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50 Pics Of Very “Smart” People Embarrassing Themselves That Will Stay On The Internet Forever (New Pics)
Interview With Expert
As Charles Bukowski famously said: “The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
Despite the fact that we have infinite knowledge at our fingertips with the internet, it appears that being online has only made some of us dumber. Or it has at least allowed us to showcase our stupidity in front of more people than ever before!
We took a trip to the I Am Very Smart subreddit and gathered some of their most hilarious posts down below. Enjoy scrolling through these examples of people believing they’re much smarter than they actually are, and keep reading to find a conversation with Scott Carter, CMHC!
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#1
Murdered By Words
David 1 year ago
it's late, so maybe I'm missing your meaning. But if their category is IQ, then by their own words they are not in the top 1%, which is what OP was asking for.
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Moo 1 year ago
People who put value on IQ have incredibly low emotional intelligence, and also don't understand that IQ is an incredibly flawed test
Michael Largey 1 year ago
First, it really depends on how they place value on it and what value that is. Second, some people who put value on IQ don't have a high IQ and know it.
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Tabitha 1 year ago (edited)
TBH, I don’t think I’m in the top 1%—-or bottom 1%—-of anything. I highly suspect I’m in different levels above the middle in a lot of areas, some of which might (MIGHT, because there is some pretty amazing intellect in the world) be pretty up there but nowhere near 1%, and different levels just below the middle in others, but no extremes in either direction. And not one bit of that is a bad thing! In fact, it helps ground you. While it is fine to strive to be the best you can be, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with going as far as you can but never being in the top 1%, because so many people never even try. Granted, luck does play a part in it all, even for the few who achieve 1%, because there are too many who don’t get the chance, because they’re completely blocked from trying for various reasons (income, location, race, gender, etc). Just be proud of your achievements, because you succeeded in accomplishing them!
Dingooo 1 year ago
I am in the top 1% of people who know the difference between jealousy and envy.
MadMonkey 1 year ago
IQ tests are inherently flawed. I could lecture about that (I did, once upon a time). It is like the Myers-Briggs Test: unproven, flawed in design, unreliable. Arguing about this is throwing rocks at a ghost.
Jane Hower 1 year ago
Wonder what the percentage is for an IQ of 143 - my son was tested at that.
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#2
Show Me Your Words Per Minute And I'll Show You Mine
Moosy Girl 1 year ago
Garfield HOLY FFFFFFF WHAAAAT. Garfield gaedieks faeduwks daesjwks, dang it was just beginner’s luck. :(
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Justin Tyme 1 year ago
People are missing the joke. To complete the challenge, you are supposed to type this: GARFIELD WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED
Justin Tyme 1 year ago
I intentionally taught myself to type without looking at the keyboard. Oh yeah, and “GARFIELD”.
#3
Said He Had An IQ Of 150
WindySwede 1 year ago
"I said I was quick, not that it was the right answer..." 🙃
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Ali H M Salehuddin 1 year ago (edited)
I am no math major. But I am pretty sure there is no "integrated calculus" either.
María Hermida 1 year ago
Everybody is self-educated. The process of learning is totally personal and nobody can do it for you.
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Philip Rutter 1 year ago
actually there ARE "electrons in a nucleus" - IF you are looking through the appropriate theory-lens; a "neutron" is specifically a particle formed by a proton merging with a neutron. They will come apart again under some circumstance, like, oh, an exploding atomic bomb... not to excuse the self-impressed whiz. :-)
María Hermida 1 year ago
A neutron is formed when a proton merges with a neutron? I think you mixed your particles somewhere. I remember very little physics from school, but it doesn't make a lot of sense. It's a real question, I'm not trying to sound smart.
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To learn more about the phenomenon of people feeling the need to assert their intelligence online, we reached out to Clinical Mental Health Counselor Scott Carter, who was kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda.
“I find that most people aren't nearly as aware or conscious of their own actions or behaviors as they ought to be,” Scott shared. “They assert themselves as experts, partially because they're failing to exercise sufficient enough awareness to realize that they aren't an expert, but it's more than a lack of awareness. It goes well beyond that.”
“Humans can easily be pulled into their own individual ego's need for superiority. People are always looking for ways to be better or look better than other people, but it's all rooted in the insecurities that they aren't willing to acknowledge,” the therapist continued.
#4
Clearly This Man Studies
Tabitha 1 year ago
Spiders aren’t classed as Hemiptera, because they’re not “true” bugs. They’re arachnids. They have eight legs and do not go through metamorphosis to achieve their adult form (ie spiders don’t start out as larva and transform into adults; baby spiders are born as fully formed spiders, just tiny ones).
Joshua Seaman 1 year ago (edited)
He is wrong in trying to correct the joke. Spiders literally drink bugs.
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#5
Ah Yes, *now* I Understand
David 1 year ago
It is an obvious joke for most folks - who don't correct it. For those who do correct it, it is an IQ test.
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Stephanie Did It 1 year ago
That must explain why they build the shores so close to the oceans!
tw 72 1 year ago
No kidding...like good thing it snows in the mountains because that where the ski resorts are.
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Javelina Poppers 1 year ago
Easily a joke.............but just in case, when his IQ reaches 65, he should sell.
Ali H M Salehuddin 1 year ago (edited)
You are all wrong! My superior IQ says that is a photo of a sperm about to fertilize an egg.
#6
So Nerdy UwU
BrownTabby 1 year ago (edited)
“Prestidigitation” only exists as one of the words Akeelah had to spell in Akeelah and the Bee, sorry I don’t make the rules
“Deep down, they feel inferior, and this can seem like an obvious way to overcome that inferiority when it's not. It's a misnomer. People compensate for their deep-rooted insecurity and inferiority in many ways,” Scott explained.
“It might seem like the solution to insecurity and inferiority is for others to view us as smart or having expertise but again, it's a misnomer. When you speak as an expert to things that you know nothing about, you only deepen your own inferiority because you're creating a greater dissonance between what you think you know or making it look like you know versus what you actually do know.”
#7
Ah Yes, Family Guy, The Smartest Show Yet Written
Astro 1 year ago
I understand the humour of Family Guy. I get the punchline of the jokes in Family Guy. I don’t ask any questions about the jokes in Family Guy. And yet…..I still don’t think Family Guy is funny.
Valek Fermiga 1 year ago (edited)
Fantastic reason for that; because it's not....
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Rayne OfSalt 1 year ago
The clothes dumped on the chair in the corner of my room "understand" and "get the jokes" in family guy.
You stole that from Robocop 1 year ago
Was it South Park that portrayed the scriptwriters of Family Guy as 2 manatees in a tank picking balls with phrases written on them?
tuzdayschild 1 year ago
Who are you hanging out with that have such difficulty understanding Family Guy?
David 1 year ago
What it actually takes is a lot of pop culture immersion. I have not watched it recently but seasons I have seen make a lot of references to various pop culture and memes and actors and so on that you might miss if you don't stay current. Most of the jokes are not particularly "deep". But they might name a person or situation you haven't heard of.
Thor Haugen 1 year ago
The Family Guy lost me a long time ago in an episode when Peter hit Lois. I get that we all have different boundaries, but domestic abuse is not amusing to me.
Austin Sauce 1 year ago
I get Family Guy humor and find a few episodes really funny. But I liked it much more in college. I found Community and Brooklyn 99 to have much more sophisticated yet silly humor.
Awesome At Being Autistic 1 year ago
Sorry, but the show's not funny. Impress me by getting all the jokes and references in Futurama.
