-Griffin Posted December 25, 2009 Report Share Posted December 25, 2009 I personally am on the side of saying that intelligence isn't simple enough to put a high and low; it's easy to be a master mathematician and have near-flawless logic but have difficulty explaining yourself to others and appear not articulate at all, or the complete opposite, where you appear perfectly knowledgeable of the world from wordplay but could never figure out how a calculator works. And even then, that's just giving two examples of types of intelligence among many, such as being creative and being able to compose amazing music, and then those can probably be split down even further. Of course, I'll have to assume you're trying to take an average of these, such as saying that saying that a Christmas meal tasted great, while you thought the carrots were undercooked and didn't like the type of gravy, you still thought the rest made up for it - and say that one Christmas lunch is better than another - even though the other one had better gravy, it failed in most other regards. So in a similar manner, I'll take that you're just giving what you think is the sum of all the ways in which people can show an effective mind? If so, the list would be more fair than just showing how often someone wins a debate and labelling it, "smartyness", or the like, but I still think it's deceptive to treat intelligence in this way, and don't really agree with the overall ethics of the list anyway - I've never liked things such as this being treated competitively. And not just because of how impossible it is to judge since it's a broad topic. I also dislike the atmosphere of boasting given because someone was placed high or the insult one could take from being placed low. It just seems pointless in my opinion, but if you enjoy it, feel free to continue - I'll just go by my gut instinct and avoid the topic next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyst Phoenix Posted December 25, 2009 Report Share Posted December 25, 2009 Tl;DR version of last post: Multiple Intelligences pwns this thread. And yes, I saw your post Brushfire. Amethyst good at thunking? =O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizzi Posted December 25, 2009 Report Share Posted December 25, 2009 I like how the first thing above Kizzi's post is his own name. Lol. Did you see my post? Damn Kizzi and his distinct lack of comebacks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrabHelmet Posted December 25, 2009 Report Share Posted December 25, 2009 Why the hell are there loads of crappy trolls above me? Based on the fact that my name is at the top of the list, it's probably because this is really a list of "YCM's Trollest". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brushfire Posted December 25, 2009 Report Share Posted December 25, 2009 Why the hell are there loads of crappy trolls above me? Based on the fact that my name is at the top of the list' date=' it's probably because this is really a list of "YCM's Trollest".[/quote'] But that's not what you're really like, is it Crab? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyst Phoenix Posted December 25, 2009 Report Share Posted December 25, 2009 Nah. Crab's the witty receptionist at your office: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizzi Posted December 25, 2009 Report Share Posted December 25, 2009 Why the hell are there loads of crappy trolls above me? Based on the fact that my name is at the top of the list' date=' it's probably because this is really a list of "[b']YCM's Trollest[/b]". I suddenly feel significantly more proud of myself. =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icy Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 [align=center]This is YCMs Brightest And Locked as Requested.[/align] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted December 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 [align=center]This is YCMs Brightest And Locked as Requested.[/align] Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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