Alan vs. KJ

[Mission146]

ADDED: The point that I was trying to make in the last section to KewlJ is that's he's almost certainly right in the pack here, IQ-wise. He's even perhaps in the top half, or maybe even the top quarter of the pack, so I don't know why this discussion should offend him.

This offends me because it is another way that the haters are hating, trolling and making up lies about me and others.

Garnabby stated my IQ is 93 based on this "estimator". Accountinquestion has now twice referenced me having a low IQ ("IQ isn't high enough to be aware" and "clearly you don't have a very high IQ")

I don't know what my IQ is. I had one test and it was 20 years ago. If it is now 93 it has dropped significantly. Now people are telling us their SAT scores. Again, 20 years ago for me, probably twice that for most, 3 times as long for some. I did real well in the Math, in the average range for English. Again, this was 20 years ago for me. 40, 50, 60 for some. I just see this as another reason, another attempt to hate and try to put people down and yes I do find that offensive.

Can I coach you on some breathing exercises?

Garnabby scored me based on a post in which I was intentionally (and obviously) being silly, so my conclusion is he didn't really mean anything by it. A few other people made some comments about the evaluator tool, then after looking at posts of mine that were more intellectually substantial (from an idea standpoint) and the scores not being much different, I figured out what the evaluator wanted and then deliberately stated something very obvious in a flowery way to demonstrate how easy the thing is to beat.

As far as Accountinquestion is concerned, it didn't seem that he said anything about you until you made a post in which you insulted (in fairness, not specifically), 'Some of you,' for wanting to discuss IQ because we are insecure. That didn't really bother me, personally, because I know damn well where most of my flaws are and I most definitely do play, "I'm smarter than you," games from time-to-time, though this discussion wasn't meant to be such an instance.

Besides, I don't think anyone can really prove they are significantly smarter than most others on this medium. Discussions would have to be real-time in order to do that. You can basically get an idea for whether or not a person is generally intelligent and that's about the extent of it. "Winning," one of the games of that nature in this medium only demonstrates literary talent and ability to research.

But, maybe a little bit of bragging. What's wrong with that? Like card counting, it's a skill that is developed over time, so why not allow for a little pride in oneself? Is just a little really so bad? I'd like to think I have enough of an inclination to admit my shortcomings that I don't have to be perfectly humble as relates my strengths.

Actually, never mind the breathing exercises. I don't actually know any; it was just a joke.