Collarspace Discussion Forums


Home  Login  Search 

RE: Know it alls


View related threads: (in this forum | in all forums)

Logged in as: Guest
 
All Forums >> [Community Discussions] >> General BDSM Discussion >> RE: Know it alls Page: <<   < prev  1 2 3 [4]
Login
Message << Older Topic   Newer Topic >>
RE: Know it alls - 11/30/2006 5:19:13 AM   
MistressTruth


Posts: 117
Joined: 2/22/2006
Status: offline 		I have an IQ of over 150 as well.

The Intelligence Quotient test is not a measure of knowledge, rather it is a measure of potential. Someone may know a lot and not have a very high IQ, or someone may have a very IQ and not know a lot (sometimes dependent on the subject).



_____________________________

I've been lookin' for a divine hammer...

(in reply to Dnomyar)
Profile   Post #: 61
RE: Know it alls - 11/30/2006 5:56:51 AM   
marieToo


Posts: 3595
Joined: 5/21/2006
From: Jersey
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: crouchingtigress

ok so i talked to some one last night and they said that i was too much of a know it all....
 
eeeeeep...that hurt my feelings
 
i try so hard to say 'imo' or 'imho' or to say in 'my experiance'...
 
anyway the reason i am writing is i guess i want to know if i come of know-it-allish and snobby...and what i can do to better...
 
and also if that is a bad thing and why...




Im re-posting here because I just realized that all I did was rattle on about my own view without answering your question...

From what I have seen of your posts, I would say you actually come off as what I would consider the polar opposite of know it all.  I have seen you at times very humble in your answers and quite gracious. 

And I give you credit for even putting the question out there.  Theres no way in hell, I would open a thread asking people what they thought of my style. lmaoooooooooo 

< Message edited by marieToo -- 11/30/2006 5:57:05 AM >

_____________________________

marie.


I give good agita.









(in reply to crouchingtigress)
Profile   Post #: 62
RE: Know it alls - 11/30/2006 7:17:22 AM   
QuietDom


Posts: 255
Joined: 7/10/2004
Status: offline
quote:

ORIGINAL: MistressTruth

I have an IQ of over 150 as well.

The Intelligence Quotient test is not a measure of knowledge, rather it is a measure of potential. Someone may know a lot and not have a very high IQ, or someone may have a very IQ and not know a lot (sometimes dependent on the subject).



Ditto... not that it's done me any particular good.  Ultimately, all an IQ test measures is the ability to score highly on IQ tests.  Even Piaget recognized this.  When asked by a reporter to define what intelligence is, he famously replied "It is what my test measures."

(in reply to MistressTruth)
Profile   Post #: 63
RE: Know it alls - 11/30/2006 10:43:35 AM   
Dnomyar


Posts: 7933
Joined: 6/27/2005
Status: offline 		mmm with an IQ of over 150 can you be a smart ass????

(in reply to QuietDom)
Profile   Post #: 64
RE: Know it alls - 11/30/2006 12:29:43 PM   
AGORANTE


Posts: 30
Joined: 11/22/2006
Status: offline 		The technical term for a "know it all" is a polymath. It has nothing to do necessarily with mathematics although math ability is obviously an important component. A polymath is usually distinguished from a genius by breath of knowledge. For example the modern exemplar of genius was Richard Feynman. Feynman wrote several books where he explained how stupid he was about everything except physics.
 
The classic polymaths are Thomas Jefferson and Leonardo Da Vinci. Where Feynman is narrow and deep they are said to be broad and deep.
 
Of course most of this is nonsense. Poor stupid narrow Feynman tells stories about getting his paintings exhibited, playing at Carnegie Hall, speaking Chinese, and serving on Presidential policy commissions. Not bad for a man who claimed to be limited to just physics.
 
On the other hand no contemporary of Jefferson including Jefferson himself thought that he was in any way the intellectual equal of Alexander Hamilton. Jefferson was in awe of Hamilton. Similarly Da Vinci's modern reputation would have astounded 15th Century Florentines. They (and I) considered the true polymath and genius of the age to have been Filipo Brunelleschi. How could history have gotten it so wrong?
 
You see everyone gets all this stuff wrong all the time. So don't let it bother you if some doofus thinks you're a know it all.

(in reply to Dnomyar)
Profile   Post #: 65
RE: Know it alls - 11/30/2006 12:34:26 PM   
mnottertail


Posts: 60698
Joined: 11/3/2004
Status: offline 		I am narrow and cheap.




_____________________________

Have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two? Judges 5:30


(in reply to AGORANTE)
Profile   Post #: 66
RE: Know it alls - 11/30/2006 1:22:54 PM   
LaTigresse


Posts: 26123
Joined: 1/15/2006
Status: offline 		Ima broad and expensive as hell.

_____________________________

My twisted, self deprecating, sense of humour, finds alot to laugh about, in your lack of one!

Just because you are well educated, articulate, and can use big, fancy words, properly........does not mean you are right!

(in reply to mnottertail)
Profile   Post #: 67
Page:   <<   < prev  1 2 3 [4]
All Forums >> [Community Discussions] >> General BDSM Discussion >> RE: Know it alls Page: <<   < prev  1 2 3 [4]
Jump to:





New Messages No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages Locked w/o New Messages
 Post New Thread
 Reply to Message
 Post New Poll
 Submit Vote
 Delete My Own Post
 Delete My Own Thread
 Rate Posts




Collarchat.com © 2025
Terms of Service Privacy Policy Spam Policy

0.109