IQ doesn't equal intelligence. Post examples here.

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Post by maiforpeace » Sat Jun 16, 2012 6:38 pm

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned RD yet. :hehe:
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Post by Ayaan » Sat Jun 16, 2012 6:41 pm

So am I. :hehe:

My sister - passed the CPA exam on the first try (difficult to do), but her personal life is a total wreck.
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Post by Jason » Sat Jun 16, 2012 6:45 pm

Me: Idiot

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Post by mistermack » Sat Jun 16, 2012 6:49 pm

When I was at university, forty years ago, I was in a tutorial group of three.
The guy who was by far the brightest was so obsessed with trains, that he traveled the country by train every weekend, with a notebook, noting trains, carriages, and anything else train related.
If you reeled off any number up to six figures, he could tell you what piece of train hardware that referred to, and prove it.
He was WAY ahead of me and the other guy, in understanding our tutor.

But he failed his first year exams and left. He just hadn't done any work at all. He was just so obsessed with trains.
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Re: IQ doesn't equal intelligence. Post examples here.

Post by maiforpeace » Sat Jun 16, 2012 7:24 pm

Ayaan wrote:
My sister - passed the CPA exam on the first try (difficult to do), but her personal life is a total wreck.
I think her wreck of a personal life would be considered a lack of EQ, or emotional intelligence.

Is one a subset of the other, or are they distinctly difference things?
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Post by Ayaan » Sat Jun 16, 2012 7:25 pm

Not sure.
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Post by Tyrannical » Sat Jun 16, 2012 7:46 pm

mistermack wrote:When I was at university, forty years ago, I was in a tutorial group of three.
The guy who was by far the brightest was so obsessed with trains, that he traveled the country by train every weekend, with a notebook, noting trains, carriages, and anything else train related.
If you reeled off any number up to six figures, he could tell you what piece of train hardware that referred to, and prove it.
He was WAY ahead of me and the other guy, in understanding our tutor.

But he failed his first year exams and left. He just hadn't done any work at all. He was just so obsessed with trains.
Wow, your naivety always made me think you were much, much younger. Of course thanks to the FUA, please don't take that as an insult :hehe:
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Post by Warren Dew » Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:48 pm

Yes, Stephen Barrett is a good example, assuming he has a high IQ.

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Post by mistermack » Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:49 pm

Tyrannical wrote: Wow, your naivety always made me think you were much, much younger. Of course thanks to the FUA, please don't take that as an insult :hehe:
Perhaps I am naive. But don't think that because I debate with sad pathetic trolls, that I don't know what they're at.
I'm just here for amusement. Some trolls are more amusing than others.
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Post by Thinking Aloud » Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:52 pm

Tyrannical wrote:Of course thanks to the FUA, please don't take that as an insult :hehe:
http://rationalia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=37678 :dance:

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