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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Rich2 on January 05, 2009, 11:52:32 PM
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I've been reading Malcolm Gladwell's new book Outliers, and in it he profiles Christopher Langan who is reported to have an IQ somewhere between 195 and 210. He had a rough life growing up but got into weightlifting as a way of coping with his inability to communicate and socialize effectively with others. Apparently he was even a bouncer for a few years. Its pretty fascinating stuff.
(http://www.bearotic.com/img/2008/02/chris-langan.jpg)
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Bull-fucking-shit.
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Bull-fucking-shit.
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jealous hater!! >:(
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Wow, he even beats Bethany :o
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Read an article about him in Scientific America maybe 4-5 years ago.. I remember because it had the exact same picture. Pretty neat stuff.
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Outliers was a pretty interesting book. Isn't Langan running a farm somewhere?
Reminds me of another writer who used to lift weights to combat insecurity = Robert Howard,the creator of Conan, Kull, etc. Howard ultimately committed suicide.
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Bull-fucking-shit.
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The guy is the real deal...Had his IQ tested many times...Smart mother fucker but also has an Ego the size of Texas...Here is an interview with the guy
part 1
part 2
part 3
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the worlds smartest bouncer right there!
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Bull-fucking-shit.
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Don't hate, brutha. And get off your high horse already!
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A natural getbigger.
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Ok...he did well on an IQ test but cant function in a university. Kids as smart as he is suppose to be go through a university in 2yrs with summers. In fact....he is still young enough to finish at an elite university in 2yrs.
1. he attended Reed College and later Montana State University, but faced with finance and transportation problems, and believing that he "could literally teach [his professors] more than they could teach [him]", dropped out.
MIT would have been a challenge and given him a full ride including bus tokens and 3 meals daily
2. Why isnt he a member of Mensa?
Again...seems to have a unique gift for Intelligence Quotient measurements. Possible Savant syndrome in which he should be tested?
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Klaus owns him...
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he got a 500 bench
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all that intelligence and all he uses it for is metaphysics... philosophical jibberish that there is no real use for.. should use his intelligence for quantum physics or something like that..
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best philosopher
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Controlled breeding is a very good idea.
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MAXX shows his high iq by not being able to post a picture
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"I'm the smartest man in America, possibly in the world, im gonna use all this brain power and work as a bouncer for 20 years!" ::)
Apparantely you can have a high iq and be a retard at the same time
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He believes in god, IQ=ZERO!
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::) ::)The fat guy is full of shit .
World's smartest man is True Adonis, invented the Adonis Principles, gravity suit , 225lbs for 112reps deadlift ............etc
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A pic would help if your gonna start a thread about a jacked dude.
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Ok...he did well on an IQ test but cant function in a university. Kids as smart as he is suppose to be go through a university in 2yrs with summers. In fact....he is still young enough to finish at an elite university in 2yrs.
1. he attended Reed College and later Montana State University, but faced with finance and transportation problems, and believing that he "could literally teach [his professors] more than they could teach [him]", dropped out.
MIT would have been a challenge and given him a full ride including bus tokens and 3 meals daily
2. Why isnt he a member of Mensa?
Again...seems to have a unique gift for Intelligence Quotient measurements. Possible Savant syndrome in which he should be tested?
A lot of good school did for Bill Gates, or Einstein. School is a waste of time, especially when you're smarter than the teachers who depend on the text books for their knowledge.
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so what if he's smart. he's still a loser by all societal standards.
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he is REAL smart.... but does he earn more than ronnie coleman???
yip yip... good ooooooold chicken
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there was an artical muscle mag about him long time ago , he lives in and trailer and has zero money , if hes so fucking smart why doesnt he do something with his life , guys a fucking loser
Now he owns and operates a horse farm in the midwest and married a clinical psychoanalyst or something like that. He also went on that game show 1 vs. 100 and won 250,000 bucks. I'm pretty sure he's doing good now, just not great considering the sheer potential. I guess he's like the Chris Cormier of intelligence? ;D
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Outliers was a pretty interesting book. Isn't Langan running a farm somewhere?
Reminds me of another writer who used to lift weights to combat insecurity = Robert Howard,the creator of Conan, Kull, etc. Howard ultimately committed suicide.
I didn't know that about Howard. Apparently all those barbarian-loving guys hit the weights. There's a thread on Ironage about how Boris Vallejo was a former bodybuilder, and even Frank Frazetta was in good shape.
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I did a little research and will condede that he is incredibly intelligent on IQ tests
But he is still a big headed, arrogant, fucking asshole.
"Put me in charge" ::) Oh brother.
What a cold hearted SOB. He is a machine not a man. Listen to this crackpot :-X
He's not smart enough to know how stupid he sounds.
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I did a little research and will condede that he is incredibly intelligent on IQ tests
But he is still a big headed, arrogant, fucking asshole.
"Put me in charge" ::) Oh brother.
He scores high on IQ tests what does that prove? he's good at taking IQ tests created by like minded people
by Isaac Asimov
What is intelligence, anyway? When I was in the army, I received the kind of aptitude test that all soldiers took and, against a normal of 100, scored 160. No one at the base had ever seen a figure like that, and for two hours they made a big fuss over me. (It didn't mean anything. The next day I was still a buck private with KP - kitchen police - as my highest duty.)
All my life I've been registering scores like that, so that I have the complacent feeling that I'm highly intelligent, and I expect other people to think so too. Actually, though, don't such scores simply mean that I am very good at answering the type of academic questions that are considered worthy of answers by people who make up the intelligence tests - people with intellectual bents similar to mine?
For instance, I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not possibly have scored more than 80, by my estimate. I always took it for granted that I was far more intelligent than he was. Yet, when anything went wrong with my car I hastened to him with it, watched him anxiously as he explored its vitals, and listened to his pronouncements as though they were divine oracles - and he always fixed my car.
Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man devised questions for an intelligence test. Or suppose a carpenter did, or a farmer, or, indeed, almost anyone but an academician. By every one of those tests, I'd prove myself a moron, and I'd be a moron, too. In a world where I could not use my academic training and my verbal talents but had to do something intricate or hard, working with my hands, I would do poorly. My intelligence, then, is not absolute but is a function of the society I live in and of the fact that a small subsection of that society has managed to foist itself on the rest as an arbiter of such matters.
Consider my auto-repair man, again. He had a habit of telling me jokes whenever he saw me. One time he raised his head from under the automobile hood to say: "Doc, a deaf-and-mute guy went into a hardware store to ask for some nails. He put two fingers together on the counter and made hammering motions with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He shook his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk brought him nails. He picked out the sizes he wanted, and left. Well, doc, the next guy who came in was a blind man. He wanted scissors. How do you suppose he asked for them?"
Indulgently, I lifted by right hand and made scissoring motions with my first two fingers. Whereupon my auto-repair man laughed raucously and said, "Why, you dumb jerk, He used his voice and asked for them." Then he said smugly, "I've been trying that on all my customers today." "Did you catch many?" I asked. "Quite a few," he said, "but I knew for sure I'd catch you." "Why is that?" I asked. "Because you're so goddamned educated, doc, I knew you couldn't be very smart."
And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.
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I agree with what you're saying here. His profile in Outliers is to show how he didn't meet up to his potential, and how with a proper social/economic/academic/etc background he could have been a real success story. It seems like he has the intelligence to tackle insane test problems, but just lacks the focus and ambition to really do something. Its a real-life Good Will Hunting situation.
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::) ::)The fat guy is full of shit .
World's smartest man is True Adonis, invented the Adonis Principles, gravity suit , 225lbs for 112reps deadlift ............etc
Ehhhhh... :-\
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Andreas Gunnarsson from sweden 200 + IQ and one of only 3-4 members of Giga Society :)
One in a BILLION Iq.
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http://giga.iqsociety.org/intro.htm
Probably the hardest society Ever lol.
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there was an artical muscle mag about him long time ago , he lives in and trailer and has zero money , if hes so fucking smart why doesnt he do something with his life , guys a fucking loser
Because there's more to life than making money, you fucking piece of shit guy. The World's most intelligent people, like elite scientists, philosophers and thinkers don't give a hoot about money. Only vulgar people make the acquisition of material wealth their raison d'être. To the people with IQs of 160+, the goal of life is the pursuit of enlightement. Dumbass.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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all that intelligence and all he uses it for is metaphysics... philosophical jibberish that there is no real use for.. should use his intelligence for quantum physics or something like that..
All that is interconnected! At the most essential level, quantum theory is almost undistinguishible from metaphysics! The physical and the abstract intermingle at the core - if you go deep enough into it! How can you be so dense?!
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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Because there's more to life than making money, you fucking piece of shit ####. The World's most intelligent people, like elite scientists, philosophers and thinkers don't give a hoot about money. Only vulgar people make the acquisition of material wealth their raison d'être. To the people with IQs of 160+, the goal of life is the pursuit of enlightement. Dumbass.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
Typical poor trailer trash response.
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"I'm the smartest man in America, possibly in the world, im gonna use all this brain power and work as a bouncer for 20 years!" ::)
Apparantely you can have a high iq and be a retard at the same time
Maybe he enjoys the bar scene?
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The interesting thing about him in this interview is that he seems to have no understanding that everything that is happening today is done on purpose because there are many people that sit in "think tanks" and come up with shit...I mean hell the Nazi's wanted to do genetic engineering...When time doesn't exist, there is no hurry to push humans forward...
I think this guy is the Victor Richards of knowledge...Thinks he is the best ever but scared shitless to try to prove it against men that already sit in think tanks...With his aggressive attitude, its no wonder he can't really be around people...
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Because there's more to life than making money, you fucking piece of shit ####. The World's most intelligent people, like elite scientists, philosophers and thinkers don't give a hoot about money. Only vulgar people make the acquisition of material wealth their raison d'être. To the people with IQs of 160+, the goal of life is the pursuit of enlightement. Dumbass.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
Exactly , Coach make more money than this guy and we all know Coach's IQ can't be more than 50
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He scores high on IQ tests what does that prove? he's good at taking IQ tests created by like minded people
by Isaac Asimov
What is intelligence, anyway? When I was in the army, I received the kind of aptitude test that all soldiers took and, against a normal of 100, scored 160. No one at the base had ever seen a figure like that, and for two hours they made a big fuss over me. (It didn't mean anything. The next day I was still a buck private with KP - kitchen police - as my highest duty.)
