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Has your mind ever disappointed you by not being smart enough?

Posted - November 26, 2017

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  • 5835
    At my age, "smart" no longer means anything. I feel lucky to remember why I came into a room.
      November 26, 2017 5:10 AM MST
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  • 44619
    Once when in college I spent three hours trying to work out a calculus equation. I finally had to ask my son for help. I had made a minor algebra error in a previous step. I should have caught it. Finally got that pic, eh? Very cool. This post was edited by Element 99 at November 26, 2017 8:14 PM MST
      November 26, 2017 7:34 AM MST
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  • 13395
    Yup.. thanks. 
      November 26, 2017 1:53 PM MST
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  • 6098
    Goodness yes.  There are so many things that even if I work on them a little at a time I can never come close to figuring out.  
      November 26, 2017 7:40 AM MST
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  • Yes, there are times when I've read a scholarly paper and been disappointed at how little I understood of what I was reading. 
      November 26, 2017 9:57 AM MST
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  • 5808
    more than once
    for sure haha
      November 26, 2017 12:24 PM MST
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  • 10026
    Hi Baba~ Happy belated Thanksgiving :)
    I agree... Or in your sense, I feel like I should say, I concur! :)
      November 26, 2017 12:42 PM MST
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  • 2960
    No way. I am smart as milllennialls apps programming person in the google apple. 
      November 26, 2017 12:29 PM MST
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  • 10026
    You are awesome Mr. Bromride.  You seem to always be trying to keep me up-to-date with what is really happening in the next generation. Your answer fits how I perceive you, totally! :) This post was edited by Merlin at November 27, 2017 10:10 AM MST
      November 26, 2017 12:44 PM MST
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  • 10026
    Thank you! :)
      November 26, 2017 12:44 PM MST
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  • 2960
    You're welcome. :O
      November 26, 2017 2:01 PM MST
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  • 7792
    That is a common occurrence with this empty head.
      November 26, 2017 12:44 PM MST
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  • 10026
    Huge Giggles!!  
      November 26, 2017 12:45 PM MST
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  • 10026
    Yes. 
    When in doubt, state the obvious.  That is an easy way to keep it clean and on the mark.  After that you research and learn... Quickly!

    That is how my mind deals with the whole scenario. ;) This post was edited by Merlin at November 26, 2017 8:15 PM MST
      November 26, 2017 12:46 PM MST
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  • 2219
    Happens all the time playing chess. 
      November 26, 2017 1:35 PM MST
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  • 44619
    That's why I play Yahtzee instead.
      November 26, 2017 2:01 PM MST
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  • 10026
    Element, now is the time to yell out in glory... "Yahtzee!"  Great comeback!!!
      November 26, 2017 2:40 PM MST
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  • 44619
    My wife and sister-in-law used to play it a lot and would screech it out loudly. If they were indoors I would leave the room. Outside...the whole neighborhood could hear them.
      November 26, 2017 3:37 PM MST
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  • 10026
    I've never played the game ?!?  I just know it is one of those things you say when you win something big or figure something out :)  I think I'll look it up right now.  :) :) This post was edited by Merlin at November 29, 2017 1:45 PM MST
      November 26, 2017 4:33 PM MST
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  • 22891
    yes, when ive flunked out of college for not being smart enough
      November 26, 2017 3:53 PM MST
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  • 3523
    I saw my high school transcripts which had my IQ score on it.  According to that test, I am not the genius I thought I was.  Then I found out that test measured quickness of thinking.  Now they have IQ tests which are not timed.  Is there still hope for me?  More recently I learned that Einstein's IQ was supposedly lower than The Unibomber's, a serial killer.  Einstein himself said he was no more intelligent that anyone else, he was just more persistent in trying to solve problems.  Even scholastic achievement is said to depend more on diligence than intelligence.  So what does it all mean?  Should I really feel bad about that my own IQ test score?
      November 26, 2017 8:04 PM MST
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  • 3191
    The answer to your question lies in your response to this:  If lost in a jungle (or any other challenging situation) would you rather have the aid of a native of low IQ or a genius from Cambridge/Harvard/etc.?  "Intelligence" is not the end all be all...it is often quite stupid
      November 26, 2017 8:15 PM MST
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  • 5835
    Nobody knows what an IQ test measures, not even the people who sell the tests. The test was developed to predict whether French boys, not girls, could perform well at a specific French academy. They say there is no way to prepare or to improve your score, but they have always known that the youngest boy in the class gets the highest score, and a boys performance in school can be greatly improved by telling the teacher that he got a higher score than he actually did.

    The IQ tradition is bullsnot from start to finish.
      November 27, 2017 12:25 PM MST
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  • 44619
    I think you're good with that.
      November 29, 2017 1:48 PM MST
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