back in the '50s), and dropped out of school by 6th grade. Consequently he began spending his time in a pool hall, cleaning, picking up around the place, etc. Eventually he began playing. By the time he was 19 he was one of the best players in the world. He eventually won world titles in every major billiards discipline. He was essentially unbeatable for three decades.

But to understand his genius you had to watch him actually play. He wasn't Tom Brady great; he didn't win because he played the percentages and managed the game perfectly. They called him the "Magician" because of his inventiveness and creativity while problem-solving. Watching him play, and knowing where he came from, I realized that intelligence had nothing to do with education and everything to do with how a person examined a situation and then attacked it. In billiards terms, Efren was/is Michael Jordan, or Patrick Mahomes. Efren broke the game, he was a cheat code.

And I see it nearly every week when I go out and play a few games of pool at the local pool hall. There's no such thing as a dumb good pool player. Many of the people I've played might not have the best educations, some don't speak very well, many have menial-type jobs, and some are borderline criminals, but if they can play well it's because they can think through problems well. They can see their options as they lay in a few seconds, do the 'calculus' to figure out which is the best option vs. the worst, and plan out their shots accordingly. And the good ones also always have a plan B.

A football example might be Dan Marino. He was considered pretty dumb coming out of college, but in his prime I never saw a QB that played the game any smarter. He was a genius at deciphering defenses and understanding where the blitz was coming from, understanding the on-field situations, etc. Maybe he wasn't a Rhodes scholar in the classroom, but he was an Einstein on the field.

Actually....

Just as up on...

old blues
classic boxing
rasslin'
all track events
football
literature

.....but is that intelligence?

Well yeah.

Efren Reyes is an amazing player. Probably the best I've ever seen in person, though some of the old school locals here would compete for that spot at times, e.g. Dave Matlock, Mike Banks, etc. They're all sharp as hell too.

And I agree 100% with what you said. Intelligence revolves around problem solving, the ability to abstract and recognizing patterns.

And yes, I'm more intelligent than the average US citizen, of course.

You've seen him in person as well? Was it during a pro match or off-strip/afterhours? About 27 years years ago, I saw him in an off-strip place pull off a shot to win a match for $50,000 that defies explanation. And he called the pocket. Basically the cue and 9 were frozen, the 9's natural angle would take it into the side rail at about the 2nd diamond. He looked it over, walked around the table, chalked up, pointed with his cue at the side pocket across from him, got down and stroked across the cue, sending it 3 rails while the cue went in the opposite direction 3 rails. They collided back in the middle of the table, and the nine caromed into the side pocket. Most insane billiards shot for money I've ever seen.

And the fact that he worked it out and committed to the shot in less than 30 seconds is utterly amazing.

Nope

I voted "yes" although my Wife would say I am full of crap......

I refuse to believe the edave and I are the only below average guys here.

The broncos and patriots fans aren't coming around much any more.

I believe the most common IQ test administered is the WAIS. I have administered it and have taken it. The sort of skills and abilities it measures would not be readily obvious when just talking with someone in a normal social setting. Furthermore because the scores comes from four pretty distinct sections, scoring low in one area doesn’t really mean you will end up with an average or below average score.

Well, of course, the Faders fans also.

They've caught the scent of a greater stag.

After seeing how the “average” person reacts with stressful situations, I hope like hell our average intelligence raises quickly after all this

I would like to think that I am smarter than the average person. I've done well enough at life that I can live contentedly.

However, I know there are plenty of people way smarter about a lot of things than I am. High School was a breeze for me, getting nearly all As with only limited work - then I got to college and had to really work - meanwhile around me were students cruising as easily as I had in HS plus being athletically or artistically talented with what seemed like little effort.

A work colleague and I discussed the phenomena of feeling smart. Of course we both thought we brought talent to the company. But around us were coworkers who exhibited idiocy on a weekly basis, some daily. Without fail, each of those low performing employees thought of themselves as clever, smart, hardworking, or had some "other smarts" - in other words - valuable employees.

So if they all thought they were smart when they clearly were not, just how accurate is anyones self evaluation?

I may not be smarter than the average citizen, but I am pretty sure I am smarter than the mouth breathers that tend to populate the DC lounge.