All my life I've been registering scores like that, so that I have the complacent feeling that I'm highly intelligent, and I expect other people to think so too. Actually, though, don't such scores simply mean that I am very good at answering the type of academic questions that are considered worthy of answers by people who make up the intelligence tests - people with intellectual bents similar to mine?
For instance, I had an auto-repair man once, who, on these intelligence tests, could not possibly have scored more than 80, by my estimate. I always took it for granted that I was far more intelligent than he was. Yet, when anything went wrong with my car I hastened to him with it, watched him anxiously as he explored its vitals, and listened to his pronouncements as though they were divine oracles - and he always fixed my car.
Well, then, suppose my auto-repair man devised questions for an intelligence test. Or suppose a carpenter did, or a farmer, or, indeed, almost anyone but an academician. By every one of those tests, I'd prove myself a moron, and I'd be a moron, too. In a world where I could not use my academic training and my verbal talents but had to do something intricate or hard, working with my hands, I would do poorly. My intelligence, then, is not absolute but is a function of the society I live in and of the fact that a small subsection of that society has managed to foist itself on the rest as an arbiter of such matters.
Consider my auto-repair man, again. He had a habit of telling me jokes whenever he saw me. One time he raised his head from under the automobile hood to say: "Doc, a deaf-and-mute guy went into a hardware store to ask for some nails. He put two fingers together on the counter and made hammering motions with the other hand. The clerk brought him a hammer. He shook his head and pointed to the two fingers he was hammering. The clerk brought him nails. He picked out the sizes he wanted, and left. Well, doc, the next guy who came in was a blind man. He wanted scissors. How do you suppose he asked for them?"
Indulgently, I lifted by right hand and made scissoring motions with my first two fingers. Whereupon my auto-repair man laughed raucously and said, "Why, you dumb jerk, He used his voice and asked for them." Then he said smugly, "I've been trying that on all my customers today." "Did you catch many?" I asked. "Quite a few," he said, "but I knew for sure I'd catch you." "Why is that?" I asked. "Because you're so goddamned educated, doc, I knew you couldn't be very smart."
And I have an uneasy feeling he had something there.
That's an incredibly sophomoric analyses, ND. IQ correlates statistically with school and job performance so strongly that Princeton used to give more importance to a candidate's IQ rather than SAT scores.
IQ tests don't measure idiot savant skills, but rather the ability to think logically and to retain information, which is the basis of what we call intelligence. A guy who is able to get a good score on an IQ test is far more likely to be able to solve problems in real life than the guy who does poorly. The ability to think logically comes in handy when understanding how a car engine works, or a computer, or how to properly invest your money, etcetera. If you do a regressive analyses, you'll see that IQ test performance correlated with doing well on most aspects of life.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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Typical poor trailer trash response.
The joke's on you, because I'm filfthy rich. I don't even need to work if I don't want to. I work more just to have something to do. You, conversely, are short, bald and fat as we all know, and short, bald, fat people are far more likely to betrailer trash. ;)
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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C.Langan is smart no doubt...But lets face it guys, he is no Dan Quinn
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A smartest man on earth thread, and no Matzi!? Dear, oh dear. What has Getbig fallen to? :-\
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Stephen Hawking would run that skinny twink over in a heart beat.
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A smartest man on earth thread, and no Matzi!? Dear, oh dear. What has Getbig fallen to? :-\
brutal straw man attack.
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Alot of hate in this thread. Some jealousy perhaps?
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A natural getbigger.
HAHAHA YES
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All that is interconnected! At the most essential level, quantum theory is almost undistinguishible from metaphysics! The physical and the abstract intermingle at the core - if you go deep enough into it! How can you be so dense?!
SUCKMYMUSCLE
yeah but what real world application does his publication have? not much imo.
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Oh yeah this guy is Definatley a Getbigger.. Check it out..
Wider attention came in 1999, when Esquire magazine published a profile of Langan and other members of the high-IQ community.[9] Billing Langan as "the smartest man in America", the article's account of the weight-lifting bouncer and his CTMU "Theory of Everything" sparked a flurry of media interest. Board-certified neuropsychologist Dr. Robert Novelly tested Langan's IQ for 20/20, which reported that Langan broke the ceiling of the test, scoring "off the charts". Novelly was said to be astounded, saying: "Chris is the highest individual that I have ever measured in 25 years of doing this."[7]
Articles and interviews highlighting Langan appeared in Popular Science,[10] The Times,[8] Newsday,[6] Muscle & Fitness (which reported that he could bench 500 pounds),[11] and elsewhere. Langan was featured on 20/20,[7] interviewed on BBC Radio[12] and on Errol Morris's First Person,[13] and participated in an online chat at ABCNEWS.com.[14] He has written question-and-answer columns for New York Newsday,[15] The Improper Hamptonian,[16] and Men's Fitness.[17]
In 2004, Langan moved with his wife Gina (née LoSasso), a clinical neuropsychologist, to northern Missouri, where he owns and operates a horse ranch.[18]
On January 25, 2008, Langan was a contestant on NBC's 1 vs. 100, where he won $250,000.[19]
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He just needs to work on his cage fighting.
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The joke's on you, because I'm filfthy rich. I don't even need to work if I don't want to. I work more just to have something to do. You, conversely, are short, bald and fat as we all know, and short, bald, fat people are far more likely to betrailer trash. ;)
SUCKMYMUSCLE
Of course you are. You're a 300 pound with abs muscle monster Getbig millionaire with an IQ of 200! ::)
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Of course you are. You're a 300 pound with abs muscle monster Getbig millionaire with an IQ of 200! ::)
conveniently he has never posted a pic.
'he's got nothing to prove to a bunch of losers on a forum' ::) ::) ::)
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He just needs to work on his cage fighting.
right...and forgot about the o.ooooooooo1 bf
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conveniently he has never posted a pic.
'he's got nothing to prove to a bunch of losers on a forum' ::) ::) ::)
Of course he hasnt, yet he spend a great deal of time attacking other peoples physiques... reminds me of Pumpster on the training board... lets not forget suckmymuscle is also a self proclaimed expert on nutrition... ::)
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A lot of good school did for Bill Gates, or Einstein. School is a waste of time, especially when you're smarter than the teachers who depend on the text books for their knowledge.
Lets do a study of the richest men in the world. You tell me out of the top 100 how many went to school (and to college) and those who didn't. School is certainly not a waste of time. Guys like Gates (who went to school until he dropped out of college) are the exception, not the rule.
Out of all the highest income people in your area, I bet 90% of them went to school. Do you think Gates kids go to school?
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Lets do a study of the richest men in the world. You tell me out of the top 100 how many went to school (and to college) and those who didn't. School is certainly not a waste of time. Guys like Gates (who went to school btw) are the exception, not the rule.
Out of all the highest income people in your area, I bet 90% of them went to school.
Why go to school when all you need to do is create a getbig account like suckmymuscle and turn into a compulsive liar and claim you're "filthy rich" :D
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Ha ha ha...Blotroll obessing over me. And of course I've never posted a pic, as I reallydon't care what you guys think. You conversely, Blutroll, have posted your pic and shown the whole board what a winner you are. Oh, brother. ;D
SUCKMYMUSCLE
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So that's who gh15 is!
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Millennium Mouse
An Ecological Parable
- by Christopher Michael Langan
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There is a tiny cabin in the northern woods. Because it is tiny, it is easy to heat during the long, cold mountain winters. But because it is so warm and cozy, it is also a good winter abode for the mice that live in the surrounding hills. Each winter, a pair of mice finds a way into the cabin and makes a home there. If they were able to exercise good judgment, these mice would remain as unobtrusive as possible, taking a few stray crumbs and tidying up after themselves so as not to arouse the suspicion and ire of their hosts. Life would be warm and comfortable atop a ceiling beam over the potbelly stove, and enough crumbs would fall from the homeowners’ plates to sustain their tiny guests. In fact, these little guests could even take pride in helping to keep the floors clean! They would live modestly until spring approached, have a single litter of pups, and then exit with their new family into the wide world outside the cabin as soon as the weather permitted. That way, when the coast was clear six or seven months later, those who had survived could use their old entranceway under the eaves and get cozy for another winter.
Unfortunately, this is simply not the nature of mice. First one pair comes in. Then another, and another. They begin to fight for territory, screaming at each other in the wee hours and sometimes even awakening their hosts. Soon, they are scrounging hungrily from table to stove to countertop, eliminating their bodily wastes even where the food that sustains them is prepared and served. Meanwhile, they breed copiously in nests made of materials torn from the private possessions of their hosts, wreaking havoc on bedding and furniture. Before long, the cabin undergoes a population explosion of filthy, destructive, combative little beasts that boldly rob their hosts right under their incredulous noses, urinating and defecating in the food supply to boot. And their hosts, being left with no choice, retaliate by setting a lethal gauntlet of spring traps, glue strips and poison bait. Mouse Armageddon ensues, and a pile of tiny bodies accumulates under the window.
In considering the self-destructive behavior of mice, human beings silently congratulate themselves on their superior judgment. “Mice are stupid to behave so injudiciously,” they think. “If these mice just went easier on us, we might be able to tolerate them. But since they lack the intelligence to see this, we’ll simply have to keep trapping and killing them.” On the basis of such thoughts, one might almost think that human beings were innately wiser than mice with regard to such matters. But in this, one would be profoundly mistaken. For the only thing that separates the planet earth from that tiny cabin in the woods is size, and the cumulative effect of mankind on the earth is every bit as disgusting, from an ecological viewpoint, as that of mice on a cabin.
Being the evolutionary descendants of tiny mouselike proto-mammals, human beings are every bit as capable as mice of overpopulating, befouling and fighting over their living space, and there is no sane reason to think that the ultimate outcome will be any less unpleasant. After all, a mouse can always scurry from one cabin to another in an emergency. But when the earth is fouled beyond habitability, there will be no scurrying away from it, at least for the vast majority of us. Like mice, we will be trapped here and exterminated. And when that day comes, we will obviously not have our “superior intelligence” as a species to thank for it.
