Jay13x: With some minor tweaks in details but same general idea you could replace just a few words to make the saga mirror my own life up to around 25. So much I can relate to.
Except GMing - creative writing stuff never was a forte - which GMing requires heavily. I was a superb PC or even running an already written module (as long as the party stayed within the covered material) however.
I feel like in general the MTGS community is far more intelligent that the average person, this stems from the fact that the demographic who enjoy it are often of reasonably high IQ. Perhaps this is why so many magic players have such narcissistic personalities
I graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech, and received a 2200+ on the SAT so that would definitely put me in the top 1% vs the average person but against the users on this forum, id say that puts me probably somewhere just above the average.
Jay13x: With some minor tweaks in details but same general idea you could replace just a few words to make the saga mirror my own life up to around 25. So much I can relate to.
Except GMing - creative writing stuff never was a forte - which GMing requires heavily. I was a superb PC or even running an already written module (as long as the party stayed within the covered material) however.
There is a lot to be said for development of creative fiction and how it correlates to intelligence.
Example: When me and my friends played d&d we didn't use EXP at all. period. never once.
Every time one of the PC's did something intelligent, everyone would take a shot.
When a new bottle was opened, they leveled up.
I am adequate at the standard variant - but a good GM requires a flexibility to unknowns and getting people back on track that I was eclipsed by in my groups. But then again my groups included two published authors of novels and an RPG author - I'm absolutely focused on the analytical side but the creative isn't THAT anemic just my peers were off the charts giving me unreasonable targets to compare to.
Averaged like a low 3 in my English style courses vs acing the rest in college.
being "highly intelligent" only is somewhat irrelevant now a days.. we must balance everything from work to being physically fitted to a healthy diet. IMHO, if a person can do all of this. then that person is complete and is above the list. at this time, i am unable to get a decent job, but i work out, go out with friends with my girlfriend, i dont smoke or drink too much alcohol anymore. so thats why i placed myself on 50 below.
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I am watching people use larger words than they would normally, because it has to do with their intelligence, so, why not spread your tail feathers?
Even a lot of the IQ's quoted aren't even necessarily as high as you may be lead to believe, top 1% (for instance) is 145 and up. Anything in 130-144 is just 2.3% (which I know is still great). But it is pretty hilarious to me. I went to college with smart people that dropped out, because they had no idea how to work or stick to something (or even decide on a major). My wife, though, who would probably score around 110 or so (this is a rough guess), gets 96%+ in her Masters course work because she is a hard worker. Intelligence is one thing, but it is actually probably a worse thing knowing that your IQ is particularly high, because then you think you can get away with stuff instead of just doing hard work.
I don't think you have looked at the images critically. I was talking about university degrees (more precize, MSc degrees), not tertiary education. Tertiary education contains much more than just university, on levels that require arguably a 'lower' intellectual capability than university does.
Seriously, take another good look at this graph. Do you honestly believe that 55 % of the Irish female population attends university? Or almost half of Swiss's male population has an university degree? I call bull**** on your bull****.
As for providing sources in German, go ahead, I can read the language well enough.
Something I couldn't help but notice: a certain amount of people are seemingly attempting to feel superior in this thread by stating that the people who are sharing here are 'hilarious', and I don't think it's working. You're making yourself sound more ridiculous than the people you consider to be bragging about the intelligence they might or might not have IRL.
The major thing I see are two things:
1. Potential
2. Application
It's the tortoise and the hare effect, you can be "born smart" but if you do not cultivate that talent you will never reach your full potential. Even then, it's a life long process in multiple directions.
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Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.
Individualities may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.
Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.
Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
I put myself squarely in the lowest bracket due to the fact that I know what a sordid waste of time it is to shamble about on these forums, and yet, here I am. No sir, not a good show of my intellect, no indeed.
