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25 Qualities That Are Often Falsely Perceived As A Sign Of Intelligence, According To Folks In This Online Group Education. Just because you managed to get one is not a reflection of your innate intelligence

BlockHeadJones , Emily Ranquis Report

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73points

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Stardust she/her 1 year ago

As someone with a PHD (from University of Shitheads), I believe that you are wrong and that I really am very intelligent

16points

f**k_korean_air , Andrea Piacquadio Report

25 Qualities That Are Often Falsely Perceived As A Sign Of Intelligence, According To Folks In This Online Group f**k_korean_air said:

Confidence!

Sauerteig added:

Confidence/arrogance for sure. One incident I can give is someone years ago who confidently replied (yelled) to me he knew what confirmation bias/cognitive dissonance was in a disagreement.. asked him to explain them for the group, since they may not know.. he almost dissolved in embarrassment because he didn't. Yes it was political.

Final score:

68points

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Red Ruffensor 1 year ago

Confidence? Braggadocio may be a better term.

2points

25 Qualities That Are Often Falsely Perceived As A Sign Of Intelligence, According To Folks In This Online Group BubblesMagic18 said:

Going to an Ivy League.

Allmightydohllah

That just shows you're connected. Now if you went to MIT, then it's safe to say you're smart. You have to be to get in.

BubblesMagic18 , Ian Lamont Report

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61points

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Hypoxia Smurf 1 year ago

MIT, CalTech, Harvey Mudd, all tough, all worthwhile.

9points

25 Qualities That Are Often Falsely Perceived As A Sign Of Intelligence, According To Folks In This Online Group "good memory"

Often a sign with intelligent people but doesn't guarantee inteligence ...

Lots of kids just memorise and then write in exam and get good marks but they just can't apply it in real life

Ningerbreadman , kalhh Report

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53points

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Thomas Bentley 1 year ago

why, thank you for confirming my suspicions that, due to my ability to remember, i will not be cursed to consider how i could have responded better on the 31st of december, 2015, at precisely 0807 Am to my sister who called me, by text 'a single celled amoeba brain fart'

21points

25 Qualities That Are Often Falsely Perceived As A Sign Of Intelligence, According To Folks In This Online Group Money. “I have it, you don’t. You should listen to me”

Alfalfa4Idaho , Pixabay Report

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50points

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Donkey boi 1 year ago

A great man once said 'Money cannot buy intelligence. In fact, it mostly make you dumber.'

15points

25 Qualities That Are Often Falsely Perceived As A Sign Of Intelligence, According To Folks In This Online Group Knowing a lot of facts.

I have a friend who is knowledgeable about a lot of stuff (geography and history, for example, not just things we would think of as “trivia”) and has other markers of intelligence, like a big vocabulary and a career in the sciences. He’s worldly, handsome, and yes, wears glasses. Mutual acquaintances have comnented about how smart he is, usually citing his impressive storehouse of facts.

I know him better than they do, and he is dumb as a box of rocks. He has zero critical thinking skills. I marvel at his imperviousness to logic. He believes some of the weirdest s**t - even in the field of science. (Note that I discovered this long before covid-related idiocy came along. Fortunately he’s not an anti-vaxxer)

Squidwina , Ketut Subiyanto Report

Final score:

48points

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Chez2202 1 year ago

I know so many things that I have no business knowing and that I don’t need to know. If I forget something people stare at me in shock. Having a good memory doesn’t make me bright (although I am apparently). Having a good memory makes me a freak show in some places and a popular choice for a pub quiz team in others.

17points

25 Qualities That Are Often Falsely Perceived As A Sign Of Intelligence, According To Folks In This Online Group Being old

Ozydrax , Pixabay Report

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45points

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Lovely Luna 1 year ago

Age does not always equal intelligence/wisdom

3points

Needydadthrowaway , valeriygoncharukphoto Report

25 Qualities That Are Often Falsely Perceived As A Sign Of Intelligence, According To Folks In This Online Group Lack of empathy and/or hating people.

"Everyone is a bastard" does not deserve a Nobel Prize.

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33points

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Emptycaketin 1 year ago

Also, insulting people does not win arguments.

11points

AnIgnorablePerson , Polina Tankilevitch Report

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25 Qualities That Are Often Falsely Perceived As A Sign Of Intelligence, According To Folks In This Online Group From a 3rd world country here. Speaking fluent English increases your value 10 times more than usual

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32points

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Mindy Keys 1 year ago

I disagree. As a (so called) educated American - I struggled with a basic 2 year course in a second language. It does not help that we start in junior high school when we are 16 or so, but in my book - anyone who can speak more than their native language is a freaking genius to me! Huge respect to them.