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IQ scores are nice, but it doesn't pay the bills. I've got a genius level IQ, but it's never done much for me. I found school boring to a certain degree because it wasn't challenging enough. I've always found it hard to motivate myself to achieve things.
Although having a Mensa card is nice!!!
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IQ scores are nice, but it doesn't pay the bills. I've got a genius level IQ, but it's never done much for me. I found school boring to a certain degree because it wasn't challenging enough. I've always found it hard to motivate myself to achieve things.
Although having a Mensa card is nice!!!
The super model girlfriend you must have can't be to shabby either...Or do you find her to be overbearing?
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IQ scores are nice, but it doesn't pay the bills. I've got a genius level IQ, but it's never done much for me. I found school boring to a certain degree because it wasn't challenging enough. I've always found it hard to motivate myself to achieve things.
Although having a Mensa card is nice!!!
i dont get that, you have a gift for solving problems. You can solve very complex problems quickly . So why cant you solve the problem you just stated in your post?. How can you use your talent, your IQ, into a profession that makes money and provides some prestige? What are the logical steps to get this completed.
Maybe the problem is you have a low EQ...I know people that are very smart but they are clueless in social situations and cannot read physical clues and emotions on other people, therefore they are not very employable because they cant get along with other people...is that your problem. I think they call it Aspergers Syndrome.
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Lets do a study of the richest men in the world. You tell me out of the top 100 how many went to school (and to college) and those who didn't. School is certainly not a waste of time. Guys like Gates (who went to school until he dropped out of college) are the exception, not the rule.
Out of all the highest income people in your area, I bet 90% of them went to school. Do you think Gates kids go to school?
Also take into account Gates dropped out of Harvard.
Most successful people went to school. You can't really take into account certain athletes and movie stars, because there aren't that many of them. In general, people who go to school have nearly double the incomes. The world highest paid corporate executives have MBAs from top programs, the leading executives of the government all went to top law schools. Need I cite more examples?
Just because some guy made it without school doesn't mean the average Joe will.
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I lke this Langdon guy, Im suprised Hollywood hasnt come a calling, he is very castable...he appeals to all americans, religious, blue collar, intellectual, high brow, low brow...he is charming, good looking, a victimized background that he rose above, stood up to a bruitish father, all great for Hollywood and the talk show circuit...could be a great politician too.( I guess thats the same as Hollywood)
but one thing bothers me i think he is a communist. He says at one point in his interview that he believes that the people with the highest IQ's should be running the country. That might make sense at first hearing it, but isnt this what Marx believed and put into practice. Didnt the Marxist elite use their high IQ's to destroy the lives of millions of people. HE said he thinks our country is in such bad shape because it is controlled by the majority and the majority of people have mediocre IQ's.
So this guy could be dangerous, a wolf in sheeps clothing.
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Also take into account Gates dropped out of Harvard.
Most successful people went to school. You can't really take into account certain athletes and movie stars, because there aren't that many of them. In general, people who go to school have nearly double the incomes. The world highest paid corporate executives have MBAs from top programs, the leading executives of the government all went to top law schools. Need I cite more examples?
Just because some guy made it without school doesn't mean the average Joe will.
Very true. However there are individuals who learn through apprenticeship and then go on to start their own businesses. Technically they didn't go to college but they did receive an education of sorts through experience.
Warren Buffett went to Columbia Business School to study directly under Benjamin Graham. He credits Graham's theory as being vital to his success
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I lke this Langdon guy, Im suprised Hollywood hasnt come a calling, he is very castable...he appeals to all americans, religious, blue collar, intellectual, high brow, low brow...he is charming, good looking, a victimized background that he rose above, stood up to a bruitish father, all great for Hollywood and the talk show circuit...could be a great politician too.( I guess thats the same as Hollywood)
but one thing bothers me i think he is a communist. He says at one point in his interview that he believes that the people with the highest IQ's should be running the country. That might make sense at first hearing it, but isnt this what Marx believed and put into practice. Didnt the Marxist elite use their high IQ's to destroy the lives of millions of people. HE said he thinks our country is in such bad shape because it is controlled by the majority and the majority of people have mediocre IQ's.
So this guy could be dangerous, a wolf in sheeps clothing.
I think if he went on the Jay Cutler shrinking diet and lost a good 50 pounds, then he certainly could hop in front of a screen...He differently has the pumpkin head that most people in front of the camera have...Maybe if they make another Police Academy, he will have a new job...
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All that is interconnected! At the most essential level, quantum theory is almost undistinguishible from metaphysics! The physical and the abstract intermingle at the core - if you go deep enough into it! How can you be so dense?!
SUCKMYMUSCLE
Apparently he didn't read or understand Langan's theory of everything - the Cognitive Theory Model of The Universe.
Quantum theory suggest that our minds shape reality at the most base levels. We posit God(all that is reality); God posits us - the circuit is closed.
All that exist at the quantum level is a wave of unlimited variable 'potentials' until it is moved by thought.
It seems that, Emmanuel Kant will be vindicated by science.
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well, wether he 's a genius or not, you're still all a bunch of retarded losers.
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well, wether he 's a genius or not, you're still all a bunch of retarded losers.
Well then I guess I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing stevia...Get me Ted Stryker...Pronto!!!
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this dude is the typical getbigger. 24 inch arms 200 IQ
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this dude is the typical getbigger. 24 inch arms 200 IQ
Exactly
I don't see what all the fuss is about...
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IQ scores are nice, but it doesn't pay the bills. I've got a genius level IQ, but it's never done much for me. I found school boring to a certain degree because it wasn't challenging enough. I've always found it hard to motivate myself to achieve things.
Although having a Mensa card is nice!!!
I bet the women at mensa are unfuckable.
High IQ + woman mind goes completely wrong
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I've been reading Malcolm Gladwell's new book Outliers, and in it he profiles Christopher Langan who is reported to have an IQ somewhere between 195 and 210. He had a rough life growing up but got into weightlifting as a way of coping with his inability to communicate and socialize effectively with others. Apparently he was even a bouncer for a few years. Its pretty fascinating stuff.
(http://www.bearotic.com/img/2008/02/chris-langan.jpg)
Is he in space?
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Is he in space?
yes in space with the falcon doing low gravity bench pressing
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That's an incredibly sophomoric analyses, ND. IQ correlates statistically with school and job performance so strongly that Princeton used to give more importance to a candidate's IQ rather than SAT scores.
IQ tests don't measure idiot savant skills, but rather the ability to think logically and to retain information, which is the basis of what we call intelligence. A guy who is able to get a good score on an IQ test is far more likely to be able to solve problems in real life than the guy who does poorly. The ability to think logically comes in handy when understanding how a car engine works, or a computer, or how to properly invest your money, etcetera. If you do a regressive analyses, you'll see that IQ test performance correlated with doing well on most aspects of life.
SUCKMYMUSCLE
The correlation between IQ and job performance is about 33%, in statistical terms that means shit. But hey you know the saying with statistics and lies...
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The super model girlfriend you must have can't be to shabby either...Or do you find her to be overbearing?
I'm afraid I never got the super model girlfriend. Thing is though, there aren't many really attractive girls with any personality. I prefer people with some wit and a good sense of humour. Pretty girls are stoopid.
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i dont get that, you have a gift for solving problems. You can solve very complex problems quickly . So why cant you solve the problem you just stated in your post?. How can you use your talent, your IQ, into a profession that makes money and provides some prestige? What are the logical steps to get this completed.
Maybe the problem is you have a low EQ...I know people that are very smart but they are clueless in social situations and cannot read physical clues and emotions on other people, therefore they are not very employable because they cant get along with other people...is that your problem. I think they call it Aspergers Syndrome.
I can see your point here, but strangely I'm the opposite. I've always been able to get on with people well, I'm easy going, and I pick up on emotions/body language easily. I'm not the 'centre of attention' guy, but I'm OK in social situations. I was a bit quiet in school, but working in bars and clubs soon changed that.
My lack of motivation is a different issue, it's not really something related to IQ at all.
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Actually, studies show that attractive people tend to be more intelligent than ugly people.
Tall people also tend to be more intelligent on average.
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I bet the women at mensa are unfuckable.
High IQ + woman mind goes completely wrong
I must admit I have never gone to any Mensa related event. They send you the monthly magazine when you're a member, but it used to bore the hell out of me.
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Actually, studies show that attractive people tend to be more intelligent than ugly people.
Tall people also tend to be more intelligent on average.
Maybe that's a class issue? When I was at school, the scruffy kids with bad homes and no money generally did less well academically than the kids who had a stable home, with a reasonable income. Plus the scruffy girls looked like crap, whereas the girls with a nice home life looked good.
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It's definitely a class issue.
And lower class correlates with lower intelligence.
Guys with more money select attractive women as mates; women select tall, good-looking men with money as mates.
The poor often feed themselves with unhealthy foods causing obesity. This is compounded with the fact that,
they may well possess a metabolism adapted to places where food is a relative scarcity.
We're looking at a growing class divide:
On top there will be tall, rich and intelligent people;
on the bottom of the pyramid will be the trolls.
Now I think money correlates strongly with intelligence - up to a certain point.
I agree with the poster that said, and I'm paraphrasing,
"the elite of the super-intelligent people (160+ IQ) care more about expanding their knowledge of God(reality) more than material gain."
If that's the case, let's take for granted that they know what they're talking about and follow suit like good students.
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Actually, studies show that attractive people tend to be more intelligent than ugly people.
Tall people also tend to be more intelligent on average.
and why does this interest you? you're both small, short and ugly.
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and why does this interest you? you're both small, short and ugly.
You're a troll, and I know who's primary account you belong to. ;)
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You're a troll, and I know who's primary account you belong to. ;)
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yeah sherlock holmes, my account belongs to...me.
What a fucking moron.
The funny to me is that you obviously believe you dont belong to that "troll" class you describe lol.
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yeah sherlock holmes, my account belongs to...me.
What a fucking moron.
The funny to me is that you obviously believe you dont belong to that "troll" class you describe lol.
I'm pretty sure (not 100%) that I don't since both of my parents are educated and physically attractive.