#8
Dude Claims He Settled For His Wife Because He Can’t “Find A Woman At His Level”
Squiffle Noses 1 year ago
"I am a very smart twat. My wife is very understanding about it - sometimes my highbrow condescension gets on her nerves but she deals with that by cheating on me whenever she feels like it." - There... I fixed it.
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David 1 year ago
What makes this pretentious twaddle even funnier is "for her sex". The general consensus is there is no statistically significant difference between male / female IQ scores AND when a difference is noted - it usually gives a very slight edge to the females. So stating it like being female means her expected IQ is lower just displays his ignorance as well as his s****y attitude.
EarthGrowl 1 year ago
Women generally have better memories. That's a huge advantage.
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Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago
Awww...he invests time and patience to communicate with his "dumb" wife. The day the "dumb" wife serves him with divorce papers is going to be a real shocker.
Lunaofthenest (She/they) 1 year ago
Yeah, I'm sure her patience with him is about to run out. What a complete tool.
EarthGrowl 1 year ago
Maybe the fact that he's a misogynistic little worm and think his wife is an inferior creature contributes to the communication difficulties? The fact that he could write this garbage shows he has a negative emotional IQ. Every couple has communication difficulties at time, because people learn different life lessons at different speeds, men seem to learn those basic life lessons slower.
Kimbowa 1 year ago
This made me put my coffee down. “this is the best I could do”? Eff you. “with love and patience we make it work”?!? Are you effing kidding me? Please shut up you are a tragedy.
Jinx (she/her) 1 year ago
he speaks about this wife (about whose existence i have doubts) as though she were a different species, like me trying to understand what my dog or cat wants when they're trying to get my attention
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This Was Their Response To "Treat Women Like People"
Angrykitten 1 year ago
I wonder what the over lap is between incel and racism
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Scotira 1 year ago
I was a bit scared to look it up but sadly too curious not to... "the Dark Tetrad of personality: sub-clinical traits of sadism, psychopathy, narcissism and Machiavellianism" 🙈 I'm just glad that I don't date any longer 😅
Load More Replies... Lena Flising 1 year ago
Calling women "femoids" or "females" is not treating them as the people they are. The ones who succeed in dating usually treat women as individuals, equals.
Austin L 1 year ago
I like to respond to people questioning me or anyone about some gendered stereotype with, "I see people doing _______ all the time." They usually follow with, "Yeah, women!" to which I respond, "Women aren't people?" I've never gotten a response back to it but it also doesn't come up very often at least. 🤣
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María Hermida 1 year ago
What??? Dude, quit whatever you are taking/drinking/smoking! It clearly makes you totally incoherent. Or is this your natural state? If so, please start taking/drinking/smoking something, whatever you want. Nothing can make you worse then you are.
CaptainDinosaur 1 year ago
You see he is talking about the transactional nature of dating in a late stage capitalist society and, nope, nope, he's just a chud.
JB 1 year ago
He’s mistaking dating for a transactional interaction during late stage capitalism without realizing people don’t always value money over personal preference.
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Cpt. Robert "Panda" Christian 1 year ago (edited)
Can we just please start designating Incels as "Potential Serial Killers", because these wastes of human space definitely seem to be one keyboard stroke away from going full " American Psycho".
“But what else should we expect from a culture that is obsessed with hierarchies?” Scott asks, noting that status is everything these days. “Without status, we can't justifiably care about ourselves or see worth or value in ourselves, right? That's how it seems, anyway. Most of us fall for this illusion,” he continued. “That status equals importance, and importance equals respect and love. Making oneself look like an expert seems like an easy way to acquire status.”
#10
Not Mine, But Her Name's Not Maria
JoMeBee 1 year ago
I like that his avatar wasn't crossed out. Asshats like him do not deserve anonymity.
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David 1 year ago
I made it all the way to retirement without ever needing to use the term 'cum dumpster' to describe a romantic partner.
CooperDooper81 1 year ago
But after retirement it was on for young and old? :p
Load More Replies... Stephanie Did It 1 year ago
So scared to engage with a woman because he thinks he'll lose IQ points out of his w.inky?
Ponz666 p 1 year ago
I'm shocked bored panda didn't censor cum dumpster, are we reaching freedom of speech in this place?
Tucker Cahooter 1 year ago (edited)
Is the poor chess piece, p**n, still censored? (Answer: yes)
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#11
Scary Fact: He's Delusional
WindySwede 1 year ago
Heading for flerf.. also curious about if the just mean mRNA vaccin, or mRNA in general? 🤔😥
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EarthGrowl 1 year ago
The most stupid always brag about their super-duper intelligence. Dude, if you're smart other smart people will know. If you have to throw your IQ into the conversation to prove you're smart... you're not.
Kristal 1 year ago
Okay, it is totally feasible to have bad grades in early education (heck even in college) and still be intelligent. Some people just don't book. I'd just like to put that out there for anyone that might need to hear it. The rest of his statement proves he's not though.
Angrykitten 1 year ago
100%. Schools, especially public schools are geared to a very specific type of learning styles.
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censorshipsucks 1 year ago
yeah he proved it with his nobel prize and many journal articles on the topic. sure. /s
#12
"I'm An Engineer"
Astro 1 year ago
“We’re so much smarter than the rest of you! According to us! Aren’t you impressed yet?” Humans are exhausting
hitex 1 year ago
Indeed! First post doesnt bother me - I often also identify my profession when topic involves relevant education/experience so others are aware I'm not just blowing smoke .... The 2nd one is why I don't like or associate with too many 'smart' folk
Load More Replies... Stephanie Did It 1 year ago (edited)
Having worked closely with engineers for some years, I agree that they think a lot, to the extent that they overthink most things and are completely obtuse about the rest. Design a bridge but can't put paper in a copier. Predict earthquakes but struggle to tie shoes so they wear loafers or Velcro shoes. You sort of have to part the fog to get their attention. Engineers are truly a different breed.
The Original Bruno 1 year ago (edited)
OP is correct on all points. And I'm NOT an engineer. Yeah, his response is rather rude, but he never said he was a civil engineer.
David 1 year ago
I want to see the pool being discussed. Perhaps they were discussing water flow in a wave pool or one of those stationary surfing pools. At least I hope so. In a regular pool the 'water velocity' is the same no matter the width or depth or which end you are at.
hitex 1 year ago
The engineering dork in me wants to analyze the pool too! Let's see it
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Quitethedilemma 1 year ago
"Bow before me, you small mindless beings." Enough with the self fellating. Yuck, dude get off it.
Giulia Fortunati 1 year ago
My SIL is not only an engineer, she's a university professor of engineering! She's the most arrogant person I know!
hitex 1 year ago
I find MDs frankly most arrogant...university educators, particularly in specialized field, close 2ns
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Moo 1 year ago
How much math and science do you really need to survive? You chose this career choice, too. I didn't. If anything, I find it quite smart I'm not doing a career that fries my brain. Instead I'm playing to my strengths. Math and science aren't the sole determinants of intelligence...but it's always what comes up
Dragons Exist 1 year ago
Exactly, like how many professions will I need y=5(9.5)^x
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hitex 1 year ago
My mechanical engineering class was 81% male, so I doubt there are many engineering twats, provided that I think a twat is a pu**y
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“It's not necessarily that they think they're an expert, it's that their lack of awareness prevents them from seeing that they should probably just say nothing. The ability to be anonymous on the internet though really emboldens some people,” Scott added. “The anonymity of the internet is so much safer, it gives people something to run and hide behind when things get messy.”
