Discussion»Statements»Rosie's Corner» Is it in the realm of possibility that a self-described GENIUS is stupid? Can they co-exist? Can the IQ and the LQ be enemies?
I have a high IQ and an excellent memory as well. One of my doctors said those two tend to go together. (Another said he was amazed at my ability to remember quotes.) I do not have what is usually referred to as a photographic memory.
And I agree with this statement---A highly functioning memory is a sign of high IQ, but not necessarily representative of it. If you have a highly functioning memory, you don't necessarily have high IQ, and if you have high IQ you don't necessarily have a highly functioning memory.
Like insect and bug? I'm always looking for connections tom. In the most apparently disparate things. I don't know why I do that but I do that. Sometimes I find them and I really get excited because it helps me to understand things a little bit better. That's my quest. To understand. I don't agree with lots of stuff but if I can just understand the how and the why of others I feel less isolated. When I find someone whose brain seems to work the way mine does I get slap happy! I was painfully shy child A very good student. I skipped few grades in grammar school which further isolated me. Being younger than the other classmates marked me as being "different". Just what I needed! Getting older brought me out of my "cone of silence". I'm still shy at times but when I have something to say I say it and I don't care if I get smacked down for it. I hope everyone is like that. Saying what they really think because if they don't what's the point? Yikes I do go on. Apologies! Thank you for your helpful reply! In my 20's my IQ was 126. I have no idea if it increased or decreased. I wouldn't mind being tested. I have ALWAYS loved to take tests. Weird isn't it? :)
And what's interesting about the bat and the ball example, is that if you apply simple algebra the answer is simply obtained.
Let the price of the ball = x; then the price of the bat is x + $1.00.
The total price of both is represented by this algebraic statement: $1.10 = x + x + $1.00. Subtract $1.00 from both sides and you get $.10 = 2x or x = $.05.
Thus the price of the ball is x = $.05 and the price of the bat is x + $1.05.
I missed it as well at first. I skipped over the limiting words in that problem---"more than"---that linked the price of the ball and the bat and simply choose $0.10 for the ball and $1.00 for the bat.
I'll bet that any 10th grader who was given this problem would have gone to the algebra immediately and possibly not understand how anyone could get the wrong answer.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! OMG that is so funny R! Wish I had thought of it. Yes I'm giggling. Good one! Gotta remember it and if I "borrow" it you will get blind attribution. Thank you for your reply and Happy Friday to thy! :)
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