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I'm pretty sure (not 100%) that I don't since both of my parents are educated and physically attractive.
then why are you small, short and sport a fugly busted face?
another thing, why if your parents are so educated and physically attractive (LOL? WTF? how old are they?) are you a fucking EMO TEEN? Talk about failing at raising your kids.
Hint:
-your parents arent "attractive" nor educated.
-you are not attractive nor educated.
-you live in a fantasy world.
-you're an emo fag loser.
-you are the troll you're speaking about but can't handle that fact.
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(http://www.bearotic.com/img/2008/02/chris-langan.jpg)
onlyme laughs at this guys fashion sense
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then why are you small, short and sport a fugly busted face?
another thing, why if your parents are so educated and physically attractive (LOL? WTF? how old are they?) are you a fucking EMO TEEN? Talk about failing at raising your kids.
Hint:
-your parents arent "attractive" nor educated.
-you are not attractive nor educated.
-you live in a fantasy world.
-you're an emo fag loser.
-you are the troll you're speaking about but can't handle that fact.
2/5
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Ok...he did well on an IQ test but cant function in a university. Kids as smart as he is suppose to be go through a university in 2yrs with summers. In fact....he is still young enough to finish at an elite university in 2yrs.
1. he attended Reed College and later Montana State University, but faced with finance and transportation problems, and believing that he "could literally teach [his professors] more than they could teach [him]", dropped out.
MIT would have been a challenge and given him a full ride including bus tokens and 3 meals daily
2. Why isnt he a member of Mensa?
Again...seems to have a unique gift for Intelligence Quotient measurements. Possible Savant syndrome in which he should be tested?
its not unusual for highly intelligent people to have problems with university for a number of reasons such as struggling with boredom, ethics, politics and the social pressures outside of the study such as those needed to earn or maintain an existence.
regarding mensa- IQ is the only measure required to get into that organisation. i know because im a member. you need an IQ of 135 minimum..and thats the only criteria.
so why isnt he a member then?
its a good question. and who measured his iq at 195?...if it is then thats insane. the most brilliant people rarely get over 150.
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its not unusual for highly intelligent people to have problems with university for a number of reasons such as struggling with boredom, ethics, politics and the social pressures outside of the study such as those needed to earn or maintain an existence.
regarding mensa- IQ is the only measure required to get into that organisation. i know because im a member. you need an IQ of 135 minimum..and thats the only criteria.
so why isnt he a member then?
its a good question. and who measured his iq at 195?...if it is then thats insane. the most brilliant people rarely get over 150.
you're only the third guy in this thread to tell us you 're a mensa member. ::)
Oh man, getbig is a riot.
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its not unusual for highly intelligent people to have problems with university for a number of reasons such as struggling with boredom, ethics, politics and the social pressures outside of the study such as those needed to earn or maintain an existence.
regarding mensa- IQ is the only measure required to get into that organisation. i know because im a member. you need an IQ of 135 minimum..and thats the only criteria.
so why isnt he a member then?
its a good question. and who measured his iq at 195?...if it is then thats insane. the most brilliant people rarely get over 150.
He's not a member of Mensa because he's a member of Mega - which has much higher standards.
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i dont get that, you have a gift for solving problems. You can solve very complex problems quickly . So why cant you solve the problem you just stated in your post?. How can you use your talent, your IQ, into a profession that makes money and provides some prestige? What are the logical steps to get this completed.
Maybe the problem is you have a low EQ...I know people that are very smart but they are clueless in social situations and cannot read physical clues and emotions on other people, therefore they are not very employable because they cant get along with other people...is that your problem. I think they call it Aspergers Syndrome.
one of the issues is that if you couldnt stick at university for whatever reason- it means you didnt get that piece of paper that employers are looking for..hence no foot in the door. No entry, harder to progress..
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you're only the third guy in this thread to tell us you 're a mensa member. ::)
Oh man, getbig is a riot.
whatever moron. i love to point out that i am smarter than 999/1000 others because i know its true.. hence i call people morons ALOT.
and its cool to watch them squirm when they try to find comebacks.
fwiw i obtained mine in 1989 after high school and socred 141. it got me into the australian defence force academy also. i didnt do genuis wise great at high school or uni- and got into lotsa trouble.
wrt the "3" people who claim mensa in this thread. since 135 is 2% of the population then i cant see why 3 out of all the views is unreasonable. in fact its just about spot on.
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yes in space with the falcon doing low gravity bench pressing
HAHA
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whatever moron. i love to point out that i am smarter than 999/1000 others because i know its true.. hence i call people morons ALOT.
and its cool to watch them squirm when they try to find comebacks.
fwiw i obtained mine in 1989 after high school and socred 141. it got me into the australian defence force academy also. i didnt do genuis wise great at high school or uni- and got into lotsa trouble.
wrt the "3" people who claim mensa in this thread. since 135 is 2% of the population then i cant see why 3 out of all the views is unreasonable. in fact its just about spot on.
i still dont understand why you mensa guys cannot translate that talent into being the elite of the world. You guys should be hanging out with powerful people solving the worlds problems. How is that many accomplish nothing?
I think the govt should take you guys and give you special training to tap into that potential. Figure out how to use it to help the world. It is like an untapped resource that we are just sitting on.
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i still dont understand why you mensa guys cannot translate that talent into being the elite of the world. You guys should be hanging out with powerful people solving the worlds problems. How is that many accomplish nothing?
I think the govt should take you guys and give you special training to tap into that potential. Figure out how to use it to help the world. It is like an untapped resource that we are just sitting on.
As long as they pay me a decent salary, I'm in!
Seriously though, I do feel like I could do anything if I wanted to. It's just that most of the time I don't want to. I'm kind of happy with my life as it is. More money, big house, nice car would be great, and I think I'll have that one day, but at the moment, I'm OK.
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As long as they pay me a decent salary, I'm in!
Seriously though, I do feel like I could do anything if I wanted to. It's just that most of the time I don't want to. I'm kind of happy with my life as it is. More money, big house, nice car would be great, and I think I'll have that one day, but at the moment, I'm OK.
do you feel any responsiblity to use your gift to solve societal problems? I mean if there are only 2 percent of people with this talent it cant really be squandered on 'I just dont feel like it right now." ANd is it right to just use it to make yourself money whenever you feel like it? (not trying to bust your balls)
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i still dont understand why you mensa guys cannot translate that talent into being the elite of the world. You guys should be hanging out with powerful people solving the worlds problems. How is that many accomplish nothing?
I think the govt should take you guys and give you special training to tap into that potential. Figure out how to use it to help the world. It is like an untapped resource that we are just sitting on.
Malcolm Gladwell discussed this on Charlie Rose when promoting Outliers. Its possible that incredibly intelligent people are much too aware of the sacrifice that it takes to achieve great heights, therefore they figure that the risk outweighs the reward. A lot of great success stems from incredible tenacity bordering on insanity. Some people just aren't down for that regardless of how smart they are. Also, incredibly intelligent people can be incredibly indecisive. I know I am, ha.
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im obsessed with this because I have worked for brilliant Ivy Leaguers with high IQ's and I have worked for Joe Schmoes and I can tell you the IVy Leaguers can really make things happen. They solve problems quickly and efficiently and it rubs off on the whole office and everything runs smoother and everyone is way more happy. THey are not petty, emotional and do not care about power plays or blaming others...it is way more civilized.
Sorry to say this but we need more of these high IQ types or at least not squander the ones we have....I dont think they should have power per say but they should definitley be used to solve problems . The world would be a much better place....true story.
I am currently working for a Joe Schmoe and it sucks big time.
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Malcolm Gladwell discussed this on Charlie Rose when promoting Outliers. Its possible that incredibly intelligent people are much too aware of the sacrifice that it takes to achieve great heights, therefore they figure that the risk outweighs the reward. A lot of great success stems from incredible tenacity bordering on insanity. Some people just aren't down for that regardless of how smart they are. Also, incredibly intelligent people can be incredibly indecisive. I know I am, ha.
well something should be done to court these people so it would be worth it for them, although this is bordering on communism making an elite class of people...ironicly we need a solution to this problem ;D, and maybe that is something you and the other mensa's can come up with ;D
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do you feel any responsiblity to use your gift to solve societal problems? I mean if there are only 2 percent of people with this talent it cant really be squandered on 'I just dont feel like it right now." ANd is it right to just use it to make yourself money whenever you feel like it? (not trying to bust your balls)
I'm quite conscientious about society and people around me. If I see a guy getting beat up, I'll try and help. Last Christmas I saw a guy stealing stuff from a pharmacy and I stopped him and kept hold of him til the police arrived (I was wearing my Tapout T-shirt...).
I've always tried to have a positive affect on the people around me as well.
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I'm quite conscientious about society and people around me. If I see a guy getting beat up, I'll try and help. Last Christmas I saw a guy stealing stuff from a pharmacy and I stopped him and kept hold of him til the police arrived (I was wearing my Tapout T-shirt...).
I've always tried to have a positive affect on the people around me as well.
Uh, who talks like this about themselves!? I bet even the Dalai Lama wouldn't say such a thing. ???
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im obsessed with this because I have worked for brilliant Ivy Leaguers with high IQ's and I have worked for Joe Schmoes and I can tell you the IVy Leaguers can really make things happen. They solve problems quickly and efficiently and it rubs off on the whole office and everything runs smoother and everyone is way more happy. THey are not petty, emotional and do not care about power plays or blaming others...it is way more civilized.
Sorry to say this but we need more of these high IQ types or at least not squander the ones we have....I dont think they should have power per say but they should definitley be used to solve problems . The world would be a much better place....true story.
I am currently working for a Joe Schmoe and it sucks big time.
In my line of work (marketing) I work with all kinds of people. Highly educated people are always more efficient and they don't make moves based on emotion most of the time. "Joe Schmoe" tends to make moves based on emotion. This is not the case for ALL regular Joe's, but most regular guys who own large companies need a group of advisor's or they would squander their whole advertising budget on retarded media sources. Most use agencys. Dennis Drinkwater is a prime example of this.
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Uh, who talks like this about themselves!? I bet even the Dalai Lama wouldn't say such a thing. ???
