Originally Posted by
nathanmbailey
They made me take an IQ test in high school. They said it was something about how I would just not show up for 3 or 4 days, come in to take a test having no real idea as to what the test was over specifically, and still get an A. I never bothered to get the results because I really didn't and still don't care.
IQ is just a number for most people. It might matter if you were a NASA scientist, but they still blow up space shuttles. We all know there are different types of intelligence, be it mechanical, technical, or intilectual. I'm in a field where I have to be proficient at both mechanical and technical aspects and I work with a couple guys with seriously high IQ's that can't do the job because they over-analyze everything instead of going with the basic simple possibilities. I happen to consider myself dumb as a rock, but I'm one of the best in my shop because of my willingness to learn whereas as hard as the smart guys try they just don't pick it up.
As far as socially, most people don't even know their IQ, and it's not like anything really changes when you find out either. Someone's IQ isn't really a factor of their IQ but of how they were brought up. Most of the really smart people I've known in my life were raised to be that smart person and sheltered from a real social life and just didn't adapt as quickly as a "normal" person.
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