#13
Only The Truly Superior Minds Can Understand Italian
Stannous Flouride 1 year ago
To be fair- If I worked there I'd applaud this twatwaffle leaving.
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and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 1 year ago
Actually if this is true which I highly doubt, that would be the most realistic explanation.
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Giraffy Window 1 year ago (edited)
Plot twist: the shop was being robbed and OP didn't notice because they were too busy congratulating themselves for having an a**s wide enough for their own head.
Tabitha 1 year ago
Or their friend saw someone there they knew but didn’t want to talk to, like an ex-lover——something this OP would know absolutely nothing about.
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IndoGrrlRN67 1 year ago
I'm shocked this person even has a friend, much less one with only a high school degree.
#14
My Man Can Count
Bonesko 1 year ago
Doesn't Trump boast about his big brain? Probably him.
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Romek Vili 1 year ago
Numbers are easy. If your average count is one number per second. It takes 31 years and 8 months
Jan Srbený 1 year ago
ehm, that would be billion, right??? trillion would take 31 700 years, so he is probably still counting
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Lunaofthenest (She/they) 1 year ago
You counted to a trillion? Did y'all spend the night at school, or something because that would take a very long time. I guess he should have dedicated some of that numbers time to learning basic grammar & punctuation.
Nevid 1 year ago
If you count to one trillion in 100 billion increments, it's actually quite fast.
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Ken Beattie 1 year ago
Conceptually counting to a trillion is easy. The numbers themselves aren't complicated. The reality though is that you'd die of old age waaaaaay before getting there. If he was so smart he'd have realised that.
Adorable Davelands 1 year ago
I'm sure they could count to a trillion as long as they had an extra 31000+ years (at one number a second) or they started at 999,999,999,999
#15
Guy On Facebook Whining Because His Words Are “Too Intellectual" For People To Understand
"Disembodied voice" 1 year ago
I'm not saying dumb down or talk down to people but it is a skill to be able to communicate differently so people can understand you
Kate 1 year ago
Anthropologists call it "code switching." We do it subconsciously all the time, usually in very small ways. And then there's that guy.
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Sonja 1 year ago
Being wordy has nothing to do with being intelligent. Brevity is the soul of the wit. Being able to communicate in a precise manner is a sign of intelligence
Astro 1 year ago (edited)
Amen! Some of the most useless people I’ve ever met have had huge vocabularies. Some of the coolest and kindest human beings I’ve met have really struggled with spoken/written language. And then there’s everyone in between! Intelligence is truly subjective
Load More Replies... Tee Rat 1 year ago
Me trying to explain to my young grandson how the Internet works forgetting he has access to the Internet. "Grandpa, the Internet doesn't work because a turtle walks on a treadmill."
Load More Replies... Rahul Pawa 1 year ago
Honestly, learning to be brief and explain things simply is an important communication skill.
Midoribird Aoi 1 year ago
My older siblings made it a game to teach me to read as early as possible, and add to that the fact I was a huge TV addict, and I have been reading since I was two. It unfortunately has led to this problem, and I do not believe I am smarter than the average person. Sesame Street, Mr Rodgers, and any game show I could watch. I was, and still am, a massive book addict. I am not overly smart. I just have a well developed memory, which is useful at my job. In retail.
BrownTabby 1 year ago
This guy just got called a bloviating twåt by someone he was trying to act superior to. You know how I know this? Because there is absolutely nothing wordy about the post he’s just written here. He can speak simply when he wants to; he’s just choosing not to at times.
Scott went on to note that he’s spoken to many young people who have built and engineered an entirely different identity for themselves online. “They can easily lie about their age, their money, their status and anything else like expertise with little or no consequence,” he shared.
“If you remove accountability and consequences, it emboldens people to do some really nasty things and there isn't much nastier than deception. They are seeking status, and they are sometimes willing to say or do whatever is necessary to get there.”
#16
They Only Teach One Thing In Business Schools
hitex 1 year ago
My roommate in undergrad was comms major & said this BS when I needed an extra year to get my engineering degree 🙄
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 1 year ago
"Profit = Revenue - Cost" is only the first year. The second is "Buy low. Sell high."
Ansi 1 year ago
I could be the King, but buildning a time machine isn't worth my time. I don't want to spend two years on something else when I can look at catvideos on YouTube.
TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago
Economics are a quite easy field, still no excuse to be a douche and discredit the work people put into studying it
rullyman 1 year ago
Economists do huge amounts of damage to the world every day by putting profit and the mystical ✨️ economy ✨️ above human health, happiness, and the environment every day. So I say, duck em
Load More Replies... Awesome At Being Autistic 1 year ago
Yeah if you graduated with an MBA in the early 90s you would be lucky to get hired at a slightly above minimum wage job doing data entry. Far too many people got MBAs because it was either the soft option in uni or their parents pushed them into it.
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Trophy Husband 1 year ago
I still use concepts I learned in my MBA 20 years later on. More to the point, the experience of being in college is one of the best times of my life. I'd say that's one of the best decisions I've ever made.
Chris Landrum 1 year ago
I am the same way with theoretical physics. I dont want to take 4 years to learn E-MC squared
C.O. Shea 1 year ago
Reminds me of the business teacher who bragged about opting not to go in with his buddies on the company that became Intel. Derp!!!
#17
Elon Musk Is Too Smart For Chess
Lunaofthenest (She/they) 1 year ago
This is the dumbest way of saying "I couldn't find anyone who would play with me, anymore" that I've ever heard.
Lucifer 1 year ago
It's evident that Musk is an idiot who got lucky and was born with a golden spoon in his mouth.
WonderWoman 1 year ago
He is so **smart** that he took a thriving company that was making money and managed to turn it into money-losing piece of garbage. His vehicles are constantly being recalled. But yeah, he is bored by chess. ::eyeroll::
NutsnB0lts 1 year ago
He's like a child. A very rich, very whiny child who brags about the weirdest things because he has no friends.
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FaceTime Audio 1 year ago
It’s a pretty fun game, but it’s not better than chess, and playing Polytopia is a weird flex. I just enjoyed it on road trips with my cousins
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Xenia Harley 1 year ago
How you say, "I'm the biggest douche" using "big" words. Cannot stand the guy.
#18
I Didn't Reject The Trad Life, The Trad Life Rejected Me
Angeldust McQuade 1 year ago
When someone brags that they’ve had a lot of sex, I believe they have not had any.
We also asked the expert if he had any advice for people who feel the need to prove their intelligence online. “Each person should learn to ask themselves, honestly, if they have any ability to speak about an event or an issue, and they should also examine whether or not they have any experience with that situation,” Scott shared.
“When the conflict in Israel popped up recently, I saw a meme that said, ‘I'm no longer an expert on Ukraine because now I'm an expert about Israel,’ which I thought was incredibly accurate,” he continued. “I have no doubt that many of the people who have been vocal about these issues could find these places on a map. But everything that I've suggested so far still requires some awareness and insight which has become a rare and precious commodity these days. We first have to ask people to look at themselves, honestly, in the mirror.”
#19
Will Anyone Finally Date This Intellectual?
Bonesko 1 year ago
If you had any concept of the 4th dimension you could travel back in time to make sure this person doesn't breed
Load More Replies... Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago
I once came across a dating profile of someone who said he "possessed a degree" and defined himself as "highly intelligent". I was tempted to swipe right for the laughs but he also looked like someone you'd see on America's most wanted so l didn't take any chances.
