1. Are you, in your estimation, intelligent?
  2. Are you wise in the way you apply that intelligence? (interpretation yours)
  3. Do you view yourself as unique and individual, or as a data point on the spectrum of humanity?
    • @[email protected]OP
      -1•2 months ago

      I was more like thinking we were ALL not commenting on something other but on ourselves. Laying ourselves out on the Lemmy for examination. Rather than being the audience.

      I probably flubbed the analogy.

  • @cynarEnglish
    3•2 months ago

    1. Yes, I even have the paperwork to back that up. (99.7 percentile)

    2. No, I’m also a classic example of the difference between intelligent and smart. I’m a 1000hp engine in a reliant Robin van. Immense power, but limited in my ability to apply it to useful tasks.

    3. I’m the main character in my story. I know, logically, that I’m just another speck of humanity to others, but my ego can’t function in that state, so it doesn’t.

    Edit: apparent an extra 9 slipped in.

    • @[email protected]OP
      1•2 months ago

      I’ve met one like you (not as high I’m sure) before. I was a big fan.

      It’s always impressive to meet someone in those percentiles; it’s the closest thing to a superpower there is.

      • @cynarEnglish
        3•2 months ago

        Just noticed a slight typo, fixed now. Also, at that point, most of the tests are useless and distinguishing the differences.

        It’s also quite weird. To me, it’s completely normal. It actually took significant mental training to match up with how others think. I knew I was quick, but not that quick.

        Unfortunately, it’s also a coping mechanism (adhd + autism + a few more quirks). My brain handles certain tasks abnormally. E.g. I can’t read emotions intuitively. I have to brute force it with general intelligence methods. I also have memory issues, again, compensated for with brute calculations.

        It’s a bit like being terrified of riding vehicles. You learn to cope. You then get slightly surprised when people complain how hard marathons are. You jog the 15 miles to work and back everyday! It’s not that hard. You develop the skills because you need them.

        Intelligence (particularly IQ) is also only a subset of being smart. I know people far smarter than me. Their IQ might not be at the same level, but they can leverage it massively more than I can. I’m a hot rod, amazing on a 1 mile track, crap on normal roads.

  • @[email protected]
    2•2 months ago

    Are you, in your estimation, intelligent?

    No. Particularly I get the impression other people get things faster than me, and I seem to have to do more cognitive labor than my peers. I guess I would ask what “intelligence” is, that seems like a difficult thing to quantify or answer.

    Are you wise in the way you apply that intelligence? (interpretation yours)

    No, I generally consider myself unwise. (It takes me a long time to learn from my mistakes or change self-destructive behaviors, etc. - it often feels like I have trouble “adulting”.)

    Do you view yourself as unique and individual, or as a data point on the spectrum of humanity?

    Both, how else could it be? (We are both subjects and objects, unique but usually only slight variations of a theme.)

  • @[email protected]
    2•2 months ago

    Are you high? 🤣 Jokes aside, I would be interested to know why you are asking these questions.

    1. Yes, I am intelligent, a lot of people have been impressed by the speed I digest a new piece of information.
    2. I have wisdom to know that intelligence plays a very insignificant part in shaping my identity. As for putting my intelligence into good use, I am not sure I can answer yes. I am too idealistic for my own good.
    3. IMO humans are unique and similar at the same time. Though, we got to be careful when trying to identify our similarities (see biopolitics, especially M. Foucault).
  • 🐋 Color 🍁 ♀English
    1•2 months ago
    1. My teachers have commented that I’m a fast learner, so I would say yes, somewhat, or at least someone who catches on to things quickly.
    2. I’m usually the first person in my group of friends to notice a scam or something/someone being off. I guess you could call this street smarts.
    3. Honestly, I think everyone is unique in their own way!

    As for your question title, this isn’t breaking the fourth wall, this is a post that would fit right in on an Ask community! 🙂

  • Pudutr0n
    1•2 months ago
    1. Somewhat, but nothing remarkable.
    2. Recently, yes. Usually, no.
    3. Somewhat unique, but nothing wild.
  • slazer2auEnglish
    1•2 months ago
    1. Yes, I helped build the internet.
    2. Yes, I don’t try medial stuff because my skills and knowledge are not medial stuff.
    3. Yes.
  • @[email protected]
    1•2 months ago

    i think i’m no different than anyone else and if i’m wise in any way; then it came as a result of trial and error.