But how's about this as a measure of smarts with some more substance than one's self-assessment:
I put myself squarely in the lowest bracket due to the fact that I know what a sordid waste of time it is to shamble about on these forums, and yet, here I am. No sir, not a good show of my intellect, no indeed.
But how's about this as a measure of smarts with some more substance than one's self-assessment:
Managed to scrape out 145 of current 196 countries. Hard to spell: Kirgeestan... Kyrgistan... Kyrgyzstan!
I got 111/196 but couldn't figure out how to spell Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and for some reason it wasn't accepting French Guiana or French Guyana (what did it want there?). Admittedly I don't know much about the South Pacific Islands or Africa but I got most everything in Europe, North America, and South America. But seriously, who remembers Herzegovina, Saint Lucia and all those tiny islands, Kosovo, Malta, Moldova, a few others . . . 100% on South America, though, baby!
All the countries I missed:
Europe
Andorra
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kosovo
Lichtenstein
Luxembourg (DOH! I've been there)
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Slovakia
Slovenia
Vatican City (DOH! Still a country . . .)
Asia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cyprus
East Timor
Georgia
Kuwait (DOH! Brother-in-law was stationed there)
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Maldives
Nepal
Oman
Qatar (Brother was stationed there)
Singapore (Friend there right now)
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Africa
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi (Damn you, Eddie Izzard!)
Central African Republic
Comoros
Cote d'Ivoire (I put in Côte d'Ivoire)
Djibouti (Ja Booty!)
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Lesotho
Liberia
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Rwanda (They have Hotels, or so I hear)
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles (She sell seashells by the seashore!)
Sierra Leone
South Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Zambia
North America
Barbados
Grenada
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
South America
NONE!
Oceania
Federated States of Micronesia
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
I put myself squarely in the lowest bracket due to the fact that I know what a sordid waste of time it is to shamble about on these forums, and yet, here I am. No sir, not a good show of my intellect, no indeed.
But how's about this as a measure of smarts with some more substance than one's self-assessment:
Scoring
You scored 165/196 = 84%.
This beats or equals 78.1% of test takers.
The average score is 109.
missed: Andorra, Belarus, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Malta, Vatican City, Bahrain, Cyprus, East Timor, Maldives, Qatar, Tajikistan, Cape Verde, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Príncipe, South Sudan, Zambia and Zimbabwe, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Tonga and Solomon Islands.
Jay13x: With some minor tweaks in details but same general idea you could replace just a few words to make the saga mirror my own life up to around 25. So much I can relate to.
I imagine most people on this site can relate. I fully admit turning out as well as I have is the product of a lot of coincidence. The nearly dying part was a big one. There is a certain amount of self-assurance that comes from living through something that probably should have killed you. Even as a firefighter for years before that - I had always been terrified that deep down I was a coward and could never be like the heroes I looked up to. Actually being tested and erasing those doubts from your mind helps a great deal.
Except GMing - creative writing stuff never was a forte - which GMing requires heavily. I was a superb PC or even running an already written module (as long as the party stayed within the covered material) however.
I've always been good at storytelling... to the point where I was an excellent liar as a kid and made up stories to impress people. I think that was an outlet for how average I felt. In any case I also did a lot of drama and was in most school plays through Middle School (although in High School I was too embarrassed). I'm still a pretty story teller... but I try to use my powers only for good now.
Like making up stories on the fly as part of a GM campaign... so that my players can feel free to ignore the story and take revenge for every petty slight a character makes on them. Thankfully we just started Pathfinder and they all agreed to specific motivations for their characters so they don't all just go psychopath on a shopkeeper who doesn't give free merchandise.
And I would never ever claim to be one of the very "best", unless knowing for sure that I'm one of these hand-picked people. And no, I'm not (and I'm actually happy about it).
You know, for all my self-confidence as a person now, I still feel this. I work in a field with people that have decades more experience and a half dozen extra degrees after their name than I do. In order to feel less out of my league, I usually have to remind myself that they have decades more experience (something I'll only get with time), and that all these brilliant, well educated professionals sit around a table with me and actually value my opinion. It's still very humbling, though, which is good for my ego.
