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Sure, why not. I don't know shit about anything.

>>18817175
Yes. I also own Chainlink.

Yah

I'm a HEX holder

My IQ is the same as the price of oil :p

>>18817248
hello fellow rejectedposter

>>18817175
IQ about 130. How is life when you're dumb? Do you fear the danning Kruger effect? Do you ever notice how a previous experience in your life leads you to solve a problem you have right now? Are you interested in learning how things work? Are you sceptical of things and try to confirm them yourself?

>>18817175
I might be slightly retarded yeah

>>18817310
-pretty good
-don't know what that is
-uhm?
-sure
-I've pretty much given up on this, someone always comes along and proves they can explain it better than me. I just rely on seeing if people are bullshitting or not, I've gotten pretty good at this. Actually I think this skill so much compensates for my retardation that it's the reason why I'm in 6 figures and legitimately smart people aren't. They don't have this much more vital skill.

>>18817310
i always thought dunning kruger was more applicable to midwits

>>18817342
you don't really sound like someone with a low iq to me, why would you assume you have one?
>>18817415
>i always thought dunning kruger was more applicable to midwits
My theory was that less intelligent people have a harder time learning and therefor stay in the zone of high incompetancy/low skill for longer. Also it should be harder for them to self-reflect and therefore it is easier for them not recognize it.

>>18817310
you are so incredibly cringe that you think IQ has anything to do with intelligence

>>18817478
I'm just good at articulating what I think, but give me a math test and I overthink it.
IQ puzzles too they don't make sense to me, I always feel like there's multiple good answers.

>>18817478
to give a more specific example I was one of the only 2 out of a 100 in my school to fail the driving theory exam.

>>18817486
IQ tests vary from test to test and few are consistently reliable, e.g. vocabulary tests favour english students and feature in many, non verbal reasoning impacts people with varying degrees of aphasia, and logic tests only test a very particular sort of intelligence. IQ tests lack any pragmatic applications of problem solving and rely heavily on attained data in your lifespan, which - how can that possibly reflect a "true" intelligence?

if IQ was a real tester of natural, innate and unchanging intelligence it would not increase or decrease after schools are installed in areas. it's very unreliable and it doesn't account for a lot of different types of learning and understanding. thinking it defines any part of you imo demonstrates stupidity in and of itself and a desperation to feel special. "intelligent" people should be critical of these tests, but for some reason, they aren't.

>>18817508
>"intelligent" people should be critical of these tests, but for some reason, they aren't.
maybe because they also happen to do well on them so it's in their disinterest to admit they're bs

>>18817483
IQ measures the ability to solve abstract problems. How else would you create an objective test to determine if someone is retarded or not? The whole idea was to figure out who is to dumb to get drafted.
>>18817486
Being able to articulate things good is something that requires a high level of intelligence. Forget online IQ-tests they are mostly garbage. Also most people can up their score by a full standard deviation just by practicing these tests. I'd imagine you are at least 100-114

>>18817559
if IQ tests are about abstract problems, why do they have vocabulary sections on many of them? have you even done one?

>>18817559
also, dude, i don't know if you're for real, but "being able to articulate yourself good" is the most stupid phrase i've ever heard. well. you're looking for the word "well". talking down to people about articulation while fucking up your own articulation is monumental

>>18817505
driving theory exam is mostly based on knowledge and not intelligence.

>>18817573
real IQ tests aren't
>>18817581
English is my second language. I assume I'm pretty good in it but I make mistakes. Thanks for pointing it out.

>>18817508
"Innate unchanging intelligence" doesn't exist, there's no firmware running in your brain it grows and rewires according to effort and experience.

>>18817310
>130 IQ
>sceptical
it IS fund to LARP on the chans from time to time

>>18817608
Mensa includes verbal components. Would you not consider mensa tests "real IQ tests"?

>>18817621
I agree, which is why IQ is stupid

>>18817175
I became very stupid around the time I turned 30. I lived in a black mold infested house for a year and it destroyed my abilities to focus, visualize, and calculate. Where before I could mentally add up and price materials lists for a construction job just by walking around and thinking about what needed to get done, I would now struggle to add things up WITH A CALCULATOR given a drawn diagram of the project and a tally of materials needed. I had to quit my career and let go of my crew because I couldn't make things work anymore, mentally and physically. I can't speak for people who were always dumb, but for me being an idiot is really fucking frustrating and time consuming.

