How many of you have been called a genius in your school?

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<p>Lmao, those IQ tests are based on flawed premises. </p>

<p>Anyways what are the other IQ scores of scientists you know? I know Feynman = 126 and Watson = 124. Also Luis Alvarez and William Shockley didn’t even qualify for a gifted study. </p>

<p>Anyways though, my brother got 800 on SAT I Math in 8th grade and he was never considered as intelligent as I was (I got far lower in 8th, could only match that in 10th). He didn’t brag about his score though. I’m a lot more open to new experiences than he is (and a lot more analytical), but I’m also more unconventional and liberal.</p>

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<p>I know all IQ tests are flawed, and their mostly biased to foreigners (though foreigners have the new option to take tests that are culturally independent now,) but MENSA tests are the most accurate of them all. They are also considered the official IQ tests, and all the IQ’s listed of somewhat modern humans are based almost solely on MENSA. So as far as I know, and as far as measurement of IQ is concerned, if MENSA is not completely accurate, it is the most accurate, and also the standard.</p>

<p>Einstein was 160. But that’s not too important, on account of his brain being abnormal since the one lobe that controls mathematical computation and perception of movement was 15% larger than normal.</p>

<p>The highest IQs have been held by classical musicians…there are definitely lists online, so just google it. But then again, I’m not sure how accurate those scores were since, well obviously it was a long time ago.</p>

<p>And I don’t think grades in school reflect intelligence at all. And the SAT I is an extremely poor tester of IQ, even though that is its major objective.</p>

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<p>People call me that a lot when I get perfects on tests they fail, I think quite a few people are bright, probably a lot smarter than me, who are just considered average b/c they don’t put their efforts into grades (which seem to be the only indicator of geniusness these days)</p>

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<p>Well, based on IQ, I am a “”“”“genius”“”“”, but I haven’t told anyone the number. The only person who knows is the school psychologist, who, in her report (for gifted program) noted, “XXXXXX is, by scoring 154 on the intelligence quotient test, a genius”… so i guess that’s official. my friends actually think it’s amusing that i am in fact smart and can help them w/ their homework because i’m such a dumbass outside of class (absent-minded professor to a T). so, they don’t call me a genius because they’re just not interested in SAT/IQ scores. my teacher, every now and then, will say “you’re just genius, it’s amazing”… which sucks because she basically glorifies me for writing an essay (it sucks bcuz then strangers around us here it and… well, i’d rather they not know for now).</p>

<p>BTW, your original post was really arrogant. Do you think you’re the only person on this board who has actually studied intelligence in depth and advanced psychology? Get over yourself. You must be a in a very small pond, my friend…</p>

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<p>I don’t usually like to tell people that they’re overthinking things, but in your first post, InquilineKea, you may be doing just that. :)</p>

<p>It’s a reasonable assumption, methinks, to say that most of those calling you or others “geniuses” are saying so casually. They do not mean to be accurate, or even particularly descriptive. Calling someone a genius, in common parlance, is akin to a groan of frustration: they see their B or C, contrast it with your effortless A, and out comes that groan. </p>

<p>The problem with the assumption that such labels are useful (or, at least, not useless) is that such casual uses of the word “genius” hinge on observations of easily quanitfiable academic successes, not any appreciation of innovative thought. There are many very intelligent people who are achievers and manage to scream their achievements loud and clear, intentionally or not. Yet other very intelligent students may have achieved just as much or more, but since others aren’t aware of it, they don’t garner the reputation. “Genius” simply means “person whom I know gets good grades” to many people in normal conversation. </p>

<p>But IQ tests. Don’t get me started. I totally agree with you.</p>

<p>I have been tested several times, professionally (not those silly online things), with wildly varying scores. I doubt their consistency. </p>

<p>I also doubt that they test much of anything of value. Clearly, there’s an appreciable difference between a person with an IQ of 70 and one with an IQ of 170. But in the shades of even 20-30 points in between, especially with gifted individuals, it seems not to matter so much. Einstein was not just mathematically brilliant in a pattern-deriving way-- he was creative, passionate, and a surprisingly interesting communicator. Surely there’s some sort of raw computing power necessary for tasks of genius. But that threshold, perhaps, is a lot lower than commonly assumed. Feynman, to use an example already mentioned, had an IQ considered “merely” moderately gifted. But he was brilliant in his own right, maybe even a genius. If IQ puts a number to our intellectual hardware (and even for that I’m not sure, because of my own frustrating experience), it is the software of our skills, creativity, and personalities that gets the results.</p>