Kristal 1 year ago
Why is 'possessed a degree' a bad phrase? I possess several degrees. Is it the fact that he said it in the first place? Cause I understand that. Unless he's trying to emphasis degrees in multiple subjects, which is pretty cool.
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Max Fox 1 year ago
In our three dimensional world, the 4th is time, and and we all can think about time...
Philip Rutter 1 year ago
Oh, my friend- I had to become an employer to learn; along with all other employers; that there are huge numbers of people utterly unable to "think about" time... :-)
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LizzieBoredom 1 year ago
He's concerned about time because he has so much of it.
Load More Replies... Flora Porter 1 year ago
Guessing the other person got a bit fidgety as he explained Doctor Who to them episode by episode.
Little Wonder 1 year ago
God, the matches I got on Bumble were almost all blokes who wanted to talk about football. I'd even prefer that to this.
Chris Landrum 1 year ago
Given time is the 4th dimension, does he mean he doesn't have time to talk?
#20
And Then Everyone Clapped
Ansi 1 year ago
He should definitely apply for every single debate team in an 1h area
Load More Replies... Moo 1 year ago
Why does it bother you so much that someone believes in something that gives them peace and comfort? As long as they aren't hurting anyone leave them be
Doormeetass 1 year ago
This is clearly not written by an atheist. Read like a kid spitting up an immature straw man argument
BrownTabby 1 year ago
Oh, this very website is crawling with atheists who behave like that, and I say this as an atheist myself.
Load More Replies... Lena Flising 1 year ago
I'd say it was the one being kicked out that was the snowflake. I'm an agnostic atheist myself, and i still respect people who have different faiths, as long as they respect my lack of faith. This guy didn't have any respect, at all.
Lee Banks 1 year ago (edited)
I love my extremely intelligent, religious partner. Hope all y'all are able to respect your, and your peers beliefs. To be able truly get the gift of understanding is wonderful. As long as there's no hate, I see no problem.
Jan Srbený 1 year ago
how you do it with children??? do you raise them in believe or will let them decide later???
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Happy Onion 1 year ago
"Smart enough not to believe" but not smart enough to keep his mouth shut.
Mary Montejo 1 year ago
Does the word destroy have an alternate meaning or am I missing something?
#21
"Silly Woman, You Can't Use Mathematical Terms Figuratively!"
Lauren S 1 year ago
Am I silly that exponentially makes perfect sense to me? It’s not a 1:1 relationship like 5 more girls than boys… it’s like five times the amount of girls than boys…which isn’t even, gosh idk. I realize I sound like these douches but my little brain has been out of school too long. How about I end with her phrase provides a more accurate picture of the discrepancy. Nah… still douchey… sorry!
David 1 year ago
Not silly. Most of us reading her comment understood it just fine.
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BrownTabby 1 year ago
In other words, he can’t deny that schools are sexist about girls’ clothing so we get this tangent.
Angrykitten 1 year ago
An example of sexism in our schools follwed by An example of mansplaning
Jessica Shookhoff 1 year ago
Ok, like many words, exponential has both a scientific definition and a colloquial definition. Her usage, in the colloquial sense, is 100% accurate, and the douche is being aggressively pedantic because he's intellectually incapable of addressing her point. Another example of a word with both a scientific and colloquial definition would be the word mimicry. In biology, it has a well-defined meaning pertaining to an evolutionary advantage conferred by externally resembling another organism or object, but it also has a colloquial definition that can at times imply ridicule.
Lena Flising 1 year ago
"Exponential means growing or increasing very rapidly." So, another way of saying that could be "significantly more"? For every boy being policed by his clothes, there are probably 1000 girls being policed. Maybe we ought to teach boys to concentrate...
Marno C. 1 year ago
Personally, I would have used the word 'disproportionately', but when I think about it, exponentially works too. When someone comes the attention of the authorities, they stay on that radar. So, 2 girls get dress-checked. Next day, they get it again, but now they are each with a friend, so 4 girls get checked. A few days later, those 4 girls are walking the hallways with more friends, and all those girls get checked because of the previous four. It might not play out as smoothly as that, but sometimes it is near enough.
Nikki Sevven 1 year ago
Apparently, this genius is blissfully unaware that we use mathematical terms when we're comparing numbers.
Scott also wants people to accept that it's okay to not know everything. “It's okay to say you don't know, and it's okay to shut up and listen to those who know about it,” he shared. “It's okay to yield to the experts. It doesn't make you less of a person. In fact, admitting that you don't know and you're there to listen and learn is the real strength and the real virtue.”
“The bottom line piece of advice is simply this: For people to practice their own awareness and be honest with themselves,” the therapist noted. “Become more conscious and more aware of your actions, don't just mindlessly do whatever and don't just follow any and every impulse that pops up. Learn how to be more intentional and deliberate about your actions and learn to ask yourself the hard questions. ‘Am I one of those people? Should I take a step back here? Do I really know what I'm talking about?’”
#22
Me Just Trying To Help A Customer On Our Website Chat Today
Carrie Laughs 1 year ago
Is it a chocolate biscuit? I can lie happily about my IQ for chocolate.
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Space Invader 1 year ago
I love how these people mention their IQ when they claim to "know" something, since "knowledge" and "intelligence" are separate things entirely. Then again, I didn't mention my IQ, so what do I know?
TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago
I heard a funny saying about that: "Knowledge is to know that tomatoes are fruit, intelligence is knowing to not put them into a fruit salad"
Load More Replies... Not-a-Clue (she/her) 1 year ago
I get pretty good scores on IQ tests. All that proves is that I'm pretty good at IQ tests. There's tons more to intelligence than they can ever assess.
EarthGrowl 1 year ago
Lesson 1) If you have to tell people your IQ, then your IQ is probably about 50 points lower than that online test said. I genius isn't a walking encyclopedia. Most geniuses specialize in one discipline. You can have a musical genius, a genius in mathematics, a genius in literary works or art. Even if you have a naturally high IQ it doesn't mean you know everything! Sometimes it just means you learn faster and grasp complex concepts faster than an average person. But you still have to study and learn the correct information so it can be applied correctly. A good example of a moron who thinks he is a genius is Trump! He thinks he is an intuitive genius and he just naturally knows everything. He thinks he is so gifted that he is an expert without a bit of studying.
Auntriarch 1 year ago
Oh I don't know, I think his genius lies in making people believe in him
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keyboardtek 1 year ago
I have noticed that people who are extremely smart and knowledgeable about one subject arrogantly assume all their views on everything are the only correct ones. I had to put up with the most hateful intolerant, devoid of compassion, political views in an electronics college course from the arrogant instructor and an arrogant student who disrupted the class to show off their political superiority.
#23
Internally Rolling My Eyes
Cooking Panda 1 year ago
No internal monologues? Must be quiet & lonely up there with all those brain cells
Ansi 1 year ago
Some people don't hear a voice in their heads or can close their eyes and picture something in their heads. But it has nothing to do with intelligence like this twat is saying. I don't even think he got a box.
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Lucifer 1 year ago
Doesn't he realise that to have an "Out of box" thinking, there should be an "inner box" thinking first?
Sebastian Garcia 1 year ago
It's much easier to think outside the box, knowing he doesn't have one
Load More Replies... Lena Flising 1 year ago
Did you get the same "IQ" test that Donald Trump got? The one where he identified some animals and showed he's not senile?
#24
Ruining Friendships With Facts And Logic
Flora Porter 1 year ago
And don't know how to have a discussion without having to win it.