>>18817310
>>18817628

Took the SAT (American thing) in 7th grade for fun which is normally for high schoolers. Best most of my older brother's classmates (1040 on a 1600 point scale). Took it severely underslept and got 1050 5 years later.

Took a test to get into a private high school. Scored a 91/100. Put in all honors, didn't follow through, lost all but English honors.

Took the military ASVAB test through my school and scored a 93/100. Didn't join the military, probably should have joined the Air Force.

Took an IQ test as party of a study on stimulants at 20. Scored around 125. For the final "assemble this structure" part of the test, I couldn't figure out what the proctor told me was the easiest part for most people. Got everything else in it though.

Fast forward to now. Almost 33, getting a second associate's degree after 15 years in college. Lifetime earnings probably totals less than $70,000.

Older sister with several PhDs and top in her field (stats, epidemiology, sociology and gerontology) says I'm the smartest out of my siblings. Older brother is an Electrical Engineer.

Meanwhile, living at my parents and haven't banged in nearly 8 years. High IQ and high test scores doesn't always correlate to success in life. Neither does pretty much being liked by coworkers and friends. Being able to focus and followthrough plays a huge role. Also, depression, anxiety and addictive behavior I have can suck my dick. Don't like being dependant on my parents and the state.

Some days, I've wanted to end it all, but thankfully haven't. Partially I don't want others to suffer and I want to contribute to society and make something of myself. I am lucky to have fairly decent health and a supportive and loving family.

Good luck anons of all IQs. May you make it.

>>18817686
that sounds like a lawsuit. Sue

>>18817175
Better than being a midwit

Me. Today I sold my tsla $600 5/8 put for $7 when it went to $28, I bought at .98

>>18817808
$18* not $28

My girlfriend hast 143, I love it when she dominates me.

>>18817839
Kys demon

Midwits are dummer than retards

>>18817784
it was in a state where landlords have protection against lawsuit for mold issues. i kept detailed records of leaks in the ceiling, mold on and in the walls, conversations with the landlord about the problem where she (a jew) gaslit me and said that it was all my fault... the lawyers i talked to said i had no standing and i gave up.

>>18817848
stay yelly

>>18817686
I feel your pain. I was working for 9.25/hour at a chill mental hospital job while doing my second degree. Went from photographic memory and handling arithmetic in my head effortlessly to having to think about things and just generally spacy after some nigger suckerpunched me. All I remember is a deep thud sound and seeing blood everywhere when my vision returned. Took me a few minutes to realize I'd even been punched. The next two weeks I was extremely lethargic and a serious brain fog. 5 years later I'm still not fully recovered but I learned to live with it. I really resent losing what I had though. I wouldn't say I was a genius but I never struggled in uni and could study for hours without slowing down. Adderall is the only thing holding me up these days like a crunch where before it was a performance enhancing drug. Scary how fragile the brain and cognitive function can be.

>>18817923
maybe you are just a pussy tho

>>18817923
I'm sorry anon, that's an awful story.
I was the same way before that house; learning and making connections was effortless fun. The worst part is knowing what you once had and what it could have become. All stimulants kills me, even caffeine. The only mitigant that helps is eating a low inflammation diet and never overworking physically.
I really hope you can keep improving and finding peace, fren.

>>18817310
- it sucks sometimes because in hindsight you know you just did some dumbass shit but overall its like everbody else´s, ups and downs
- no
- yes
- only sometimes
- if there is a possibility to do this, yes

yea i think we all hold chainlink

Smarter than everyone I know except for maybe one person

Not IQ related but has anyone noticed if you stop using electronics for as little as half a day your imagination suddenly becomes a lot more vivid?

As for IQ, getting on with low and high IQ people is far more natural to me than with people in the 85-115 range. Those you'd describe as academically smart are the worst. It seems almost impossible to extract an original thought out of such people. Learning is one thing but unapplied knowledge is a waste of time.