I didn't think it would take long for someone to mention that. Although I'm slightly disappointed, I was expecting an amazing 'Gayer than...' comment!
As an example of what I mean, I've got a mate who's 19, likes going out for a drink, but when he's had too much he gets all emotional, starts fighting, etc., but he doesn't like this side of himself. So whenever he gets in trouble, I help him out, make sure that he's OK, and try to get him to see why he gets all messed up.
I've got another mate who's so highly strung he kicks off at people for no reason, even screaming and swearing at his mother for not ironing his T-shirts, so I try and calm him down, get him to understand that he doesn't need to react like that.
I'm just changing the world, one person at a time... :-X
(Cue more 'gayer than...' comments) ;D
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whatever moron. i love to point out that i am smarter than 999/1000 others because i know its true.. hence i call people morons ALOT.
and its cool to watch them squirm when they try to find comebacks.
fwiw i obtained mine in 1989 after high school and socred 141. it got me into the australian defence force academy also. i didnt do genuis wise great at high school or uni- and got into lotsa trouble.
wrt the "3" people who claim mensa in this thread. since 135 is 2% of the population then i cant see why 3 out of all the views is unreasonable. in fact its just about spot on.
Other things on getbig that aren’t “unreasonable”…
The number of alpha male keyboard commandos that:
Are dating supermodels
Are extremely rich
Are handsome
Are tall
Can bench 500 lbs for a warmup
Have 24 inch biceps
Given all that, I guess some getbig trolls with a grade school level command of language and sociology claiming their peerless genius isn’t so “unreasonable”.
::)
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i still dont understand why you mensa guys cannot translate that talent into being the elite of the world. You guys should be hanging out with powerful people solving the worlds problems. How is that many accomplish nothing?
I think the govt should take you guys and give you special training to tap into that potential. Figure out how to use it to help the world. It is like an untapped resource that we are just sitting on.
actually you'd be surprised. even though many people struggle in society- its not that easy to mingle when 98% of people at least dont have your aptitude...BUT, being in a 2 percentile doesnt mean that you are can come up with world changing solutions or the new lightbulb.
sure its convenient when at work- say an engineering company like, lockheed martin or boeing- most of the good engineers there would be in the 2-4 percentile.
then you have doctors- who, as a group could be argued that they are actually doing what you are saying- they are using their talents to make a better place.
still, 2% might sound impressive- but take the US as an example: thats means that mensa could have as many as 6 million members.
thats alot of smart people..
although there are a bunch of socially inedpt people with 0.1 percentile IQs- theres also plenty of socially gifted ones as well.
its those that are the people who need to be "harnessed"..and i think they just fall into the jobs they're supposed to do.
i cant think of 1 person i went to uni or highschool with that displayed brilliance that isnt a doctor, or Phd, or professor, or leading expert in their field now- 15-20 years later.
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wrt the "3" people who claim mensa in this thread. since 135 is 2% of the population then i cant see why 3 out of all the views is unreasonable. in fact its just about spot on.
Hans Eysenck said, "the fact that you are interested in the concept of IQ means you probably have an above average IQ; dumb people are rarely interested in the concept. With that in mind, it's likely that people contributing to this thread are fairly intelligent. And it's not absurd to think there are a few in the 130+ range.
Maybe the problem is you have a low EQ...I know people that are very smart but they are clueless in social situations and cannot read physical clues and emotions on other people, therefore they are not very employable because they cant get along with other people...is that your problem. I think they call it Aspergers Syndrome.
Sure there are very intelligent people that aren't socially inept;
however, when there is an IQ difference of 20 points, people sometimes have difficulty relating to their "peers".
A man with an IQ of 100 will probably not be able to relate to someone with an IQ of 84 - unless they're female.
Each person would probably recognise that they are operating on a different level, and have wildly different interest.
When people find their 'level', those that were formally considered introverted show themselves to be as gregarious as anyone else,
within that circle of people.
Malcolm Gladwell discussed this on Charlie Rose when promoting Outliers. Its possible that incredibly intelligent people are much too aware of the sacrifice that it takes to achieve great heights, therefore they figure that the risk outweighs the reward. A lot of great success stems from incredible tenacity bordering on insanity. Some people just aren't down for that regardless of how smart they are. Also, incredibly intelligent people can be incredibly indecisive. I know I am, ha.
That all rings as true to me.
I've known highly successful, very intelligent people (family members); they live stressed, boring lives, raising children like everyone else.
They aren't changing the world; they're collecting more expensive versions of the material goods everyone in the 1st world has.
And now, they aren't even doing that; I-Phones are set to sell at Walmart for 99 dollars. So why pay for pussy when the pussy is free eh?
It reminds me of the symbolism behind the old Andy Warhol soup can paintings: the subject becomes surreal, because it's so universal;
everyone from the rich to the poor has eaten that soup : ) Well fuck, everyone from the punk on the street to the man in office will have an I-Phone.
We're achieving a form of socialism through capitalism, ironically. Everything is coming full circle.
With such an outlook on life (and you can't not analyse), you feel stuck in a state of stagnation.
I could already read and write in kindergarten and I was always tasked with helping other kids. They didn't allow me to skip grades, but they did allow me to go to higher grade levels during reading and math. Later, I tested nationally in the 97th percentile on the Iowa test (some of my verbal scores were almost off the page lol), and subsequent IQ testing placed me in the gifted magnet program.
School was easy for me, but I started becoming a fuck-up.
I started as a nerd and became a bad kid. I was depressed all the time, and they suspended me from school for fighting during high school. I never went back. I think an unstable home contributed to my downward spiral. When your living situation could radically change any day, everything seems ephemeral and unimportant. I was drinking daily, or otherwise using heavy doses of DXM on a regular basis.
I was even exhibiting symptoms of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome from the alcohol abuse.
But now I see what the future holds.
The future is in genetic engineering.
This will effect everything. When we evolve ourselves, everything else evolve much faster.
Humanity is set to mimic Moore's law. And then racism will end, disease will end, and war will end. Why?
Because there will only be one genetically engineered race, and eventually, one cloned man. This one man will have duplicates as needed,
and machines will do most of the grunt work. It will happen because it is the natural progression of things. I will help bring this to fruition.
im obsessed with this because I have worked for brilliant Ivy Leaguers with high IQ's and I have worked for Joe Schmoes and I can tell you the IVy Leaguers can really make things happen. They solve problems quickly and efficiently and it rubs off on the whole office and everything runs smoother and everyone is way more happy. THey are not petty, emotional and do not care about power plays or blaming others...it is way more civilized.
That definitely rings true. When you are working with intelligent people everything runs smoothly like a machine.
Everyone naturally knows their role within the system; efficiency is more important than power plays.
Now imagine if everyone had an Iq of 125 or more;
the real result would be a more efficient, enjoyable society.
You could actually go places and not feel like a human being amidst a pack of animals.
That would be the real effect of such a change: civility. Not to mention, overall productivity would skyrocket.
When intelligence increases, the power of the ego diminishes, and awareness is expanded to encompass a greater portion of reality.
At this juncture, ego is reduced to an intellectual concept - understood as a tool of self-preservation, however, not necessarily innate.
That is the driving force of minds - union with the divine ground. The seat of awareness will extend beyond that which relates only to the body,
and that which minds previously deemed superfluous will become omnipresent.
In it's final stage of evolution, it's near perfect union with the divine ground, and last bit of self-conceptualisation, will force the universal mind to dissolve itself -resulting in reversion to singularity.
It's cyclical.
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Hans Eysenck said, "the fact that you are interested in the concept of IQ means you probably have an above average IQ; dumb people are rarely interested in the concept. With that in mind, it's likely that people contributing to this thread are fairly intelligent. And it's not absurd to think there are a few in the 130+ range.
146 when I had it checked. Wooo!
There's some interesting stuff in that post, makes you wonder about where things are headed. (I think I'll be heading to the store if I can have an iPhone that cheap!)
And just to be annoying, because the IQ level is an indicator of your intelligence against a base average of 100, it would be impossible for everyone to have an IQ of 125. ;D
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146 when I had it checked. Wooo!
There's some interesting stuff in that post, makes you wonder about where things are headed. (I think I'll be heading to the store if I can have an iPhone that cheap!)
And just to be annoying, because the IQ level is an indicator of your intelligence against a base average of 100, it would be impossible for everyone to have an IQ of 125. ;D
Ha! True.
Of course I'm actually talking about a percentage increase of relative intelligence though.
And yeah dude, they're supposedly going to be 99 bucks at Walmart soon!
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jp what is Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome?
also it amazes me why our country does not want to invest in educating people, the country would run smoother and we would be doing so much better off. instead the powerful are only concerned about dumbing down America so they can steal our money and then control the world...it is very sad. That is why I wish the mensa's and others would ban together and get people power beg in power. We cannot let capitalists control us, not all capitalists are smart people.
Als, do you think a persons IQ can increase through learning or being with others with a higher IQ, I think it is very possible.
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It's just brain damage from alcohol.
It manifest in spoonerisms and decreased fluid intelligence.
Often I would call some object by a similar sounding yet wrong name.
It's going away though, because I've abstained from serious drinking for a long while.
Our country plays to the herd, and religion still has a hold over us.
However, progress will only be stalled, not stopped. As a herd, we are at the whim of the ranchers;
eventually the ranchers will see the benefit of nano-technology, and wide-scale alteration of the human germline.
It's just a matter of how long it will take to happen. Luckily, the wide availability of knowledge today might diminish the hold of religion
in the west, thus allowing these changes to occur sooner. Intellectuals have always been targets of the church,
but today you can't shelter people from educating themselves like times past.
Scientist coming together to bring about this change is the closest thing to what your talking about.
Any real threat to the status quo would be squashed if it gained momentum. You have to work within the system.
If you want to read something really interesting, look up Industrial Society and It's Future. It explains succinctly
the underlying issues with modern society, and the monumental task it would be to create serious change.
There are certain exercises that have been shown(though not definitively) to increase it slightly, called "dual and task".
Might be especially useful to younger people, since their brains are still developing.
Older people might benefit too since diminished intelligence in the aged is partly attributed to lack of mental stimulation.
Worldwide, intelligence is already increasing anyway.