Load More Replies... Rahul Pawa 1 year ago
Are they bragging here? Like...do they think it's impressive to argue about physics so much that they ruined friendships?
Kim Landfather 1 year ago
“I have an IQ of sixteen billion and everyone I know is below me. Bow to my intellect and be humbled before me.” Do these people honestly NOT know that we all roll our eyes and chuckle at this kind of arrogance?
“Intelligence doesn't mean that you know everything. In fact, the most intelligent people that I've known have realized that they know next to nothing and aren't afraid to admit it,” Scott added. “Now that's being smart. The smartest people are also the people who exercise their awareness. Being aware of one's own actions is a sign of true intelligence. A truly intelligent person freely admits when they don't know something.”
#25
Guy Talking About His Experience With Women
lfc73 1 year ago
I think, perhaps, if you were to be a bit less of a phantom-snob, and simply enjoyed talking to someone about these fascinating facts, you may have more luck. Instead of being a brash, faux erudite, simply be curious, and respectful about others' experiences. Also, don't be a wanker. It's common sense & common decency, really.
Sandella 1 year ago
I love how swears like twat and wanker don't get censored haha, not American enough perhaps
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Space Invader 1 year ago
Poisson distribution? The distribution of fish? Must be a riveting subject...
Say No to Downvoting 1 year ago
Les poisson, les poisson, how I LOVE les poisson…
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hitex 1 year ago
As woman who could theoretically engage in convo on all these topics, I can confirm 100% he's never actually been with a woman bc talking about that sh*t ain't sexy
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BrownTabby 1 year ago
I sustain conversations about Marxism all the time; it’s not my fault you don’t think the words “eat the rich” are highbrow enough.
Say No to Downvoting 1 year ago
I can sustain a conversation about Marxism! Groucho, Harpo, “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member” and all that.
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You Cant Make This Stuff Up
Michael Largey 1 year ago
His vowing not to reproduce is like my vowing not to roller skate on Jupiter.
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Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 1 year ago
Im surprised the *slur* said multiple times isn't blurred but f**k usually is
Jinx (she/her) 1 year ago
yea, I'm usually against the ridiculous censoring, but this is one word I wouldn't mind being blurred
Load More Replies... Boopertrooperbette 1 year ago
Sounds like the choice to not reproduce is less about personal choice and more about lack of willing partners...🤔
#27
Good In Math = Better Human
Astro 1 year ago (edited)
I can’t understand why people struggle with creating schools for ants at all. There could also be a possibility of me being a better human being. I sometimes create schools for ants and predict their ant school graphs all for entertainment and fun of it but probably many of Idiot humans won't even understand this.
Tuna Beach 1 year ago
Nope. I don't think there is a possibility of him being a better human being.
Tamra 1 year ago
There's a better possibility that he's a massive douchebag.
Load More Replies... Are you feeling much smarter after scrolling through this list, pandas? Even if you don’t know much more than these people, at least you know not to broadcast your stupidity online! Keep upvoting the pics that give you secondhand embarrassment, and then if you’re interested in checking out even more photos from I Am Very Smart, you can find Bored Panda’s last article featuring the group right here!
#28
He Was Saying That Women Inherently Had Lower IQs And This Was His Response To Me Calling IQ Tests Pseudoscience
Giraffy Window 1 year ago
How DARE you. That is their beloved waifu you're disrespecting. Hina-Chan is entirely innocent in all of this.
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Bubs (he/they) 1 year ago (edited)
Anime profile pic, talking down to women, thinking IQs even matter... yeah that's an incel alright. (just to clarify, I don't have anything against anime itself, just these kinds of people seem to have an affinity for it)
mysterious(all pronouns) 1 year ago
Fun Fact: Before IQ tests, a French psychologist invented a series of questions used to determine mental age for grade placement after France mandated schooling for children. His tests were later combined and changed into what we now see as the modern IQ test. Also, IQ tests have been shown to be racially biased (Look up Larry P., a California case about IQ testing being biased against black children).
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
They're biased against every group they're not designed for. I tried an IQ test at one point (probably 20+ years ago) and it was obviously designed for Americans. How would I know who the 15th president was, or answer questions involving pints and gallons? We don't have a president nor do we use pints and gallons in measurement.
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Parmeisan 1 year ago
According to tests I took when I was younger, I have an IQ of 142. Luckily, that's *just* smart enough to recognize that it's a BS number based largely on the fact that I happened to like puzzles so I'd seen a lot of that type of question before I took the test. I'm very good at some sorts of tasks, mediocre at most, and absolutely terrible at plenty of stuff - just like most people! But I guess that's a low IQ cope.
#29
A Real Baby Genius
Tabitha 1 year ago (edited)
Or just a liar. Check for flames in the trouser area.
Load More Replies... Stephanie Did It 1 year ago
I actually reinvented breathing at the time of my birth, and reinvented walking less than two years later. Thought nothing of it.
Chris Jones 1 year ago
Gosh! Well done. We should all aspire to this... 🤔
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Uncanny 1 year ago
I quantum leapt back in time when I was 3 in order to save humanity from the giant asteroid which was about to hit. I caught it and tossed it back into space and yelled, ‘Not today, you naughty rock! (Cos I was three). Came back to a different reality where no one knows I’m the saviour of humanity and don’t give me discount at McDonalds or anything. 😞
Lena Flising 1 year ago
To reinvent "the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the guiding principle of conduct" is kinda basic; that ought to be the guiding principle for mankind. It was only by helping each other that we survived the early life on the savanna in Africa. Baby humans like to share toys or food, baby chimpanzees do not. What kid aged 7-10 doesn't like a bit of science fiction? (Besides, it ought to be "from 7 to 10" or "7-10", not "from 7-10", Mr. Know-It-All. (Not that I'd point that out usually, but if you present yourself as Better-Than-Others, prepare to be scrutinized harder than others, too.))
Menacing Duck 1 year ago
Ah yes, as a autistic, I ALSO have the ability to invent a form of Consequentialism!
#30
Even Plugged The Autobiography
Phoenix 1 year ago
You lazy people. Why don't you just get your daddy to pay for college like I did? /s
DerpMcDongle 1 year ago
tell me you have rich parents without telling me you have rich parents
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Giulia Fortunati 1 year ago
Ohhh nooooo... why did they hide his name???!!!! I reallyyyy wanted to read his autobiography!
Kristal 1 year ago
Well, apparently pharmacology students don't have to take out loans for the degrees earned prior to obtaining the PhD. I'm in the wrong field! Lol
ShellsBells 1 year ago
It costs about $150k to complete. That's pocket change, lol (I'm so kidding!). Crazy thing is that there has been such an influx of new graduates thst most major pharmacies have reduced pay (from $100k starting to around $90k), reduced hours from full time to either part time or as needed, and schools keep getting more expensive because demand is so high. They also have so many daily tasks that they are required to do, to make more money for the company, that being a pharmacist is pushed to the side and tons of errors are the result. -I'm a pharmacy technician.
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Lena Flising 1 year ago
I'm sorry for Americans who do apply themselves and go to college, and get massive debts. In Sweden, the education itself is usually free, we "only" have to take out student loans for living expenses. That is hard enough, and we usually pay for the loan until we retire.
AmericanLad 1 year ago
It is hard to pay for college unless you have a rich daddy. I want to go the military route, but anyone who wants college and is a good person should get it.
#31
Pretty Sure Most People Got The Reference...
TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago
Wait, it's Jesus from the Bible? And here I though it was Jesus from the Harry Potter series
#32
This Guy Definitely Thinks He’s Will Graham (Hannibal)
#33
Trying To Appear Smart By Being A D**k To His Mom On FB
hitex 1 year ago
Mom needs to disable this d**chebag's access to social media
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Oskar vanZandt 1 year ago
My mother would've cracked me upside the head if I had disrespected her like that...
Nikki Sevven 1 year ago
"Son, you're 43. It's time to move out of my basement and get a damn job."
#34
Laughing In The Face Of A Vengeful God
Stephanie A Mutti 1 year ago
I love "sounds exhausting and lame, bro"! I want to UPVOTE that repeatedly
#35
Enjoying Music Is For Stupid People
IndoGrrlRN67 1 year ago
Not to be acting like the people in these posts, but there is a neurological condition called "musical anhedonia" where people have an inability to derive pleasure from all music
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Michael Largey 1 year ago
I've found that the dumber somebody is the more "meaningful" and "important" they find their opinions to be.
Giraffy Window 1 year ago
I don't hate music, but I don't often listen to music because I get tiny snippets stuck in my head on repeat for intolerable lengths of time.
BrownTabby 1 year ago
Anyway I’m going go listen to Kiss When The Sun Don’t Shine by the Vengaboys. He’s free to Kiss Where The Sun Don’t Shine.
Oskar vanZandt 1 year ago (edited)
High IQ does not equate to being too intelligent to enjoy music... I dare this pretentious pr!ck to broach the subject with some of today's brilliant composers.
Kristal 1 year ago
There are literally studies on how sound (music) can change our brains and intellect. Particularly classical music, something about the tones or chords usually used in it. I'm not a musician so maybe someone who is can help with the vocabulary.
Becca not Becky 1 year ago
Studying music at a young age has been shown to positively affect learning in other subjects. Linguistics especially being one of them.
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Look, I Know Words
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 1 year ago
Translation: someone was practicing using big words for their resume.
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BrownTabby 1 year ago
I’m not gonna lie, I hate classist people so much that I’m glad to let them deal with this guy.
You stole that from Robocop 1 year ago
Regrettably my mother dismissed my viewpoint, "stop being such wanker Richard, this is why you don't have any friends because you're such a prick!"
Shina Kohana 1 year ago
Ooo, yay... Someone else knows how to reword sentences while using a thesaurus. Good for you. I did that in high school for my essays. How did I get caught? People talk to me IRL where I can’t edit my spoken verbiage. Doesn’t make anyone smart.
#37
"I Am The Smartest Person I Know Of"
Phoenix 1 year ago
Or, and hear me out here, maybe giving babies caffeine makes them become delusional and have a false sense of intelligence. Who knows. Maybe some scientist could study it.
Libstak 1 year ago
There is a term that springs to mind for so many of these folk ...intellectual ignoramus.
Load More Replies... TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago
"I am he smartest person I know of" - And there we have it in the first sentence....
David 1 year ago (edited)
Because casual correlation definitely equals causation. I am smart. Before I was potty trained I s**t in my diapers a lot. This proves that pooping yourself makes you smart.
Historyharlot93 1 year ago
No, he’s onto something…think about it, the boom in sales of Shamrock Shakes in March correlates exactly to the decline in piracy in the Malay Straits. Anyone with an IQ of 50 can see that…
Load More Replies... Shark Lady 1 year ago
Considering the amount of tea us Brits drink, if this were true we would all be geniuses.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago (edited)
Caffeine has all sorts of problems for infants. Besides simple stuff like increased irritability, trouble sleeping and increased risk of obesity there is also an increased risk of cognitive deficit in kids if their mothers get a lot of caffeine during pregnancy. It seems unlikely that risk is going turn around in the first couple years of a childs life (while the brain is still developing). So more likely it risks making them stupid (although most tea is fairly low in caffeine, at least compared to coffee or cola). edit: green tea is lower than cola, black tea is about the same.
cherry~ 1 year ago
"I'm the smartest person that I know of" - Oh, so you only know one person in life?
Tiggy Darling 1 year ago
Caffeine blocks the absorption of iron in children which is why it's not recommended.
Phil Green 1 year ago
Not so smart that they know not to finish a sentence with the word "of". Correctly, "... I am the smartest person of whom I know." D**k.
LonelyLittleLeafSheep 1 year ago
Or just "I'm the smartest person I know".
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#38
Xray Vision
NutsnB0lts 1 year ago
That is an insult to 14 year olds around the world. OP is...uh...well, they're something special.
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David 1 year ago
With Xray vision that good you can still see with your head that far up your a*s.
hitex 1 year ago
Hey kid, i's time for my yearly colonoscopy, can you help me out???
Load More Replies... Richi Weiss 1 year ago
Tell me you believe in MAD magazine goodies without telling you read MAD magazine...
Quitethedilemma 1 year ago
Ohhh did anyone else start reading this like a rap song?! No? Just me? Ok. I mean it's clearly douchy but the rapping made it tolerable.
Bogdan Chelariu 1 year ago
"every matter to ITS depths"... Guess he was too smart for English language....
mommamarmar 1 year ago
On most of these I stopped reading after the first few words, because the pretentiousness was nauseating.
#39
King Ashurbanipal Of Assyria (685 Bc - 631 Bc)
A. Starhawk Hunt 1 year ago
Yeah. But at least, Ashurbanipal did things largely impressive.
Load More Replies... Nikki Sevven 1 year ago
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion... I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain... Time to die."
Ben Dreyer 1 year ago
Man, this sh*t these people are smoking, is PRIME quality! Gotta get me some too.
#40
Not Just A Genius But A Model As Well
Chris Landrum 1 year ago
it took me 22 months to learn to walk because my brother and sister carried me everywhere
xWILTED_ROSEx 1 year ago
My cousin didn't walk until he was 12. His mum had to wheel him everywhere in a cart. No disability, just fcking lazy
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#41
Too Big Brain For Tinder
I Like Tea 1 year ago
"..... there is still some intelligent people...". Apparently those of exceptional intellect, need not stick to the rules of grammar.
Angrykitten 1 year ago
No no no... moral obligation. That is so important! Never let your morals go
Oskar vanZandt 1 year ago
So intelligent and yet showing such a lack of interest in communicating using correct spelling and grammar...
#42
On A Meme About Getting Better Grades On Online Tests
Emma London 1 year ago
"Your intelligent levels are too little." Not sure if your intelligent level are big either...
Stephanie Barr 1 year ago
If you can't explain it, you probably don't understand it. Or at least not well.
#43
“I Realised How Much Of A Nerd I Am”
MezzoPiano 1 year ago
My first thought: I want to get this shirt for my science teacher husband!
Roxy222uk 1 year ago
As an aside, my son and I were listening to an episode of You're Dead to Me with Greg Jenner and we learnt that Pythagorus didn't discover the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the square of the other two sides. This was well known back into antiquity, at least as far back as the Babylonians. Otherwise they couldn't build stuff! It was so obvious when the presenter and guests discussed it.
Whydoyoucare? She/her cis/les 1 year ago
I’m in 6th grade and I know this. But I am actually pretty smart. BUT I WONT BRAG LIKE A DOUCHE BAG
Oskar vanZandt 1 year ago (edited)
And then there's me who recently acquired the brilliant t-shirt with text that reads "There's coffee in that nebula" 😂
#44
Looks Like He Didn't Understand The Assignment
Stephanie Did It 1 year ago
Attributed to Earnest Hemingway as an example of how to move one's readers in only six words. And now I wish I hadn't looked it up to confirm who wrote it because TIL that It appeared in a 1910 newspaper article (Wikipedia).
