How clever is the average person "answering" a question on Yahoo answers?

Question

Let's say you get 20 answers to a question with some kind of twist. How many answers will hint that there is a developed intellect lurking in the region of the keyboard?

Answer 1

depends on the question...but on average out of 20 answers I would say 2 to 3 will show intellect/ wit...as well as an actual comprehension of the meaning of the question... as to its intent as a serious question or just a rhetorical/ and or facetious/humorous question.... most unfortunately do not...

Answer 2

about 2 or 3

Answer 3

It depends on the question and when you ask it - there seems to be more apparent intelligence around at some times than others!
I'd say in general about half of the answerers are actually trying to be helpful (as opposed to just being there for the points).
Of those - if it's an easy question, then the majority (say 8 to 9) will be more or less right; a more difficult one tends to get you 3 to 4 answers (out of 20) which make you stop and look, and maybe give you a different insight into it.

Answer 4

Not the majority, but certainly there are some who will take the time to give a thoughtful answer. I only answer if I feel I can offer some real insight or even a little humor. Another question you might consider asking is how clever are people who post really strange questions like "when is the best time to ask a random person to marry you?" <---- What is that about?

Answer 5

It has a lot to do with the quality of the question asked. Have you seen some of the rubbish that people actually waste 5 points to ask?

On average though, I probably see about 1 out of 10 answers that are thoughtful and intelligent, rather than illiterate or ignorant or just plain nasty.

Answer 6

Hard to say, I imagine people answering in Yahoo answers are generally of above average intelligence, as most f*ckwits probably don't know about/care about/have intelligence to use computers. But then there are a lot of nutters/religious idiots giving mad answers, and I'm one of the intellectual elite and only have 3% of my answers marked as best answers. I reckon 50% of my answers fall into clever but weird, 25% purely offensive and 25% just boring.

Answer 7

Do you mean "clever" or "intellectual"?
I think the asker gets people's voice (which is God's voice-----proverbial) when he gets, say, 20 or so answers.
Now it depends upon the asker as to how best he can use the information he gets.
Most of the answers, from my personal experience, are sincere answers, even if not intellectually the best. So I love this platform of Yahoo answers and I bow to all the sincere answerers.

Answer 8

Most people have an IQ of between 90 and 110. I only tend to get a handful of useful answers to my questions, and some people seem to misunderstand the question completely. That doesn't mean they're not intelligent though - maybe they're just lazy geniuses!

Answer 9

Depends are you taking into account that alot of the people answering will be in HS or are you saying actually intelligent? If you take into account that a decent chunk of your answers are fairly well thought out and intelligent given the age they are I would say 5-7, if you ignore age and go just by the direct answers...2-3.

Answer 10

Judging from the replies a whole range of different IQs appear to be represented, from near illiterates to people who are clearly intelligent. Also many people appear kind and thoughtful whilst others are clearly psychopaths.
I have had great answers and terrible ones.
Many people are lazy and do it just for the points.