i'm not talking numbers here just an opinion based on the people you interact with on a day to day basis
2007-02-02 09:30:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Sociology
I am intelligent enough to know that the world is full of other intelligent people.
If anything, I tend to overestimate the intelligence of others until they do or say something that makes me realize they aren't as intelligent as I thought they were.
I would rather, however, err on the side of over-estimating than be a person who goes around believing I'm smarter than everyone else.
I pretty much travel in circles where the people are pretty capable and intelligent. Of course, everyone has his/her own areas of "specialty" when it comes to knowing more about one subject or another - but that's not general intelligence, that's "specialty".
2007-02-02 11:07:47 · answer #1 · answered by WhiteLilac1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I always think I'm pretty average and then I blurt out something that make people look at me funny when I blurt out something about comparative literature or the latest book I'm reading (which happens to be about Quantam and String theory right now). Come on! These books are at Barnes and Noble, I can't be the only one reading them.
Maybe I am smarter, maybe I just read more (maybe that makes me smarter?). What can I say, I just like ideas.
2007-02-02 09:39:59 · answer #2 · answered by LX V 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Naturally I always think I may be right and they may be wrong at first. But we gravitate to our own level and groups. Everyone has a different kind of intelligence based on their life experiences and opportunities. There are street smarts and book smarts and then there's the one who has both. We need us all!! @8-)
2007-02-02 09:52:59 · answer #3 · answered by Dovey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wonder how the average man (or woman) remembers how to breathe. They seem to think that global warming can't be caused by human activity and that commercials are a good source of information.
2007-02-02 09:43:49 · answer #4 · answered by Dennis H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The average person in America really isn't very smart concerning
moral issues, political issues or even social issues. Most rely
on opinions of their peers for information, which in most cases
they have the same education level and ideology.
2007-02-02 11:48:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The average man thinks he knows everything, and the average woman has high standards.
2007-02-02 09:38:44 · answer #6 · answered by C F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are as smart as they are supposed to be; only for that time period in which they are in now, cause a second later they will be a second smarter than what they were before.
2007-02-02 09:38:34 · answer #7 · answered by Laela (Layla) 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Depends on the circumstances and the environment. I change it quite a lot.
2007-02-03 10:29:17 · answer #8 · answered by selfish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Much smarter, but much less perceptive.
2007-02-02 09:41:06 · answer #9 · answered by hebb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have never met anyone half as smart as me.
2007-02-02 15:47:01 · answer #10 · answered by derekismyfavoritecoworker 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