Tori, where do you place yourself?
I consider myself to be of average intelligence, average intelligence augmented with a considerably higher drive in life then most people, I am regimented & methodical and have a unique ability to see things differently... thats my edge, the reason why people much smarter then me are not in charge of me.
A simple idiot test:
1. Do you owe more money then you make in 1 year?
2. Do you have a TV in your bedroom
3. Can you run 1 mile without collapsing
4. Do you take drugs as an adult i.e. weed, cocaine etc..
5. Do you engage in "swinger" sexual activities
6. Do your children call you by your first name
7. Do you work in a cubicle & have been for more then 1-2 years
I don't agree that highly intelligent people would waste time over-analysing things and not getting anything done - Da Vinci was the classic renaissance man, an accomplished polymath who got an amazing amount of things done. He is what I would consider highly intelligent - perhaps even a genius.
Truly highly intelligent people certainly wouldn't waste their lives on the internet, tooting their own horns.
I don't think I am exceptionally intelligent (I will probably never understand quantum physics) but I am discerning, practical, organised, hard working, and I am very good at making money. I also don't waste a lot of time online, like a lot of the idiots on here. I tend to spend my time very wisely, which I suppose makes me smart.
As for the Idiot Test:
1. No.
2. No
3. Yes, but I run every morning for personal reasons. Can you swim for 5km without collapsing? I can, but I swim almost every day, and this is only because I really like swimming. Busy single mothers probably don't have the time or energy for fitness regimes but that doesn't mean they aren't intelligent.
4. Yes - but I don't see how this makes me an 'idiot' considering I only do these things very infrequently. It's not escapism or delinquency, I just like to relax and have fun with my friends. And enjoying myself is at the very top of my list of priorities in life. Life is too short to take it too seriously, Nazz - so your explanations are a little too "black and white", and severe, for my liking.
5. **** No
6. No, I haven't had children yet
7. No. I own two businesses and I manage a local bank so I have three offices, plus a home office.