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majandess 1 year ago (edited)
Lightning McQueen and the bee sting. Lakitu gets a red cloud car. The inflatable beach Lamborghini.
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#45
On A Reel About Einstein Blah Blah Blah
Roxy222uk 1 year ago
Being 14 is hard and brings out the d.i.c.k. in many, so I am willing to let that slide for now (I believe a lot of people don't realise the d.i.c.k.ish things they did as a teenager, because of the lack of a big picture at that age). However it is very much something people should grow out of.
Vicky Phenny 1 year ago
I'm very glad social media wasn't around when I was 14. I was "not like other girls" and had so much gifted kid burnout. 🤣 Just textbook edgy/cringe!
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Michael Largey 1 year ago
There is nothing remarkable about understanding Heisenburg's Uncertainty Principle or anyone's analysis of it. There are many clear and lucid explanations out there written so any average 14 year old could easily grasp them. Only an acute interest in that particular topic might be considered uncommon at that age.
#46
This Quora 13 Year Old
Lauren S 1 year ago
IQ tests are biased based on what you’re exposed to in different socioeconomic statuses, cultures, urban vs rural, etc. People can be intelligent in so many different ways and intelligence has less to do with success than something like hard work.
Chris Jones 1 year ago
Yep... bloody annoying though, that hard work bit!!
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Michael Largey 1 year ago
Alfred Binet, the inventor of the IQ test, was very firm on pointing out that his test was not valid for everyone. One example he gave was poor people.
DC 1 year ago (edited)
Today's tests are a tad different, in level as well as in type of tasks, they can be adjusted - but, of course, they also need to be well adjusted, and don't ever tell the whole story. But, they don't just throw out numbers at random, there sure is something to it. Generally, measuring such a complex thing will give a simplified result, or a complex answer that differentiates between assumed types and levels of intelligence. But, more generally speaking - how do you expect to be 125...130+, if those you likely were exposed to - centered around 100, as that's the defined average - appear hard to you, at least the part of intelligence that can sufficiently be measured by such a test will not likely exceed average very much. Mensa's test, for example, has a good resulotion just AROUND 130, so should appear on the brink between hard and easy for people in that region. As that's their threshold value for membership, it's not hard to guess that's were it delivers most reliable results, while any resulting value above 145 requires a test that is centered above 130. Same with lower numbers. And ... don't ever anyone say it says ALL or NOTHING - neither is true. It tells a slice of a more complex truth than a single number, or some numbers, could.
Load More Replies... Emma London 1 year ago
IQ tests are supposed to be difficult. If they were easy, they would run out of questions in the harder end. If I'd be able to breeze one through, I'd concerned about if I understood the assignement right.
Strawberry Puding 1 year ago
"i think my IQ is 125..." well, i think i know where this is going!
Gustav Gallifrey 1 year ago
''...extremely intelligent''', but not as yet familiar with the concept of plurals. It's 'tests', dum-bum.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
You're assuming English is their first language. It could be their second language and they don't understand pluralisation rules.
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Wish Him Good Luck Guys
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 1 year ago
Did he find a second brain while he was sticking his head up his a*s or something?
Chris Jones 1 year ago
*Looks at all the pretty flowers and stunning trees on my path of ignorance* I'm quite happy, thank you.
#48
Better Remind Everyone Of My Phd On A Video That Visualizes The Pythagorean Theorem
Pie 1 year ago
Are these supposed phds whining on a YouTube video explaining geometry? For like early teens? Is this a flex? Highly educated adults going out of their way to make fun of kids for learning? Sad world.
deejak 1 year ago
Don't think so. They (the first 2) are saying they like them. Even though they have studied advanced maths.
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#49
Tired Of The Cycles Of Life
Roxy222uk 1 year ago
How can someone be ignorant in a dichotomous sense? Does this person know what dichotomy means?
Lee Banks 1 year ago
The friend isn't wrong, but I still have a feeling he doesn't know what it means.
Load More Replies... Tabitha 1 year ago (edited)
Not one thing wrong with the pretentious a******s’s friend they’re dissing. You know, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of manure (not mine, it’s from Steel Magnolias). Anyway, sometimes the familiar can be comforting. It like an old friend who never lets you down. That’s why people turn to reruns of familiar TV shows, movies, books, and music—-even if it’s for the hundred and ninth time—-when they feel their life is becoming unsettled. They know for certain how the book/movie/show/song will end, something they cannot know about their own lives.
Ken Beattie 1 year ago
Depends on the cycles he's talking about. If they're self-destructive (eg: drinking too much and getting sick, or blowing money on useless stuff then struggling to make ends meet, or having relationships with toxic partners) then yeah the friend is not learning from their mistakes. Without knowing the friend and the cycles he's referring to it's hard to judge one way or the other.
Load More Replies... Oskar vanZandt 1 year ago
Everyone has a sense of repetitiveness in "the mundanity of life"... Ask your mum who does your laundry every week and cooks your meals every day.
#50
Someone Has Figured Out Pretty Privilege
Phoenix 1 year ago
Impossible! No one would turn down this obviously humble genius. /s
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Probably Not Even True
deejak 1 year ago
As an adult I actually *have* taken apart a microwave, and I assure you that a 3-year-old did no such thing, much less reassemble it. If they did, those parents were guilty of child endangerment, because even unplugged and disassembled, the undischarged capacitor is still able to kill someone.
#52
Being Sapiosexual Doesn't Mean You Should Be A Complete Snob To Others
Flora Porter 1 year ago
Sapiosexual is such a wanky, self-aggrandizing label. Why not just say you're looking for a meeting of minds, or a sense of connection?
#53
I'm Too Smart For This Video About SCP Creatures
TotallyNOTAFox 1 year ago
If he's such a genius he can probably tell us where to get "MalO ver1.0.0".... just asking for a friend
#54
He Said This After Making Several Jokes About My Mum
Lee Banks 1 year ago
"Spunk bubble" is my new favorite insult. Going to pass this on to all of my favorite bearded giant bartenders and bouncers. It just sounds so cute. Thank you!
Load More Replies... Pie 1 year ago
I recently got called ignorant trash that clearly never went to college because I think its wrong to give alcohol to minors.
NutsnB0lts 1 year ago
The Internet is a special place full of very special people. It's best to ignore them and be on your way, I guess.
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#55
Who Would Have Known
#56
Watching A Show Clearly Makes You Smart With Indispensable Skills That Can Run A 30B Public Company
saw & order 1 year ago
I love succession, and also the person who made the original comment is absolutely insane lol
I heart Boo-BI-es 1 year ago
Like they say, there's an extremely fine line between genius and insanity. Lol
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Only Genius-Brained Max IQ Tech Entrepreneurs Can Comprehend The Word "If"
#58
He’s So Smart
Mat Hall 1 year ago
...or you're going to be screwed because you'll be living in a world driven by AI and your refusal to engage with the technology earlier in life will leave you ill prepared.
Kristal 1 year ago
Then I'm going to be ill prepared! I refuse to use it. Though, I should probably learn more on how to spot it for when I begin teaching.
Load More Replies... DC 1 year ago
Yeah, and when I went to school, wikipedia was just at the brink of being a seriously trustworthy site, but unknown to the older teachers. We just re-formated entire articles from there, not because we were dumb, but because we were lazy. Some of us were truly intelligent, some downright stupid, most inbetween, as ... per usual ... so? It's not that using a ressource at every opportunity indicates it being a good ressource...