6points

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25 Qualities That Are Often Falsely Perceived As A Sign Of Intelligence, According To Folks In This Online Group Narfu187 said:

Being good at chess.

Frank_Woodford added:

Being good at chess is a sign of being good at chess. Most good chess players are not significantly more intelligent than average.

Narfu187 , Kampus Production Report

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31points

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Michael Largey 1 year ago

I would imagine that great chess players need to have advanced spatial perception skills. But then so do dentists. (It's part of the exam to get into dental school. Would you want someone with lousy spatial perception skills to be poking a buzzing drill in your mouth?)

3points

Odd_Adhesiveness4804 , Dominika Roseclay Report

#12

25 Qualities That Are Often Falsely Perceived As A Sign Of Intelligence, According To Folks In This Online Group Wearing glasses

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27points

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Imperial Guard 1 year ago

Bro, I'm not smart, I just can't see s**t

34points

throwaway3132710 , jennimareephoto Report

#13

25 Qualities That Are Often Falsely Perceived As A Sign Of Intelligence, According To Folks In This Online Group throwaway3132710 said:

School grades

No_Instance_1851 added:

They can be a reflection of intelligence, but they're definitely more a sign of competence. Great, you do your homework and pay attention in class. Grade inflation has gotten ridiculous. My daughter has a couple of friends that have well over 4.0 GPAs and miraculously don't even come close to breaking triple digits on their SATs (I know, I know, standardized tests are problematic in this realm, as well).

Final score:

27points

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OnAFreakingRollercoaster 1 year ago

I did very well in school, sure not proud of how my life has turned out 🤷🏼‍♀️😓

11points

#14

25 Qualities That Are Often Falsely Perceived As A Sign Of Intelligence, According To Folks In This Online Group The simple fact that somebody has a YouTube channel, they are seen as an authority on a subject…

DonJuanDingdong , Joshua Miranda Report

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26points

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Thomas Bentley 1 year ago

as long as they are indian, and it is to do with maths, then this is true. /s

5points

Defiant_Cookie_5668 , Panos Sakalakis Report

#15

25 Qualities That Are Often Falsely Perceived As A Sign Of Intelligence, According To Folks In This Online Group quite simply, politeness. A well spoken, silent, polite individual will almost always be perceived as somewhat intelligent even if he or she isn't. A polite individual shows a good upbringing, perhaps a good education etc. Be polite!

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26points

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Thomas Bentley 1 year ago

Being polite is the most basic form of intelligence I have observed, but it has to be taken with many different factors to give a good indication of intelligence.

19points

#16

25 Qualities That Are Often Falsely Perceived As A Sign Of Intelligence, According To Folks In This Online Group Starting every online article with "according to science". So much bs out there that isnt according to science at all but they use it to seem more factual than they really are.

rilles94 , Vlada Karpovich Report

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25points

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Robert T 1 year ago

If you are going to do that and be perceived as intelligent, you need to cite references and what you have taken from them.

1point

HurricaneDitka1985 , Johnny Silvercloud Report

#17

25 Qualities That Are Often Falsely Perceived As A Sign Of Intelligence, According To Folks In This Online Group Citing reporting from FOX News

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25points

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Jason 1 year ago

I was at a car dealership a few weeks back and it was on. The anchor was going off about how poor people can't make decisions to eat healthy food (not because it's expensive). How food stamps need to be regulated so the poors don't waste their money on soda to get fat and cost the healthcare system more money. Literally panned over to him drinking a coke. He said it's different because he's drinking a small one cause that's the size it used to be and it's fine. Thought it was the onion at first

10points

#18

25 Qualities That Are Often Falsely Perceived As A Sign Of Intelligence, According To Folks In This Online Group A PHD.

Too many people who have no clue about real-life also have a PHD.

bulletmissile , debarshiray Report

Final score:

23points

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Stardust she/her 1 year ago

But my PHD (from University of Shitheads) disagrees with you

6points

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25 Qualities That Are Often Falsely Perceived As A Sign Of Intelligence, According To Folks In This Online Group Being able to quote random Greek or Latin…

stuntedmonk , greekboston Report

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13points

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Thomas Bentley 1 year ago

"Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus"

4points

FoldedaMillionTimes , Stefan Stefancik Report

#25

25 Qualities That Are Often Falsely Perceived As A Sign Of Intelligence, According To Folks In This Online Group The presence of a personality, social, or communication disorder or serious mental illness.

Final score:

3points

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Max M 1 year ago

Who the poo thinks disorders makes people more intelligent?

15points

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Bi-Polar Express 1 year ago

Nothing means you are intelligent. Apparently, intelligence has no definition and no measure.

4points

mayaexists 1 year ago

I mean I think that's the point. Intelligence has no one measure.

1point

Sonja 1 year ago

Scoring high on an IQ test. IQ is what the IQ test measures. It's not necessarily a viable measure of intelligence. Up to today, we do not even have a valid, universal definition of intelligence that scientists truly agree on. And a high IQ can be an indicator of great intelligence, but so far it's biased and not the ultimate tool to measure intelligence. It's just like a BMI without a muscle to fat ratio analysis, just a number that can be indicative but also worthless without context

2points

Mickysixxx 1 year ago

Aristotle said something along the lines of "the sign of an intelligent mind is somebody who able to entertain ideas without accepting them"

4points

Two_rolling_black_eyes 1 year ago (edited)

There is a difference between knowledge, intelligence, and wisdom. Sometimes you need to know something to be effective. Sometimes you need to know how to apply it to be effective. Sometimes you need to know whether to apply it to be effective. I know the 1970 Egyptian built VW Bug can use a log to replace its rear axle. I can figure it out how to do it to get back civilization in an emergency. However, I'm not going to replace my broken axle with a log just to avoid paying for the parts to fix it for real.

2points

Hypoxia Smurf 1 year ago (edited)

>"There is a difference between knowledge, intelligence, and wisdom." < Also skill. I'd a childhood friend, a very amiable sort with seemingly little brainpower, whose hands skillfully worked on small machines. Norm was skilled, but little more. Or maybe wise, for not trying to over-extend himself.

0points

Lucía Hanzo 1 year ago

Take articles like this seriously...

1point

Plenty Pineapples 1 year ago

Kinda surprised it wasn't on here, what really gets me is people who speak about being "well travelled" as if it's a personality trait and not a f*****g privilege!

0points

Myst Edenflower 1 year ago

We're all stupid, that's all

0points

Mr. Toast 1 year ago

Not breaking a sweat, treading water not floundering, not working long hours to achieve a result. The best example of this, were two seniors I knew. One was there just between 9 - 5 everything managed results all the time. The other was head done all the time taking work home. Same result but you could tell who was more intelligent and that grasped the concept easier.

0points

Fxnglhl 1 year ago (edited)

playing instruments. a lot of people say that u have better mental stimulation when u play instruments like piano, guitar, violin etc. it is true but it doesnt necessarily make you 'smarter'. i play 2 instruments, piano and violin, and my social studies grades are 👎.

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Fxnglhl 1 year ago

same with listening to classical music regularly. i'm the only person in my grade who listens to solely classical music and nothing else, and my overall grades are nowhere near perfect. meanwhile the smartest girl in my class rarely listens to classical. it's still really good for studying tho :)

0points

Sunny Foxglove 1 year ago

My biggest pet peeve is as a society adults believe they are more intelligent than children because the perception is that as you age you gain wisdom. The opinions of children, especially teenagers, is constantly invalidated by adults who say, "You don't really understand. You'll know better when you're older." Stop telling kids this. The fact they haven't lived as long doesn't make their perceptions and opinions of the world are just as valuable! Yeah, we experience things, we learn stuff, and we change. But when shut down a children's voices because they're not "old enough" to understand and dismiss their view of the world, what do you think that teaches them?

0points

Mickysixxx 1 year ago (edited)

The reason teenagers are told they're not "old enough" is because their brains don't stop developing until around 25yrs. Particularly the part of the brain responsible for forethought and decision making. This is why young people will often answer why did you do that with "I dunno". Young people will struggle to see the merit in things that take a long time to produce results (education, life advice) it is also why young people tend to take more risk taking behaviour. I agree young people's opinions are valid and they do deserve a voice but I would not let my students run the show. It would be lord of the flies in a matter of hours

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Bi-Polar Express 1 year ago

Nothing means you are intelligent. Apparently, intelligence has no definition and no measure.

4points

mayaexists 1 year ago

I mean I think that's the point. Intelligence has no one measure.

1point

Sonja 1 year ago

2points

Mickysixxx 1 year ago

Aristotle said something along the lines of "the sign of an intelligent mind is somebody who able to entertain ideas without accepting them"

4points

Two_rolling_black_eyes 1 year ago (edited)

2points

Hypoxia Smurf 1 year ago (edited)

0points

Lucía Hanzo 1 year ago

Take articles like this seriously...

1point

Plenty Pineapples 1 year ago

Kinda surprised it wasn't on here, what really gets me is people who speak about being "well travelled" as if it's a personality trait and not a f*****g privilege!

0points

Myst Edenflower 1 year ago

We're all stupid, that's all

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Mr. Toast 1 year ago

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Fxnglhl 1 year ago (edited)

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Fxnglhl 1 year ago

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Sunny Foxglove 1 year ago

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Mickysixxx 1 year ago (edited)

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