If you were in a room with a random 100 people, where would you place yourself intellectually?

[graywarrior]

Top 10%
Average 50-60%
Below 50%

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear graywarrior...

Where else...but in the top 10%!


:P

[graywarrior]

3. Of course!

:hi:

[Generic Brad]

2. That's a hard one

Are there wingnuts in the room? Top 10%.
Any MENSA members in the room? Below 50%

Oh, hells bells. Stick me in with the average group.

[Chimpy McCokespoon]

4. I'd place myself outside the room.

And at the beach.

[cobalt1999]

5. I'd place myself near the bar. n/t

[Mojambo]

6. 51% n/t

[SPKrazy]

7. Top 10%

of random people

of DU'ers,

not so sure

:shrug:

[Xipe Totec]

30. Bingo!

Of random people, +3 sigma.

Of DUers, that's a toughie.

Proly top 50th percentile.

And even that might be bragging.

:shrug:

[Deja Q]

8. Well, my dear Richard Dawson, I would respond with the #1 answer...

:hide:

:rofl:

[graywarrior]

13. How could you not?

No one would believe anything else.

[graywarrior]

9. Consider that a lot of Americans have an 8th grade level of education.

[hisownpetard]

51. And they're all in the White House.

[graywarrior]

76. Bwahahahahaha, that is so true!

[Guava Jelly]

10. freeper dumb

thats where i would be

[YellowRubberDuckie]

11. I'd have to mix with the place....

But here in Oklahoma, probably the top 10%. I have never seen such a concentration of STUPID in my LIFE!
Duckie

[graywarrior]

12. Come to Florida. The weathiest are the stupidest.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

53. sorry about that.

[datasuspect]

14. i would be the mayor of the other 99 people

and king of america.

[Haole Girl]

15. Average

I'm honest, if nothing else.

[BlueJazz]

16. Depends...Science: 99% English:60% History:50 Music theory:99%

public speaking:35%
Politics: Don't know
sports: 40%

Really just depends on the random subject matter.. :)

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. By the door (n/t)

[graywarrior]

19. Why am I not surprised?

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

59. No, no, by the buffet. Unless the buffet is by the door

which you notice never happens.

[DS1]

18. I'd try not to assume

even though my "iq" scores put me in the top 2%

whatever

[graywarrior]

20. I know someone who uses this info when applying for a job with 900 other applicants

[DS1]

22. seems a bit 'assuming' to me

how's that working out for him or her?

[graywarrior]

42. Makes him/her feel like he/she has a shot

[DS1]

46. So a resume comes in, and this person has pointed out their rank in life

Uh huh.

Not hiring that person. Well, maybe I'd interview them, to see what it's all about, and probably laugh behind their backs. But you never know, they might be exceptionally smart and have no social skills, those people are also useful. Maybe that's the kind of job the person wants, where they don't have to actually deal with anyone, are super-bright, and super-capable.

It's an interesting angle, and if it works for them, good for them. Yes, I've just done a sort of 180 on the matter after some further thought. Still, recruiting managers aren't known for further thought when they're inundated with resumes.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

44. doesnt really hold true to applications though

i mean if you apply to harvard everyone is in top 2%.

[graywarrior]

45. But even the top 2% have a bottom 1%

[La Lioness Priyanka]

47. ...

:rofl:

i need to get out an sleep, posting while on theraflu might not be wise.

[graywarrior]

48. It's the ONLY way to post.

:P

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

21. In the next room with the intelligent people.

:shrug:

[Zornhau]

23. In the corner

away from all the weirdos... :silly:

[Gormy Cuss]

24. Depends. Is KC2 in the room?

:P


Because I'm a troublemaker, I choose the missing category: above average 60-90%.

[Haole Girl]

27. Hey!

What did I ever do to you?

:cry:

[Gormy Cuss]

29. Sensitive one, aintcha?

I didn't say HOW your presence would affect my answer, did I????
:hi:

Of course, you did start this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=7028530&mesg_id=7028530

[Haole Girl]

32. Yes, I am actually!

lol!


Oh....that thread. Well, keep in mind these things: 1. I am not a morning person, 2. I work with the public.

If I told you about the first two people I talked with this morning, you'd completely understand! ;-)

[baldguy]

25. Depends

Who did they vote for?

[qnr]

40. You! Are you smart for getting the votes, or are they smart for voting for you? :) n/t

[snailly]

26. The wine cellar

That's where all the fun ones would be.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

50. if there is wine in this hypothetical room, i would be below average intelligence & happy

[DS1]

28. what I'd be interested in seeing is where loungers would place themselves in a group of 100 loungers

it's been established by polls that apparently the lounge is filled with some of the greatest intellectual minds the world has ever seen. :eyes:

[Zephyrbird]

31. ROTFL!! n/t

:rofl:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

33. i test between the 95th and 98th percentile on standardized tests like

the sat or the gre. also graduated from nyu on the deans list. currently in grad school.

so despite DS1's disbelief in the lounge's intellectual capacity, i am somewhat bright.

on edit: i also had a cup of theraflu, so dont take anything i say seriously :P

[snailly]

38. nevermind

:)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

41. ...