#59
When You Need To Point Out How Technically Incorrect A Joke Is To Demonstrate Your Intelligence
Michael Largey 1 year ago
"I just realized that 'firefly' and 'waterfall' cancel each other out." would avoid that quibble.
#60
Yes, I'm My Own Role-Model
#61
Asking If He Would Have Made It Into Mensa As A Kid
Jinx (she/her) 1 year ago
am I reading this wrong or did this person say they went from 3rd grade to 2nd grade?
Michael Largey 1 year ago (edited)
I think you might be. He basically said "I did X in 3rd grade after I did Y in 2nd grade."
Load More Replies... I heart Boo-BI-es 1 year ago
Tell me how this mensa wannabe goes from discovering calculus in the third grade, and then says after that he discovered algebra in the second?? I've read this a few times now and still can't make sense of it, but I'm also not a mensa wannabe or a genius...so...🤷♀️
Not-a-Clue (she/her) 1 year ago
The title mentions getting accepted into MENSA as a kid
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Oppenheimer Needed More Science Less Emotion
#63
In Regards To A 5 Year Old Business That He Thinks Should Not Be Thriving
#64
This Guy Wants His Starting Rating On Chess.com To Be 2500
The Idaho Potato 1 year ago
Start at 1600 like the rest of us. And then proceed to drop to 100. Lol.
#65
A Very Valid Point Made By Mr Smartypants
IndoGrrlRN67 1 year ago
I'm a typically intelligent person who has to fill out forms all the time for my severely intellectually disabled daughter. It's a pain regardless of intellect! The burden of paperwork is there to make people give up and not claim entitlements and services.
Multa Nocte 1 year ago
"One night our friend group found a pirated Stanford-Binet test and did it ourselves . . ." The Stanford-Binet was specifically designed to be administered by a certified tester who has given lots of tests under strict supervision in order for the results to mean anything. As soon as someone "does the test him or herself" the score is automatically null and void. The test results depend on the test being given under standardised conditions or it means nothing at all. It also has to be interpreted by someone who is trained, because you are also looking for patterns in the subtests, which again, you won't know how to do unless you have spend the time, sweat, and tears to do several hundred of these under supervision before you do it by yourself. And the best part of all is that IQ tests don't actually test intelligence in the sense that people like to think of it. Again, the scores have a pattern and you have to understand the patterns, the context, the statistical significance, etc.
Shine Chisholm (they/ them) 1 year ago
I was given the test after a stroke. There's a part where you have to add pairs in a series of numbers, like 8, 5 (13), 2 (7), 4 (6)... Obviously I don't remember the actual numbers. But I knew I wouldn't be able to keep the running string in my head, so I just split them, like 8, 5 (13); 2, 4 (6). Literally, from the start, knew I would get no higher than a 50%, but the proctor was impressed at how I compensated and so I got a good score on that section
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"If You're Debating Me, You're At A Severe Disadvantage"
rmandevi831 1 year ago
I can even tell you what my severe disadvantage is: refusal to make s**t up.
Shark Lady 1 year ago
I thought you were only supposed to reveal you are a freemason to other members and not the whole world of Reddit..
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Teacher Is Too Smart For Students
DC 1 year ago
... again, the misconception of "knowing things about one complex and challenging topic" is taken as a sign of general intelligence. No. No, just no, you are not smart if you try to teach stuff to people who can't ever have had the chance to know the things you need to know prior to learn any meaningful aspect of the topic. Math may be not as hard as often described, but still, you do need some years of constant education to even grasp any of the math involved in quantum physics. You don't need to be stupid to not understand any of it in elementary school.
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General Anaesthesia 1 year ago
The person who thought injecting "Bored Panda recommends" into just about every comment thread should fired "for reason". Way to ruin the flow, BP.
Multa Nocte 1 year ago
Thank you! It is so annoying, distracting, and overstimulating. I may have to take off several weeks just to clear my brain.
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Rayne OfSalt 1 year ago
I managed to get through the whole thing, but holy gods do I need a lie down now.
Delenn 1 year ago
I had to leave it, my head hurts from all the cringe this post generate
Load More Replies... Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago
I don't know what my QI is. I don't even need to know. I'm dumb af. I forget to do things WHILE I'm doing them. And somehow, I'm not as dumb as half the people in this list.
Kristal 1 year ago
Where is everyone getting these IQ tests w***y nilly?! I'm considered intelligent but I have no flipping clue what my IQ is cause the official test is an annoying process and costs money. Are they using free quiz type IQ test they find on Google or something? I know they are lying about even taking it but, I mean, who actually takes IQ tests as an adult? Hmm maybe people that want to get into Mensa?
JB 1 year ago
Shame-faced reply. My ex-husband and I paid to take a Stanford-Binet test online as a bet to determine who was more intelligent. We had researched IQ testing and figured Mensa is actually designed to pull folks in by telling them they are smarter than they really are. He took the test sober and very focused. I took the same test a wee bit drunk because I wasn’t taking the bet seriously. I scored 10 points higher; he didn’t talk to me for a week. In theory, I’m a genius. In practice, there’s so much I know I don’t know, I feel like an idiot crawling through endless grey.
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Chihuahua Mama 1 year ago
I only got halfway through these. I had to stop for fear that my face would get stuck in a permanent cringe
J He/Him/They/Them/We/Us/I/Me 1 year ago
there’s this interesting graph called the dunning krueger effect, and i think it illustrates these situations well.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
The only valid measure of your intelligence is what you accomplish with it.
General Anaesthesia 1 year ago
The person who thought injecting "Bored Panda recommends" into just about every comment thread should fired "for reason". Way to ruin the flow, BP.
Multa Nocte 1 year ago
Thank you! It is so annoying, distracting, and overstimulating. I may have to take off several weeks just to clear my brain.
Load More Replies... Rayne OfSalt 1 year ago
I managed to get through the whole thing, but holy gods do I need a lie down now.
Delenn 1 year ago
I had to leave it, my head hurts from all the cringe this post generate
Load More Replies... Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago
I don't know what my QI is. I don't even need to know. I'm dumb af. I forget to do things WHILE I'm doing them. And somehow, I'm not as dumb as half the people in this list.
Kristal 1 year ago
Where is everyone getting these IQ tests w***y nilly?! I'm considered intelligent but I have no flipping clue what my IQ is cause the official test is an annoying process and costs money. Are they using free quiz type IQ test they find on Google or something? I know they are lying about even taking it but, I mean, who actually takes IQ tests as an adult? Hmm maybe people that want to get into Mensa?
JB 1 year ago
Shame-faced reply. My ex-husband and I paid to take a Stanford-Binet test online as a bet to determine who was more intelligent. We had researched IQ testing and figured Mensa is actually designed to pull folks in by telling them they are smarter than they really are. He took the test sober and very focused. I took the same test a wee bit drunk because I wasn’t taking the bet seriously. I scored 10 points higher; he didn’t talk to me for a week. In theory, I’m a genius. In practice, there’s so much I know I don’t know, I feel like an idiot crawling through endless grey.
Load More Replies... Chihuahua Mama 1 year ago
I only got halfway through these. I had to stop for fear that my face would get stuck in a permanent cringe
J He/Him/They/Them/We/Us/I/Me 1 year ago
there’s this interesting graph called the dunning krueger effect, and i think it illustrates these situations well.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
The only valid measure of your intelligence is what you accomplish with it.
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