For those of you who see yourselves as more intelligent than most people, why do you think that?

Do you have any evidence of your above-average nature? I'm not asking for those who are more educated, but rather, more intelligent. Having a degree doesn't necessarily make someone smarter. So, what justifies the idea that you are smarter than other people?

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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

There’s not an intelligence measure anywhere on earth that everybody agrees is a standard.

You can quote MENSA; State education requirement tests; university degrees passed; MBTI…..doesn’t work.

Some companies (including the armed services) get their people to sit all kinds of tests and then sort them into specialist roles based on their answers to the questions.
Still doesn’t imply, let alone prove that intelligence is measurable by any standard than the one they themselves set.

andreafg · 22-25, F

@Picklebobble2 It's not important that everyone on earth agrees on a standard for the tests to be useful.

Heck, there are still three countries in the world who haven't yet agreed to use the metric system. Does it mean that the metric system doesn't do its job? Quite the contrary

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

And this is why we have the mess we do

andreafg · 22-25, F

@Picklebobble2 semms you've responded to a different conversation xD