:eyes:

[snailly]

49. I'm sorry for being a butt, priyanka

I think you're one of the most intelligent, beautiful people here. I am having one of those drunken nights and was a tad snarky.
I do like you a lot even though you have no idea who I am. :)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

52. its ok. my post was weirdly abrasive, not your fault.

[qnr]

34. A cop out IRT the question, but the truth IRT the situation. I'm a social phobic,

I'd never be in a room with a random 100 people. And then, if by some chance I were, it would depend upon the situation; if I they were specialists in something, I'd likely be below 50% as far as they were concerned.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

36. when i am in a room of a hundred people, its generally just a large party and i am pretty drunk

so i would be well in the average/below average range of intelligence if this were a real life situation.

[qnr]

37. That's pretty much the only way I'd ever be in a single room with 100 people (other

than a transportation facility I guess) -- totally drunk or working on it.

[MrScorpio]

35. I have no freaking idea

I would never make such an assumption

[qnr]

39. Really, I might even question it with rocks... maybe they're just deep, slooowww thinkers :) n/t

[graywarrior]

43. Wait, did I post this in GD?

[NMDemDist2]

54. humbly I say

the top 10%

[mentalsolstice]

55. Average, but I'll be the first to admit I'm lazy. n/t

[Jamastiene]

56. Right between Huey and Dewie...

Duck....:rofl:

But when the Darvocets and other inert random drugs wear off and work their way out of my system, look for me in the Top 10%, really the Top 3% if you believe the IQ/CAT/other-smart-ass-finder tests.

[Rabrrrrrr]

57. If I have a few Martinis in me, I'm the top 1%

at least, if you were to ask me then.

:7

[Catchawave]

58. Left of the center

:)

[Fox Mulder]

60. Top 20%

[stuntcat]

61. eighty-nine point five percent :D (?)

I'm bright in some ways and slow in a lot of other ways. Some people who know me think I'm super keen and others think I'm the dumbest person on Earth I'm sure.
I always scored at the top percents on those tests we took in school but I never did my homework or studied because I was too dumb to know what it would mean later, so I haven't amounted to much in life :p

[Bullwinkle925]

62. #1 ...

assuming the rest were Repugs!

:toast:

[Skittles]

63. top ten percenter here

that makes me superior to the 90% who fell for bush's post-911 act

[Inchworm]

64. In a room with 100 people

:D

:hi:

[UrbScotty]

65. Top 25-30% (nt)

[hisownpetard]

66. I'd place myself near the dip.

[Evergreen Emerald]

67. I would put myself in the top 10%

Where others would put me, now that may be an issue.

[rucky]

68. What are those little circles next to the numbers? n/t

[Tuesday Afternoon]

69. oops -- Time to leave the room and

go smoke a joint :smoke:

[ZombieNixon]

70. Top.

Me is best.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

72. you be my facebook friend super bright buddy

[ZombieNixon]

74. Is that a question?

If so, friend me. :P

[La Lioness Priyanka]

75. it is a question and i will.

:P

[MedleyMisty]

71. According to Duke's TIP program

I can say I'd be in the top half of the top one percent. According to tests in elementary school and to everything I have experienced in my social interaction with other people, even the other people at TIP, I can say that I'd be pretty near the top of that top half.

But I have a question.

Why do people judge other people based on their intelligence? I think that's where a lot of the stigma comes from - I can just imagine people right now thinking I'm some self-obsessed bitch who thinks I'm better than everyone else because of a few test scores. Because they make value judgements about people based on intelligence and then project it on to others and think that smart people think that they're better than other people. They're always trying to mentally place themselves on top of the species and think that other people are too. At least that's part of my theory. I'm still working on explaining prejudice and projection in general.

I just experience the world in a different way. Different is not better or worse. It's just different.

I don't get why people are so threatened by intellectual differences in ability but celebrate physical ones. No one thinks that Michael Jordan is an awful egotistical person who thinks that everyone is below him because he's better at basketball. Even though presumably he could kick your butt in a fight. What can I do to you, just sitting here in my apartment thinking stuff?

But then again - thinking can be pretty powerful, I guess. Like if you read articles about parenting intellectually gifted kids, they'll say stuff like, "Your child may even question your religious beliefs!!!! ZOMG oh noes!!!", like it's some big scary deal or something.

That's another thing I'm trying to figure out - what are humans so afraid of?

[graywarrior]

73. It's a competitive world out there,

and it's nice to know where you stand. I try to live by the philosophy of "make no judgements." but you need to know what you're up against.

[MilesColtrane]

77. It depends on what the topic of conversation was.

According to the ridiculous standards of IQ tests I'd be in the top 5%.

However, since I am socially retarded, I'd probably never willingly be in a room with 100 people.

[Orrex]

78. That depends--are these 100 random people smarter or dumber than I am?

:evilgrin: