Are you intelligent?

Verbal: Highly gifted
Daily practical tasks:borderline intellectual functioning . Or as you put it ‘thick as shite’

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Apparently, but having intelligence and being able to use it to benefit - either personally or for wider society, is something completely different.

I have a level of intelligence that has seen me complete a degree without a high school education.

Even so I long to have been educated in something like engineering or physics as I think I have the aptitude for it, just never been given the opportunity to put it into practise

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I once received three gold stars for correctly saying the entire English alphabet.

But was in special education for years in school but I did pretty well when I earned my accounting degree. I’m smart with some things but socially I’m not so smart.

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The sza wrecked my intelligence.

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I don’t think I was ever really intelligent before my schizophrenia, but now it is conclusive that I don’t have much intelligence. My memory and concentration went down dramatically, and my thinking processes is all disorganized. That’s part of the reason it’s so hard for me to talk in real life.

Dumb as a post.

I’ve heard that getting an accounting degree is really difficult so you have to be smart.

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When I was in high school everyone thought I was really intelligent. But I studied every day and even on weekends. So I think I may have been just so so intelligent. I just worked at learning. I really don’t know.

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used to be not anymore.im old also.physically

Wow according to your major post I have 120 iq. I actually have a 102 iq. I’m thick as shite, dumber than a box of rocks and stupider than a post all rolled into one.

It depends on the subject really. I suck at socializing, most science, and math. I’m good at History (at least the written version. Social matters in history are more difficult), writing (I used to be better at it then compared to now but it’s not terrible) and I know some things about the weather (but suck at the Math). I also have trouble living independently

I knew boys like that i.e conscientious + good study habits. They made the most of what they had.

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Not really. I was average in school but was able to work smart enough to get straight As in my high school exams. By 2015 the early symptoms of sz hit and I began to lose everything and reverse.

I’d probably have done pretty well academically if it weren’t for sz

I’m currently switching from a finance course to a finance and economics course and it seems like i might just be able to do the switch. If I am it means the lecturers seem to think I can handle mathematics and economics which means I’m smarter than I have faith in.

Truth be told though, I might be able to pass exams with enough effort but I could in no way be good enough at maths to produce proofs or even understand them - very much doubt even the simplest ones would I find comfortable to do.

But I say all of this. I am trying my hardest to regain as much intelligent capacity as I can

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I was but meds and old age and being out of practice have taken it’s toll.

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My knowledge is very dilletante-ish. A mile wide and an inch deep. Not good for much but my own ego stroking.

I know a fair bit about SZ treatment though, I’ll probably grow that out and make it useful for others. But I need to make money. That stuff isn’t going to make much, it’s just a passion project.

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I guess I used to be. It took effort. I started trying early on after 17 years old. Then schizophrenia hit and I almost died literally from psychosis and insanity. I got sick at 21/22. I am 31 years old now. Don’t got much to show if anything for it.

I’m on borrowed IQ points and time. My real IQ is a lot lower than people think. Maybe 120. I never had an IQ test but I’d imagine it would depend on how I was consistently feeling. My educational background and intelligence was high enough I skipped the IQ part of the Asperger’s Test. So as long as it’s average or above (100-110), I am a happy man.

I came from a disadvantaged background despite being white and American. I had to push myself from the bottom to get to where I was. I hit below rock bottom again. I figure if I can get better in the next 5-10 years I can do something really great and make the history books if I survive.

I’m pretty paranoid about all this politics crap and my life.

I convinced myself a long time ago I was John Titor, a time traveler from 2036. They say his predictions were wrong and never happened; I say they weren’t and they were just different and off by a decade. We can see it now. It’s almost like it’s a past life, clone, or doppleganger sort of thing. I’m convinced it is…

Even though there may not be evidence of this claim that I am him, I have some unusual or bizarre beliefs that I made myself believe that convince me I am him or know something.

It makes sense to me. No need to defend myself again.

I don’t plan on making a time machine, but I like learning and thinking about all sorts of technical things. I guess it would be nice and cool, but it’s a sort of karmaic law, pandora’s box, and dangerous thing. Plus, I can’t and don’t want to do it anymore: Build a machine.

I would like to make some android apps perhaps and help people and make money. Better than doing nothing now. I figure a CS degree from WGU can help me achieve that goal by 35 years old. By 45-50 years old, I hope to have a few million in the bank. a BIG hope/dream of mine.

The average IQ for a math major is 130ish. I suspect most of my friends who did well at Cal exceeded that average. I dropped out and struggled throughout the whole time, which makes me think my IQ is in the 120s. I tried hard and my best to the point of breaking. I had tons of conscientiousness and motivation; it just wasn’t enough. I was experiencing cognitive decline to the point of failing my tests and getting Cs. This was coming from a transfer student who got 3.9GPA from CC. I was getting really really depressed and sick.

I feel like I lost of IQ points because I just cannot think as much or as well. I cannot remember things and do basic things. I’m slower and I don’t take care of myself. It’s like a major sports injury but to my brain.

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I’m incredibly dumb. But I do know a thing or two.

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Reaction time 147 IQ
Send to verbal tests 147.3 IQ
Beat the Wonderlic 147.4 IQ

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I used to be smart when I did my masters in Economics with a specialisation in Econometrics. Now I’m a good average. Don’t care too much.

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