Except GMing - creative writing stuff never was a forte - which GMing requires heavily. I was a superb PC or even running an already written module (as long as the party stayed within the covered material) however.
I'm very much an on-the-fly GM. I got a lot of experiencing playing Star Wars Saga Edition while they were more concerned with being as evil as possible than accomplishing any goals. The problem is my players, aside from being super evil, don't think much outside the box (although since we got one of the girlfriends playing, she points out the hints at things they miss when I talk), so our games are pretty casual.
There is a lot to be said for development of creative fiction and how it correlates to intelligence.
Example: When me and my friends played d&d we didn't use EXP at all. period. never once.
Every time one of the PC's did something intelligent, everyone would take a shot.
When a new bottle was opened, they leveled up.
LOL! I love it.
And you've just given me an evening's festivities for my (and my friend's) several day long bachelor party. Gammaworld Drinking Game. Every time something dies, take a drink. Finish your drink, level up.
That said, I personally regard intelligence as not just the combination of IQ and grades/education. I think it has to do also with a combination of the following factors that are not necessarily related to IQ:
- Strategic thinking
- Social interaction
- Manipulative ability
- Presentative/writing skills
- Creativity
I think that's a pretty astute observation. I would say I'm pretty good at all those things... although I wish I had been worse at manipulating people.
I'd add a few tweaks, but I've typed enough for now. I would add abstract thinking to that to replace creativity and replace 'manipulative ability' for Charisma.
I am watching people use larger words than they would normally, because it has to do with their intelligence, so, why not spread your tail feathers?
Even a lot of the IQ's quoted aren't even necessarily as high as you may be lead to believe, top 1% (for instance) is 145 and up. Anything in 130-144 is just 2.3% (which I know is still great). But it is pretty hilarious to me. I went to college with smart people that dropped out, because they had no idea how to work or stick to something (or even decide on a major). My wife, though, who would probably score around 110 or so (this is a rough guess), gets 96%+ in her Masters course work because she is a hard worker. Intelligence is one thing, but it is actually probably a worse thing knowing that your IQ is particularly high, because then you think you can get away with stuff instead of just doing hard work.
Philosophy aside, this thread is still hilarious.
Absolutely accurate - between my inlaws and friends growing up I've seen what happens to the undisciplined intelligent folk. Most in my ballpark - but literally range from nearly starving to death from poverty, to earning nothing but living on a trust fund (with 3 masters never applied towards work), to earning $40k and only staying ahead of bills with help from his inlaws.
All amongst the brightest people anyone could meet underachieving. The first and last make me especially sad - since accepting where you're at as comfortable I can relate to but they absolutely are not.
I put 50-60, I'm smart with magic. But not to much with everything else.
I like how poles like this can show MTG players egos.
What I want to know is what pleasure is derived from knowing that you're smarter than most people.
I've consistently scored in the top 2% in the general population. But you know where that gets me in life? Bottom rung of top tiered institutions.
There are millions of people smarter than me, statistically more than 6 million in the US alone, 120 million worldwide. What good is this?
Even if that 2% figure is an absolute solid/stable number, which its not, it means that I'm on the same level as those who are within the top 5% to the top 1% of the population.
It's not like every percentage of difference allows me to outshine someone so badly that their puny minds cannot comprehend my genius.
You know what that 2% tends to get me? I can have a little more fun and work a little less than other people and reap the same results. I can pick out bad arguments from time to time. Someone at the 10% cap may have to study four hours, while I can study for 2 and go out and play for the other 2.
It means that if I really try, I can be good at mostly any field. But to truly excel in any field is still a crapshoot for me.
Perhaps I am not all that intelligent, perhaps compared to the vast majority of respondents at least, perhaps compared to everyone, but there are several things of more importance than one's intellect or intelligence, whatever these words mean. Such things include humility and other virtues (e.g., honesty) or character traits (e.g., affability).
There are times when I sincerely wish I were 'simpler' and a better person in many a regard than perhaps smarter and who I seem to be.
I find it hilarious that the majority of the people who voted on this thread put themselves in the top 2%. Very cute, guys.
I put myself in the 10%-20% bracket. Trying to be as real as possible, here. Though I had by IQ tested when I was five to see if I had some learning disability and scored rather high - though I shant advertise the score here - I don't really take much stock in it. I've much to learn about life, love, the universe, and piloting mono-red aggro.
I don't see an IQ as an accurate view of seeing how smart that person is. These scores are really, really high because we all know magic doesn't make you smart.
Let's test it with a basic high school math problem. Someone go make that thread with a basic Algebra II word problem.
I find it hilarious that the majority of the people who voted on this thread put themselves in the top 2%. Very cute, guys.
I put myself in the 10%-20% bracket. Trying to be as real as possible, here. Though I had by IQ tested when I was five to see if I had some learning disability and scored rather high - though I shant advertise the score here - I don't really take much stock in it. I've much to learn about life, love, the universe, and piloting mono-red aggro.
It's no great honor to place oneself in the top 2% if it is true. Neither does one have to repudiate their own intellect with false humility and downgrade themselves for the sake of being modest.
Intelligence is varied across numerous different fields, and it is but one measure in the ultimate success of a person. In my opinion, it is one of the least significant factors, taking a backseat to focus, determination, dedication, effort, enthusiasm, and health.
If you guys think you're so smart; then go ahead and answer this basic 5th grade math problem.
Look at this as a test of your basic math foundation.
In a cornfield, there are 7 girls sitting on a bus, and they each have 7 backpacks that contained 7 larger cats who had 7 smaller cats attached to them. Assuming that a bus has no legs, how many legs are on that bus which is located in the corn field?
You may use any letter for your variables, just show me the work and show me the proofs. Solve it at least twice to clarify that your solution is correct or the answer you submitted will not count.
Hint: This 5th grade math question is very easy. It will use basic exponent rules and distributive properties you learn in early grade school.
Y = C + [Coefficient(...inside function)]
C = The constant for the amount of legs for the girls.
Except GMing - creative writing stuff never was a forte - which GMing requires heavily. I was a superb PC or even running an already written module (as long as the party stayed within the covered material) however.
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I graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech, and received a 2200+ on the SAT so that would definitely put me in the top 1% vs the average person but against the users on this forum, id say that puts me probably somewhere just above the average.
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There is a lot to be said for development of creative fiction and how it correlates to intelligence.
Example: When me and my friends played d&d we didn't use EXP at all. period. never once.
Every time one of the PC's did something intelligent, everyone would take a shot.
When a new bottle was opened, they leveled up.
Averaged like a low 3 in my English style courses vs acing the rest in college.
Re: People misusing the term Vanilla to describe a flying, unleash (sometimes trample) critter.
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Buy All the Dual Lands!!!
Buy All the fetches!
Create tons of EDH Decks!!!
Eat Nothing but Oats!! (LOL, not true)
Train MMA!!!
Marry My girlfriend!!!
Get her Pregnant only Once!
Teach my Son/Daughter Sports and magic cards!!!
Continue my legacy son!!!/Daughter!!
I am watching people use larger words than they would normally, because it has to do with their intelligence, so, why not spread your tail feathers?
Even a lot of the IQ's quoted aren't even necessarily as high as you may be lead to believe, top 1% (for instance) is 145 and up. Anything in 130-144 is just 2.3% (which I know is still great). But it is pretty hilarious to me. I went to college with smart people that dropped out, because they had no idea how to work or stick to something (or even decide on a major). My wife, though, who would probably score around 110 or so (this is a rough guess), gets 96%+ in her Masters course work because she is a hard worker. Intelligence is one thing, but it is actually probably a worse thing knowing that your IQ is particularly high, because then you think you can get away with stuff instead of just doing hard work.
Philosophy aside, this thread is still hilarious.
MTGS egos at their finest.
Thoughts on proxies:
The major thing I see are two things:
1. Potential
2. Application
It's the tortoise and the hare effect, you can be "born smart" but if you do not cultivate that talent you will never reach your full potential. Even then, it's a life long process in multiple directions.
Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.
Individualities may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.
Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.
Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
But how's about this as a measure of smarts with some more substance than one's self-assessment:
http://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/how-many-countries-can-you-name.php
Managed to scrape out 145 of current 196 countries. Hard to spell: Kirgeestan... Kyrgistan... Kyrgyzstan!
I got 111/196 but couldn't figure out how to spell Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and for some reason it wasn't accepting French Guiana or French Guyana (what did it want there?). Admittedly I don't know much about the South Pacific Islands or Africa but I got most everything in Europe, North America, and South America. But seriously, who remembers Herzegovina, Saint Lucia and all those tiny islands, Kosovo, Malta, Moldova, a few others . . . 100% on South America, though, baby!
All the countries I missed:
Europe
Andorra
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kosovo
Lichtenstein
Luxembourg (DOH! I've been there)
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Slovakia
Slovenia
Vatican City (DOH! Still a country . . .)
Asia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cyprus
East Timor
Georgia
Kuwait (DOH! Brother-in-law was stationed there)
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Maldives
Nepal
Oman
Qatar (Brother was stationed there)
Singapore (Friend there right now)
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Africa
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi (Damn you, Eddie Izzard!)
Central African Republic
Comoros
Cote d'Ivoire (I put in Côte d'Ivoire)
Djibouti (Ja Booty!)
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Lesotho
Liberia
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Rwanda (They have Hotels, or so I hear)
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles (She sell seashells by the seashore!)
Sierra Leone
South Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Zambia
North America
Barbados
Grenada
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
South America
NONE!
Oceania
Federated States of Micronesia
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
194. Missed Kosovo and St. Lucia.
You scored 165/196 = 84%.
This beats or equals 78.1% of test takers.
The average score is 109.
missed: Andorra, Belarus, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Malta, Vatican City, Bahrain, Cyprus, East Timor, Maldives, Qatar, Tajikistan, Cape Verde, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Príncipe, South Sudan, Zambia and Zimbabwe, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Tonga and Solomon Islands.
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I imagine most people on this site can relate. I fully admit turning out as well as I have is the product of a lot of coincidence. The nearly dying part was a big one. There is a certain amount of self-assurance that comes from living through something that probably should have killed you. Even as a firefighter for years before that - I had always been terrified that deep down I was a coward and could never be like the heroes I looked up to. Actually being tested and erasing those doubts from your mind helps a great deal.
I've always been good at storytelling... to the point where I was an excellent liar as a kid and made up stories to impress people. I think that was an outlet for how average I felt. In any case I also did a lot of drama and was in most school plays through Middle School (although in High School I was too embarrassed). I'm still a pretty story teller... but I try to use my powers only for good now.
Like making up stories on the fly as part of a GM campaign... so that my players can feel free to ignore the story and take revenge for every petty slight a character makes on them. Thankfully we just started Pathfinder and they all agreed to specific motivations for their characters so they don't all just go psychopath on a shopkeeper who doesn't give free merchandise.
You know, for all my self-confidence as a person now, I still feel this. I work in a field with people that have decades more experience and a half dozen extra degrees after their name than I do. In order to feel less out of my league, I usually have to remind myself that they have decades more experience (something I'll only get with time), and that all these brilliant, well educated professionals sit around a table with me and actually value my opinion. It's still very humbling, though, which is good for my ego.
I'm very much an on-the-fly GM. I got a lot of experiencing playing Star Wars Saga Edition while they were more concerned with being as evil as possible than accomplishing any goals. The problem is my players, aside from being super evil, don't think much outside the box (although since we got one of the girlfriends playing, she points out the hints at things they miss when I talk), so our games are pretty casual.
LOL! I love it.
And you've just given me an evening's festivities for my (and my friend's) several day long bachelor party. Gammaworld Drinking Game. Every time something dies, take a drink. Finish your drink, level up.
I think that's a pretty astute observation. I would say I'm pretty good at all those things... although I wish I had been worse at manipulating people.
I'd add a few tweaks, but I've typed enough for now. I would add abstract thinking to that to replace creativity and replace 'manipulative ability' for Charisma.
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I won't even bother with that, even though I'm hopefully better than the average American at basic geography.
Absolutely accurate - between my inlaws and friends growing up I've seen what happens to the undisciplined intelligent folk. Most in my ballpark - but literally range from nearly starving to death from poverty, to earning nothing but living on a trust fund (with 3 masters never applied towards work), to earning $40k and only staying ahead of bills with help from his inlaws.
All amongst the brightest people anyone could meet underachieving. The first and last make me especially sad - since accepting where you're at as comfortable I can relate to but they absolutely are not.
Re: People misusing the term Vanilla to describe a flying, unleash (sometimes trample) critter.
I like how poles like this can show MTG players egos.
What I want to know is what pleasure is derived from knowing that you're smarter than most people.
I've consistently scored in the top 2% in the general population. But you know where that gets me in life? Bottom rung of top tiered institutions.
There are millions of people smarter than me, statistically more than 6 million in the US alone, 120 million worldwide. What good is this?
Even if that 2% figure is an absolute solid/stable number, which its not, it means that I'm on the same level as those who are within the top 5% to the top 1% of the population.
It's not like every percentage of difference allows me to outshine someone so badly that their puny minds cannot comprehend my genius.
You know what that 2% tends to get me? I can have a little more fun and work a little less than other people and reap the same results. I can pick out bad arguments from time to time. Someone at the 10% cap may have to study four hours, while I can study for 2 and go out and play for the other 2.
It means that if I really try, I can be good at mostly any field. But to truly excel in any field is still a crapshoot for me.
There are times when I sincerely wish I were 'simpler' and a better person in many a regard than perhaps smarter and who I seem to be.
I like the further qualifying statement by using the wrong 'poll.'
Also, this thread gave me something that I put in my sig from the start. It is just so perfect...
MTGS egos at their finest.
Thoughts on proxies:
I put myself in the 10%-20% bracket. Trying to be as real as possible, here. Though I had by IQ tested when I was five to see if I had some learning disability and scored rather high - though I shant advertise the score here - I don't really take much stock in it. I've much to learn about life, love, the universe, and piloting mono-red aggro.
Let's test it with a basic high school math problem. Someone go make that thread with a basic Algebra II word problem.
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BUW Sharuum Midrange Control BUW
It's no great honor to place oneself in the top 2% if it is true. Neither does one have to repudiate their own intellect with false humility and downgrade themselves for the sake of being modest.
Intelligence is varied across numerous different fields, and it is but one measure in the ultimate success of a person. In my opinion, it is one of the least significant factors, taking a backseat to focus, determination, dedication, effort, enthusiasm, and health.
Look at this as a test of your basic math foundation.
In a cornfield, there are 7 girls sitting on a bus, and they each have 7 backpacks that contained 7 larger cats who had 7 smaller cats attached to them.
Assuming that a bus has no legs, how many legs are on that bus which is located in the corn field?
You may use any letter for your variables, just show me the work and show me the proofs. Solve it at least twice to clarify that your solution is correct or the answer you submitted will not count.
Hint: This 5th grade math question is very easy. It will use basic exponent rules and distributive properties you learn in early grade school.
Y = C + [Coefficient(...inside function)]
C = The constant for the amount of legs for the girls.
- Have fun and good luck!
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