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It's just brain damage from alcohol.
It manifest in spoonerisms and decreased fluid intelligence.
Often I would call some object by a similar sounding yet wrong name.
It's going away though, because I've abstained from serious drinking for a long while.
Our country plays to the herd, and religion still has a hold over us.
However, progress will only be stalled, not stopped. As a herd, we are at the whim of the ranchers;
eventually the ranchers will see the benefit of nano-technology, and wide-scale alteration of the human germline.
It's just a matter of how long it will take to happen. Luckily, the wide availability of knowledge today might diminish the hold of religion
in the west, thus allowing these changes to occur sooner. Intellectuals have always been targets of the church,
but today you can't shelter people from educating themselves like times past.
Scientist coming together to bring about this change is the closest thing to what your talking about.
Any real threat to the status quo would be squashed if it gained momentum. You have to work within the system.
If you want to read something really interesting, look up Industrial Society and It's Future. It explains succinctly
the underlying issues with modern society, and the monumental task it would be to create serious change.
There are certain exercises that have been shown(though not definitively) to increase it slightly, called "dual and task".
Might be especially useful to younger people, since their brains are still developing.
Older people might benefit too since diminished intelligence in the aged is partly attributed to lack of mental stimulation.
Worldwide, intelligence is already increasing anyway.
wow, well hope you get better, the brain is amazing at self healing. i know a person that had a brain injury and the docs said they would could be a vegtable...but after a year they are almost normal now.
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I have an IQ of 153 last time I checked.
I've solved many cool problems in my career as an engineer.
I make pretty good money too.
Still, I spent 9hrs watching "Jay to Z" this week and would switch my life with JC in a heartbeat.
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It's just brain damage from alcohol.
It manifest in spoonerisms and decreased fluid intelligence.
Often I would call some object by a similar sounding yet wrong name.
It's going away though, because I've abstained from serious drinking for a long while.
Our country plays to the herd, and religion still has a hold over us.
However, progress will only be stalled, not stopped. As a herd, we are at the whim of the ranchers;
eventually the ranchers will see the benefit of nano-technology, and wide-scale alteration of the human germline.
It's just a matter of how long it will take to happen. Luckily, the wide availability of knowledge today might diminish the hold of religion
in the west, thus allowing these changes to occur sooner. Intellectuals have always been targets of the church,
but today you can't shelter people from educating themselves like times past.
Scientist coming together to bring about this change is the closest thing to what your talking about.
Any real threat to the status quo would be squashed if it gained momentum. You have to work within the system.
If you want to read something really interesting, look up Industrial Society and It's Future. It explains succinctly
the underlying issues with modern society, and the monumental task it would be to create serious change.
There are certain exercises that have been shown(though not definitively) to increase it slightly, called "dual and task".
Might be especially useful to younger people, since their brains are still developing.
Older people might benefit too since diminished intelligence in the aged is partly attributed to lack of mental stimulation.
Worldwide, intelligence is already increasing anyway.
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Why haven't you killed yourself yet?
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The guy is the real deal...Had his IQ tested many times...Smart mother fucker but also has an Ego the size of Texas...Here is an interview with the guy
part 1
part 2
part 3
He's so smart he can live off of $11,000 I once saw. My thing is, Where are the Bitches? He better used that smarts and make a PUssy Pulling Machine---in HD
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Why haven't you killed yourself yet?
Why are you irrelevant?
Haha
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This thread is B.C.H. Approved!!!
M!
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Worldwide, intelligence is already increasing anyway.
but not the quotient
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I have an IQ of 153 last time I checked.
I've solved many cool problems in my career as an engineer.
I make pretty good money too.
Still, I spent 9hrs watching "Jay to Z" this week and would switch my life with JC in a heartbeat.
153? That's mighty impressive if true. When and where did you take the test?
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153? That's mighty impressive if true. When and where did you take the test?
3 times... last time was my first year at Stanford... I actually scored less that time.. 149 if I remember correctly but I blamed it on the binge drinking and a bone dry drained cock...
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3 times... last time was my first year at Stanford... I actually scored less that time.. 149 if I remember correctly but I blamed it on the binge drinking and a bone dry drained cock...
You're making me and my 133 feel paltry! I've taken it a few times and consistently scored 129-133. I guess that's high enough to be dangerous.
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You're making me and my 133 feel paltry! I've taken it a few times and consistently scored 129-133. I guess that's high enough to be dangerous.
My older sister scored 158 consistently... however she's fucking nuts and we don't really talk anymore. She used to work as a translator for the Canadian Government... she speaks 5 languages if I remember correctly; She would get along pretty well with Nasser... they could converse in 5 languages (at least) as to why he's a mess now...
funny thing is, her daugther is dumb as fuck...
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your all a bunch of selfish bastards, now go work for the government and start solving some real problems other than how to get big muscles ::)....which btw none of you have solved. ;D
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your all a bunch of selfish bastards, now go work for the government and start solving some real problems other than how to get big muscles ::)....which btw none of you have solved. ;D
hahahaha thought the same when watching this ;D...
I'm actually surprised that such an intelligen man has such a narrow understanding of human behavior.. all math and logic but classic misunderstanding of group selection and global meme in general... he should talk with Howard bloom:
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My older sister scored 158 consistently... however she's fucking nuts and we don't really talk anymore. She used to work as a translator for the Canadian Government... she speaks 5 languages if I remember correctly; She would get along pretty well with Nasser... they could converse in 5 languages (at least) as to why he's a mess now...
funny thing is, her daugther is dumb as fuck...
I think 80% of IQ is genetic, so you obviously have a gifted family. However, even the most intelligent people are subject to personal problems and mental disorders. Also, I think many ultra high IQs have a very difficult time adapting socially.
Did your sis marry a tool, hence the dummy of a daughter?
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your all a bunch of selfish bastards, now go work for the government and start solving some real problems other than how to get big muscles ::)....which btw none of you have solved. ;D
Is something wrong?
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I think 80% of IQ is genetic, so you obviously have a gifted family. However, even the most intelligent people are subject to personal problems and mental disorders. Also, I think many ultra high IQs have a very difficult time adapting socially.
Did your sis marry a tool, hence the dummy of a daughter?
hahaha the toolesque of all tools... the scum was cheating on her a week after she gave birth... she allways ends with guys like that; but yet professionally allways been sucessful; she capitalizes on her manipulative skills nowadays and work for one of the big PR firm, she must be a Sr VP by now...
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Is something wrong?
have you read any of my posts....I am trying to understand why people with high IQ's are not using their gift to solve problems in a constructive non selfish way..... is there a problem?
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have you read any of my posts....I am trying to understand why people with high IQ's are not using their gift to solve problems in a constructive non selfish way..... is there a problem?
Where and why are they failing? I don't see where anyone is going wrong here...
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have you read any of my posts....I am trying to understand why people with high IQ's are not using their gift to solve problems in a constructive non selfish way..... is there a problem?
What makes you think they don't?
DC is loaded with Think tanks... from aerospace to clean energy to population management... I went to a couple of conference for W3 back in '99, they were 20 years ahead of what's even considered "advanced" today..
The mediocrity pictured by the media isn't representative of what's really going on behind closed doors... so I disagree with "Langan" on that one...
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hahaha the toolesque of all tools... the scum was cheating on her a week after she gave birth... she allways ends with guys like that; but yet professionally allways been sucessful; she capitalizes on her manipulative skills nowadays and work for one of the big PR firm, she must be a Sr VP by now...
Geezus! Sounds like shes succeeding in spite of her best efforts to counter all of that talent. She making some real chedda?
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Geezus! Sounds like shes succeeding in spite of her best efforts to counter all of that talent. She making some real chedda?
She makes more than I do... but still single... and lies to us (the familly) as day is long about everything else; we know about her income because my mom is a CPA and still does her taxes... but she's got major issues... like RSVPing and not showing up for my wedding and going MIA... then lying that she had to fly to europe for some emergency shit.. "ok" "James Bond"... ::)
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What makes you think they don't?
DC is loaded with Think tanks... from aerospace to clean energy to population management... I went to a couple of conference for W3 back in '99, they were 20 years ahead of what's even considered "advanced" today..
The mediocrity pictured by the media isn't representative of what's really going on behind closed doors... so I disagree with "Langan" on that one...
...says the wise man. Good stuff big man. Getbig needs all of the enlightenment you can provide.
Unfortunately, many getbiggers don't have the intellectual capital to comprehend much of this wisdom and knowledge you are providing. As you and I have been genetically blessed, so have they been cursed.
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She makes more than I do... but still single... and lies to us (the familly) as day is long about everything else; we know about her income because my mom is a CPA and still does her taxes... but she's got major issues... like RSVPing and not showing up for my wedding and going MIA... then lying that she had to fly to europe for some emergency shit.. "ok" "James Bond"... ::)
My best friend has a sister much like this. She's in the 150 range and has a whole host of personal problems that can scarcely be held in check. Her brother (my bud) is nowhere near her level of intelligence. He's probably between 110-120, yet he's in dental school and will be on easy street once he graduates.
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How do these videos show Langan's ideas or the CTMU to be wrong?
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I have an IQ of 153 last time I checked.
I've solved many cool problems in my career as an engineer.
I make pretty good money too.
Still, I spent 9hrs watching "Jay to Z" this week and would switch my life with JC in a heartbeat.
Alex23 - 1
C. Lagnan - 0
;D ;)
Money isn't everything, but to have a high IQ and bounce, can't be too fulfilling.
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He probably feels pretty fulfilled having figured out a possible "theory of everything".
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He probably feels pretty fulfilled having figured out a possible "theory of everything".
ya think? ;D
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cool
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He probably feels pretty fulfilled having figured out a possible "theory of everything".
And he gets to stroke his ego everyday he goes to work because everyone around him are either a regular joe or mildly retarded...I'm sure he has an answer for everything and people bow down to him...
To me this guy seems to be a prisoner of his own ego(like most of us) but one would think that someone with a 200 IQ would be tuned into a higher frequency...In his case, apparently not :-\
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And he gets to stroke his ego everyday he goes to work because everyone around him are either a regular joe or mildly retarded...I'm sure he has an answer for everything and people bow down to him...