<p>I would say that genius is much more than IQ, though it certainly involves that to a degree-- it is eloquence and elegance and an artistic approach to all realms of knowledge.</p>

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<p>i get called a genius by my friends bcuz i just randomly spit out science facts. we were at a movie and i started explaining how to find the gravitational force between two celestial bodies</p>

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<p>Do you actually believe those online lists? I’ve seen online lists before - most of them were compiled by psychologists who read the biographies of them - and then made inferences of their IQ based on such biographies (that’s why the lists contain people who existed before intelligence tests did). Maybe they’re not completely useless, but the fact that there is so much information that they don’t have access to, I’m very skeptical of them.</p>

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<p>Meh, my school was a small pond. My year was academically very weak. But I want to learn from rebuttals of my posts (or merely comments about them - at least they make me more aware of what I’m writing), which is why I sometimes intentionally act more audacious here than I otherwise would be. After all, no one here will really remember me in several years, so what I gain out of this place are rebuttals to such posts.</p>

<h1>If it stimulates some thought, then it’s worthwhile.</h1>

<p>IQ does correlate with many things - but its correlations are not particularly potent (though there is a correlation of 0.8 with genes - this does not mean that IQ actually measures intelligence - it could mean that IQ measures something else). For some people who have thinking styles that are totally different from the norm, IQ says very little about the person. The correlations are high since most people below a certain IQ think very conventionally (that’s why “creative” people almost always have an IQ above 120, but beyond that IQ, there is almost no correlation between creativity and IQ). Source: The Creating Brain, Andreason</p>

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<p>:) my teacher in 5th grade told me “You know more math then some teachers that I know”</p>

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<p>Anyways though, the original post was intended only for my blog. But I decided to let a go at CC. At least I became more aware of it and modified it to become somewhat less rambly and somewhat more coherent.</p>

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<p>“I don’t know why getting good grades automatically translates to being a genius. I’m just normal. It’s pretty stupid how it is, since if you happen to understand some REALLY “difficult” concept in class, you’re a GENIUS. Kind of ridiculous.”</p>

<p>Exact same applies for me. People in our school are just a little intellectually challenged, or want to seem stupid because you can’t be cool without being dumb or not intelligent right now. And it’s gotten to the point that some of them believe their stupidity and say, wow, I’m so stupid, 24/7. 24/7!!! So anyone who’s smart and doesn’t try to look amazingly fashionable is deemed a “genius.” Basically I’m the only one to whom these characteristics apply.</p>

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<p>Definitely been called a genius. Apparently people who can complete sentences in an eloquent manner are worthy of the title.</p>

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<p>LOOOOOOOOOL!!! Same here. Just having an average in the 90s and taking a few APs means I’m gonna find the cure for cancer to them.</p>

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<p>my friends sometimes call me that and im ok with it for the most part. but the annoying thing is, they think i dont try at all when i know i work REALLY hard. they just think i can just ace things because im “natually smart” or “asian”</p>

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<p>My friends call me it once in a while. I don’t get great grades or anything, but mainly because I don’t really care. I have even had some teachers call me it before, I just take it as a compliment. I know I am not one.</p>

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<p>I’m called genius all the time at my school. Of course, at my school, I sort of am. An example:</p>

<p>J: “There are only five or six intellectual people in this school.”
Me: “And we’re two of them?”
J: “Well, you, me, and Oscar are two of them.”</p>

<p>When I was younger, I used to think that I was just maybe a bit smarter than average, but then I took a class at the community college. And now I do think I’m a genius. That doesn’t mean I’m going to actually do anything with it, mind you, or that I even know what ‘work ethic’ means. I have much raw talent, and I’m totally wasting it all. Oh well.</p>

<p>(Also, I tend to get called smart ass or Jeff more often than genius.)</p>

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<p>what a lame ego boosting thread
i get called genius every once in a while, like this morning, but i’d say i get called a stoner, alcoholic, slacker, lazy ■■■■■■■, or procrastinator just as often
does that mean i win?</p>

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<p>Exactly 245 individuals. I recall every time.</p>

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<p>Yes, procrastinate.
You definitely get The Prize, you lazy ■■■■■■■.</p>

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<p>i read the first two sentences of the OP but then everyone had long posts and by the time i reached short posts i was confused. youre all so genius with your essay-posts…</p>

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<p>I get that all the time… just because i get As on AP chapter tests while other people are failing… its no big deal. it can be kind of annoying, but wouldnt you rather be called a genius than an idiot?!</p>