10 things about yourself

joshuas3521 · Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 8:58 pm Post subject:

Yup, IQ tests are very poor representations of intelligence.
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Tornado_Creator · Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 9:04 pm Post subject:

Especially as looking into what that number actually means, it would put me in the top percentile with the chances of someone being more "intelligent" being approximately 1 in 25 million or 1:25,000,000 which I think is pushing it a bit really.

Sure I'm intelligent, more intelligent than most. Perhaps even in the top percentile, I have no desire to humble myself too much. But 1:100 is a lot different than 1:25,000,000.

Really IQ tests just measure how good you are at doing IQ tests however it's a decent enough point of reference for determining ability I would say.
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Raggle Fraggle · Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 11:08 pm Post subject:

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Tornado_Creator · Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 5:11 am Post subject:

"ridicules" is the correct spelling according to the spell checker on my computer but I know it's wrong, I just can't be assed arguing with the spell checker, but yeah, I've always had trouble with spelling and grammar.
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WashMDJD · Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 8:23 am Post subject:

1. I'm a direct-line descendant of CSA President Jefferson Davis' sister, and a descendant of Sir Christopher Hatton (my mother has the Hatton family crest hanging on the wall in her bedroom, complete with Golden Hind).
2. While in elementary school, I was personally called a bastard by Kansas Senator Sam Brownback.
3. My home library contains almost 1200 books.
4. In 7th grade, I had a 'wasting' disease and dropped down to 47 lbs before I was hospitalized.
5. I was born exactly one month early - weighing 4 lbs, 7 oz.
6. All of my living relatives and I (except 1) share the same initials (MAD).
7. Barring communion wine, I've never tasted alcohol.
8. I'm a gourmet chef - a legacy of spending much of my childhood in the kitchen.
9. I've never been in a physical fight with anyone - not even my brother.
10. I don't wear wristwatches - I'm a pocketwatch man.
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Raggle Fraggle · Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 8:37 am Post subject:

Gettin' In Tune · Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 9:05 am Post subject:

1. My first name is Michael; feel free to call me by it.
2. I have historically been overlooked by academia and athletics.
3. I became a hometown soccer hero, and made a grown man cry when he shook my hand, I did not like it.
4. Never paid for college, spent it on drugs (cocaine).
5. Fell in love twice.
6. I want to experience death. It only happens once, and I hope I am awake.
7. I am a perpetual grad student
8. I was a liberal and a socialist.
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10 I'll die satisfied, but age keeps throwing me variables. I'll keep number nine open.

Juno22 · Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 10:23 am Post subject:

1. I have played well over 1000 poker tournaments.
2. I am building my own kayak.
3. I got stuck while snowshoeing a couple of months ago on Garibaldi Mountain and if my buddy didn't dig me out I might still be there.
4. I am so terrified of heights I can't clean my mom's gutters but I went skydiving.
5. I enjoy learning about history.
6. My favorite podcasts are The Non-Prophets, The Atheist Experience, The Skeptics Guide to the Universe and Infidel Guy.
7. I've always built my own computers.
8. The Buffalo Bills are my team.
9. For some reason I watch Big Brother (and just admitted it!)
10. I'm a vegetarian.
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Isambard · Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 12:27 pm Post subject:

1. I consider myself a nihilist
2. Online IQ tests Ive taken have had results ranging from 60-280
3. I love a good rant (me ranting, not listening to one)
4. I love books with really bizare plots
5. I cant get off physically. Sexual pleasure comes viacariously in the form of an emotional high
6. I love cartoons and kids shows
7. I am inexcusably lazy in just about all things
8. I generally enjoy the company of my own fantasies over that of other people.
9. I get bad cases of chronophasia which in its own way is fun
10. I have recently become an avid collector of graphic novels
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Raggle Fraggle · Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 3:10 pm Post subject:

joshuas3521 · Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 3:35 pm Post subject:

Guess what my first name is!

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Wrong! It's Joshua!
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