To me this guy seems to be a prisoner of his own ego(like most of us) but one would think that someone with a 200 IQ would be tuned into a higher frequency...In his case, apparently not :-\
it shows how culture has a huge influence on a person..he was born and raised blue collar, so that is how he saw himself for better or worse...He seems happy though.
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it shows how culture has a huge influence on a person..he was born and raised blue collar, so that is how he saw himself for better or worse...He seems happy though.
Its kind of a cool story..."Good Will Hunting" who in the end didn't go after the job...
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Its kind of a cool story..."Good Will Hunting" who in the end didn't go after the job...
yea the guy is a movie in the making...like I said before Im suprised some hollywood talent manager hasnt booked him, maybe they have, who knows?
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yea the guy is a movie in the making...like I said before Im suprised some hollywood talent manager hasnt booked him, maybe they have, who knows?
his life is way too boring to deserve a movie.
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Debussey has to chime in from it's getbig leave: With it's 52IQ, Debussey has been a retard all it's life. Seeing you all talking about your well above avg. IQ's = very depressing.
>:(
Assholes.
>:(
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his life is way too boring to deserve a movie.
I'm sure he's probably slapped around a chick or two(Mickey R. style) because he was frustrated that they just couldn't understand him...
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153? That's mighty impressive if true. When and where did you take the test?
yeah thats what i want to know.
wtf?!!
according to the rarity and percentiles, mensa is 99% at 15 SDs. i.e. 1 out of 102 people are this smart.
at 140 its 99.6%, or 1/260 people.
at 146 its 99.9% or 1/1000
and at 153 its 99.98% or 1/5000.
it does put you ahead of lincoln and napoleon...
how did you go in your SATs?
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Debussey has to chime in from it's getbig leave: With it's 52IQ, Debussey has been a retard all it's life. Seeing you all talking about your well above avg. IQ's = very depressing.
>:(
Assholes.
>:(
Mensa deprivation meltdown? :D
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yeah thats what i want to know.
wtf?!!
according to the rarity and percentiles, mensa is 99% at 15 SDs. i.e. 1 out of 102 people are this smart.
Wrong. Mensa = 98%, 1/50. The requirement = 130 at SD15.
Mensa deprivation meltdown? :D
Being so retarded that even animals outsmarts you in mathematics all your life = >:( :'(
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Wrong. Mensa = 98%, 1/50. The requirement = 130 at SD15.
Being so retarded that even animals outsmarts you in mathematics all your life = >:( :'(
Hey, good to see ya back. Your retreat on Mt. Baldy canceled? 8)
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it does put you ahead of lincoln and napoleon...
how did you go in your SATs?
I wouldn't go that far.. I suspect that 1810's and 1860's tests weren't that accurate. Then again I could probably invent a time travelling machine and check it out myself...
SATs? never took 'em. I went to a private school in Montreal, no SATs there but I skipped 5th and 8th grade. then came 9th grade and I got very horny.. did older fatties at first (juniors) and walked my way up. My grades suffered.
I can tell you how much I got on my GRE...
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and at 153 its 99.98% or 1/5000.
it does put you ahead of lincoln and napoleon...
Why of course. In 1800, and just after finalizing the French revolution, Napoleon, with much time on his hands, sailed into a Mensa office in Paris to sit for an IQ test ::)
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Why of course. In 1800, and just after finalizing the French revolution, Napoleon, with much time on his hands, sailed into a Mensa office in Paris to sit for an IQ test ::)
Harry spot-her, are you saying that Nappy sailed the fuck out of Gettysburg 'cause he had to take a test at the Motherland?
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Intelligence Interval Cognitive Designation
40 - 54 Severely challenged (Less than 1% of test takers)
55 - 69 Challenged (2.3% of test takers)
70 - 84 Below average
85 - 114 Average (68% of test takers)
115 - 129 Above average
130 - 144 Gifted (2.3% of test takers)
145 - 159 Genius (Less than 1% of test takers)
160 - 175 Extraordinary genius
200 is supposedly hard to test reliably.
But I would be more interested in what one can do with an IQ of around 200. That would be interesting. If you challenge a mind of 200 IQ into something practical. Computer programing or whatever field it could fully be used.
I think his life was sad and somewhat fucked up from childhood and school, to bad.
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Why of course. In 1800, and just after finalizing the French revolution, Napoleon, with much time on his hands, sailed into a Mensa office in Paris to sit for an IQ test ::)
are you suggesting that lincoln and napoleon sat IQ tests?...or implying thats what im suggesting?
who's the moron?
let me give you a hint...its not me.
Hey Alex, what did you get on your GRE?
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I have a genius IQ... and I'm a junior high drop out... I like to masturbate at least once a day... and I named my dogs shit head - both of them.
true story.
there s a big difference believing you are a genius and being recognized as one by the society, "shithead".
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Also take into account Gates dropped out of Harvard.
Most successful people went to school. You can't really take into account certain athletes and movie stars, because there aren't that many of them. In general, people who go to school have nearly double the incomes. The world highest paid corporate executives have MBAs from top programs, the leading executives of the government all went to top law schools. Need I cite more examples?
Just because some guy made it without school doesn't mean the average Joe will.
Socialism has more to do with the fact that many are rich and remain undoubtedly so. The wealth is concentrated at the top 5 percent and works somewhat like an inherited club. People such as yourself, give themselves the illusion that if they partake in holding the banner for capitalism and promote and participate ever so patriotically as if in fervor, you too will be at the top. Guess what, you won`t.
As Gore Vidal says, "Socialism for the rich, Capitalism for the poor". Or as George Carlin so eloquently states, "Its a Big Club, and You [Camel Jockey] ain`t in it!":
Socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor is a classical political-economic argument, stating that in the advanced capitalist societies, what actually happens is that state policies assure that more resources flow to the rich than to the poor, for example in form of transfer payments. The term corporate welfare is widely used to describe the bestowal of favorable treatment to particular corporations by the government. One of the most commonly raised forms of criticism are statements that the capitalist political economy toward large corporations allows them to "privatize profits and socialize losses."
The argument has been raised and cited on many occasions, and the phrase seems to have been first popularized by Michael Harrington's 1962 book The Other America, but he is actually citing Charles Abrams well-known authority on housing. Andrew Young has been cited for calling the U.S. system “socialism for the rich and free enterprise for the poor”, and Martin Luther King, Jr., who was assassinated in 1968, frequently used this wording in his speeches. Since at least 1969, Gore Vidal has used the expression “free enterprise for the poor and socialism for the rich” to describe the U.S. economic policies. In winter 2006/2007, in response to criticism about oil imports from Venezuela, that country being under the leadership of Hugo Chávez, the founder and president of Citizens Energy Corporation Joseph P. Kennedy II countered with a critique of the U.S. system which he characterized as “a kind of socialism for the rich and free enterprise for the poor that leaves the most vulnerable out in the cold”. Also John F. Kennedy, Jr. has become known for expressing to large audiences that America is now a land of “socialism for the rich and brutal capitalism for the poor”.
Economist Dean Baker expressed similar views in his book The Conservative Nanny State: How the Wealthy Use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer, in which he pointed out several different policy areas in which government intervention is essential to preserving and enhancing wealth in the hands of a few.
Also Noam Chomsky has criticized the way in which free market principles have been applied. He has argued that the wealthy use free-market rhetoric to justify imposing greater economic risk upon the lower classes, while being insulated from the rigours of the market by the political and economic advantages that such wealth affords. He remarked, "the free market is socialism for the rich—[free] markets for the poor and state protection for the rich."
Arguments along a similar line were raised in connection with the financial turmoil in 2008. With regard to the federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Ron Blackwell, chief economist of AFL-CIO, used the expression “Socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor” to characterize the system. In September 2008, the US Senator from Vermont, Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders said regarding the bailout of the U.S. financial system: “This is the most extreme example that I can recall of socialism for the rich and free enterprise for the poor”. The same month, economist Nouriel Roubini stated: “It is pathetic that Congress did not consult any of the many professional economists that have presented […] alternative plans that were more fair and efficient and less costly ways to resolve this crisis. This is again a case of privatizing the gains and socializing the losses; a bailout and socialism for the rich, the well-connected and Wall Street”.
Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich adapted this phrase on The Daily Show on October 16, 2008: "We have Socialism for the Rich, and Capitalism for everyone else."
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im obsessed with this because I have worked for brilliant Ivy Leaguers with high IQ's and I have worked for Joe Schmoes and I can tell you the IVy Leaguers can really make things happen. They solve problems quickly and efficiently and it rubs off on the whole office and everything runs smoother and everyone is way more happy. THey are not petty, emotional and do not care about power plays or blaming others...it is way more civilized.
Sorry to say this but we need more of these high IQ types or at least not squander the ones we have....I dont think they should have power per say but they should definitley be used to solve problems . The world would be a much better place....true story.
I am currently working for a Joe Schmoe and it sucks big time.
George W. Bush was an Ivy Leaguer. Great, critical thinking problem solver. ::) :-\
Look, again, Socialism for the Rich, Capitalism for the poor is what runs the Ivy League. A fact is a fact whether it is taught at Harvard, High-School or a prison School. Facts are facts regardless of where they are learned. The benefit of the Ivy League is not the education, but access into an exclusive club of a type of dominating socialism.
A side note of fact: George Washington wanted to make all Universities free of charge to everybody and accessible to all as he believed knowledge should not be concentrated in the hands of the few or the wealthy. He had the foresight to see this barrier and yet today it remains. Not nearly as strong as it once was, but it is still inherently there and slightly growing as costs go up and debt for students increase.
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I'm quite conscientious about society and people around me. If I see a guy getting beat up, I'll try and help. Last Christmas I saw a guy stealing stuff from a pharmacy and I stopped him and kept hold of him til the police arrived (I was wearing my Tapout T-shirt...).
I've always tried to have a positive affect on the people around me as well.
How did you know the guy didn`t need the treatment, but just could not afford it?
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Now he owns and operates a horse farm in the midwest and married a clinical psychoanalyst or something like that. He also went on that game show 1 vs. 100 and won 250,000 bucks. I'm pretty sure he's doing good now, just not great considering the sheer potential. I guess he's like the Chris Cormier of intelligence? ;D
Horses have big heads, so do Rhinos and Cows . . . this guy may be developing an elite brain trust. Think about it, all these big headed creatures solving the worlds problems, hell an Elephant might cure cancer.
The dude is a fucken asshole. It could be JohnnyVegas ( Paul Hupp.)
The Beef
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How did you know the guy didn`t need the treatment, but just could not afford it?
It he couldn't afford it, then he can go to his docs, fill out a form proving that he's on Jobseekers Allowance, and they would waive the fee for his prescription. (I'm in the UK).
He was just a scumbag stealing deoderant gift sets. To be fair though, he did smell like ass.
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Hey Alex, what did you get on your GRE?
780, 799, 6
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Harry spot-her, are you saying that Nappy sailed the fuck out of Gettysburg 'cause he had to take a test at the Motherland?
Alex23, I'm saying that if "disco stu" was as adept at riding thoroughbreds as he is at riding the male bratwurst, then it's highly likely that we'd have a kentucky derby winner on our hands here at Getbig.
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780, 799, 6
i have no idea what that means...i assume its the V and Q scores?
so your total V+Q is 1579?
i dont have a clue what the 6 is.
if you did in fact get that score then its actually better than your 153 iq claim.
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No No No, hes the world's highest IQ test scorer. Smart people achieve success and make important discoveries and contributions to society.
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It he couldn't afford it, then he can go to his docs, fill out a form proving that he's on Jobseekers Allowance, and they would waive the fee for his prescription. (I'm in the UK).
He was just a scumbag stealing deoderant gift sets. To be fair though, he did smell like ass.
dont bother dude./....americans just dont get it. they love their fucked up country because they dont know any better. they wouldnt understand the concept of social responsibility, community, rights to survive and rights to live in a peaceful, safe environment.
its no use. im developing a severe case of ant--average american-ism.
i know quite a few americans, but i guess they arent the average dope..so i can see that its not all bad.. but below that threshold they are a neanderthalic population preying on each other to make a buck.
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dont bother dude./....americans just dont get it. they love their fucked up country because they dont know any better. they wouldnt understand the concept of social responsibility, community, rights to survive and rights to live in a peaceful, safe environment.
its no use. im developing a severe case of ant--average american-ism.
i know quite a few americans, but i guess they arent the average dope..so i can see that its not all bad.. but below that threshold they are a neanderthalic population preying on each other to make a buck.
I don't really mind the majority of them, but there are a few posters on here who come across as complete arseholes (assholes ;D), but that's the same as any country. I'm sure if the guys on here watched a few episodes of 'Street Crime UK', they'd have a warped impression of Brits.
Each to their own I suppose, but we need America to bring back some credibility on the world stage, because whether people like it or not, they are the most powerful nation in the developed world. Bush didn't do any favours, but from an outsiders point of view, Obama looks like a refreshing change.
(Cue the hardcore patriots now to beat me up.) ;)
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damn some pretty intelligent people here. (alex23, Disco_stu ect..)
I envy you guys, being that smart must be cool as hell 8)
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stav,
to be fair, in many ways its not a good thing. smart is nice, but really smart is to not fit in.
ive got a mate who just manages to impress everyone he meets..hes the football captain, everybody's mate, chief engineer at a site etc etc. he's not what id call brilliant- but hes pretty smart.
what that means is hes at just the right level to be able to work the crowd without trying.
plus hes got some other gifts also..
im sure many smart people wouldnt mind trading for other talents..just as the opposite is true.
without being arrogant, i often think about how wonderful life would be if i was just ignorant about many things...i see this blissful ignorance all the time and although perhaps those people arent the richest, they do appear to be the happiest.
makes sense since society will always be a model to serve the average joe.
and so on....im ranting i know.
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George W. Bush was an Ivy Leaguer. Great, critical thinking problem solver. ::) :-\
Look, again, Socialism for the Rich, Capitalism for the poor is what runs the Ivy League. A fact is a fact whether it is taught at Harvard, High-School or a prison School. Facts are facts regardless of where they are learned. The benefit of the Ivy League is not the education, but access into an exclusive club of a type of dominating socialism.
A side note of fact: George Washington wanted to make all Universities free of charge to everybody and accessible to all as he believed knowledge should not be concentrated in the hands of the few or the wealthy. He had the foresight to see this barrier and yet today it remains. Not nearly as strong as it once was, but it is still inherently there and slightly growing as costs go up and debt for students increase.
You don't think the people who deserve (more deserving = more money) wealth (the intelligent ones who know how to make it, manage it, donate it, etc...) should be able to keep it and hold onto it?
Would people like Warren Buffet be allowed to financially exist in your system Adonis? ???
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dont bother dude./....americans just dont get it. they love their fucked up country because they dont know any better. they wouldnt understand the concept of social responsibility, community, rights to survive and rights to live in a peaceful, safe environment.
its no use. im developing a severe case of ant--average american-ism.
i know quite a few americans, but i guess they arent the average dope..so i can see that its not all bad.. but below that threshold they are a neanderthalic population preying on each other to make a buck.
The United States is home to many of the smartest human beings in the world. We're home to the best Universities.
A man (you) that can't even master basic punctuation/capitalization isn't a good representation of what The United States isn't.
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Bush didn't do any favours, but from an outsiders point of view, Obama looks like a refreshing change.
I can understand why people would think we had something wrong with us when someone like Bush was made President twice.
He's done nothing but fucked us and the rest of the world. :-X
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The United States is home to many of the smartest human beings in the world. We're home to the best Universities.
A man (you) that can't even master basic punctuation/capitalization isn't a good representation of what The United States isn't.
idiot. cant you tell the difference between punctuation and internet typo/slang?
BTW for someone who is obviously trying very hard to be correct in order to make a point (compared to your other posts at GB this one is very different) - your second sentence is grammatically woeful.
where im from we dont use "z", we use "s". and generally when typing in forums, the writer doesnt go too hard on punctuation such as apostrophes and capitals.
and occasionally letters are reversed due to the speed of typing.
most of us can tell the difference between bad grasp of english, and the former.
you obviously cant.
(notice the missing apostrophe in "can't")..that is deliberately ommitted for brevity and ease of response.
shall i give some more examples?
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idiot. cant you tell the difference between punctuation and internet typo/slang?
BTW for someone who is obviously trying very hard to be correct in order to make a point (compared to your other posts at GB this one is very different) - your second sentence is grammatically woeful.
where im from we dont use "z", we use "s". and generally when typing in forums, the writer doesnt go too hard on punctuation such as apostrophes and capitals.
and occasionally letters are reversed due to the speed of typing.
most of us can tell the difference between bad grasp of english, and the former.
you obviously cant.
(notice the missing apostrophe in "can't")..that is deliberately ommitted for brevity and ease of response.
shall i give some more examples?
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
MELTDOWN HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH
yea ma fault i cant understand yo ghetto slang typing
Dumb bastard
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idiot. cant you tell the difference between punctuation and internet typo/slang?
most of us can tell the difference between bad grasp of english, and the former.
you obviously cant.
(notice the missing apostrophe in "can't")..that is deliberately ommitted for brevity and ease of response.
shall i give some more examples?
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damn some pretty intelligent people here. (alex23, Disco_stu ect..)
I envy you guys, being that smart must be cool as hell 8)
well the fact that they need to bragg about it on an internet bodybuilding messageboard says a lot about how really smart they are. Almost as much as you.
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well the fact that they need to bragg about it on an internet bodybuilding messageboard says a lot about how really smart they are. Almost as much as you.
That's some good hating right there.
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this dude is the typical getbigger. 24 inch arms 200 IQ
We are members of the Church of logic and mathematics. Don't hate! ;D
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well the fact that they need to bragg about it on an internet bodybuilding messageboard says a lot about how really smart they are. Almost as much as you.
I brag about it any chance I get my Canadian gimmick, internet or not.
Will this be an issue?
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well the fact that they need to bragg about it on an internet bodybuilding messageboard says a lot about how really smart they are. Almost as much as you.
LOL. So true. MattC syndrome. Arguing about your (relative) intelligence is a fool's errand, and just makes you look like a self-aggrandizing dork. In any case, no matter how 'smart' you are, or 'score' in some test, there's always someone else who'll make you look like a cretin. Might as well relax and unwad those panties.
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LOL. So true. MattC syndrome. Arguing about your (relative) intelligence is a fool's errand, and just makes you look like a self-aggrandizing dork. In any case, no matter how 'smart' you are, or 'score' in some test, there's always someone else who'll make you look like a cretin. Might as well relax and unwad those panties.
well thats the problem right there isnt it?
its ok to talk about how you look, or what you did, or what you do, or how hot your GF is, or what crimes you've done and so on..but as soon as someone claims some level of smarts, theyre labelled as dorks and arrogant.
no one suggested that they're the smartest person in the world in this thread..in fact everyones been pretty candid and humble.
still, its easy to see who the mentally challenged are. they are the ones crying foul, being complete tools, trolling, baiting and carrying on like the usual GB mob.
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well thats the problem right there isnt it?
its ok to talk about how you look, or what you did, or what you do, or how hot your GF is, or what crimes you've done and so on..but as soon as someone claims some level of smarts, theyre labelled as dorks and arrogant.
no one suggested that they're the smartest person in the world in this thread..in fact everyones been pretty candid and humble.
still, its easy to see who the mentally challenged are. they are the ones crying foul, being complete tools, trolling, baiting and carrying on like the usual GB mob.
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well thats the problem right there isnt it?
its ok to talk about how you look, or what you did, or what you do, or how hot your GF is, or what crimes you've done and so on..but as soon as someone claims some level of smarts, theyre labelled as dorks and arrogant.
no one suggested that they're the smartest person in the world in this thread..in fact everyones been pretty candid and humble.
still, its easy to see who the mentally challenged are. they are the ones crying foul, being complete tools, trolling, baiting and carrying on like the usual GB mob.
LOL. Those are pretty silly, too. I mean really...what does it matter, and who really cares? It's the same sort of trolling for validation as pimping your IQ. Goes back to the old adage: those who care don't matter, and those who matter don't care. :)
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Smartest man in the world? ::)
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