>>18818152
>Not IQ related but has anyone noticed if you stop using electronics for as little as half a day your imagination suddenly becomes a lot more vivid?
Yeah, interpreting words and language all the time cucks your mental capacity, both illiterates and geniuses avoid thinking in language as much as possible which I think gives them their distinctly human quality

I’m uneducated, left school in grade 10, now I’m 27 with no further qualifications. Never taken an iq test but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s low, hopefully crypto will throw me a bone or I may have to go back to school

>>18817175
130+ IQ here. I feel just as retarded as you but I still think you're more retarded than me.

>>18817508
Pattern recognition tests are the only reliable ones.

>>18817537
this too unfortunately, but time will slowly improve things on its own

>>18817642
there are legit a number of people who think Mensa is too easy and doesn't count

>>18817686
eat raw crushed garlic mixed in with the usual ground beef, helps against mold

>>18817923
hormones are very important for cognitive function. check things like micronutrient deficiencies with your doctor.

>>18818152
Radiation from smartphones is confirmed to play a role in cancers. Couldn't imagine that it wouldn't affect you in other ways too.

>>18818254
>interpreting words and language all the time cucks your mental capacity
Instinct tells me there's truth in this. It goes hand in hand with being too grounded in reality. Abstraction is harmed as a result.

>>18817795
There is something really deep in the knowledge that the dumber AND the smarter deals of our society agree in a way that the middle disagrees with

I remember the exact first time I noticed it; when I saw that the tf2 noobs would always pick soldier first whereas the midskilled players eschewed it, only for the skilled players to return to that class rocket jumping around everything and hitting people directly with rockets, of all things

continuously bumping a dead thread lmao

>>18818362
Truer words have never often been /written/

>>18818362
I think language opens the door, but it can trap you too.

>>18817686
How can mold make you stupid?

>>18818362
Why? Can you elaborate?

Remember the good old days when everyone was getting scammed?

>>18817508
Now you're just spitting bullshit
IQ tests are somewhat variable, but only slightly, and only for the single specific test
Aka, you can train for one IQ test and get better, but not for a different IQ test
And weirdly as well as indicitively, those who score high on one type of IQ test almost invariably score high on all the other kinds of IQ tests (like a vocabulary test vs. a mathematical test)

No such thing as being dumb, you've just been brainwashed throughout your life by people telling you that you're dumb so long that at some point you started believing it

>>18818362
>Instinct tells me there's truth in this
It's not an original thought, even Plato wrote against the use of writing as a way of transferring knowledge, all the time I see midwits extol the act of reading as if it has merits in and of itself

>It goes hand in hand with being too grounded in reality. Abstraction is harmed as a result.
Yeah I agree, this is probably best exemplified in bhuddist followers, very grounded but ultimately very empty people

>>18818416
mold can grow inside your body and release toxins that can lead to brain damage

>>18818498
>IQ tests are somewhat variable, but only slightly, and only for the single specific test
Wow what a life changing concept

>>18818498
also
>those who score high on one type of IQ test almost invariably score high on all the other kinds of IQ tests (like a vocabulary test vs. a mathematical test)
That isn't true. You can be a verbal genius but suck at math. Simply because you never bothered studying it.

>>18818549
Are you fucking serious? My IQ was measured at 133 at 18 then I lived in a mold-infested house for a year, my grades slowly went down the shitter and I got 92 on mensa.no

>RwTk8gQD
Get a load of this midwit.

>>18818577
yes

>>18818609
>muh smart grill with glasses.jpg
>"omg so cringe"
>MIDWIT

>>18817175
I'm dumb because I missed a major dip on Kleros again

>>18818641
>grill

>>18818609
that's a man

>>18818416
There are molds like stachybotrys chartarum that release molecules which can be highly toxic to some people. These toxins cause a chronic inflammatory response which depletes the body of nutrients and results in oxidative stress and the breakdown of important tissue throughout the body. This chronic elevated inflammatory response can lead to autoimmunity and other allergic problems, the breakdown of tight junctions in the gut and brain, liver toxicity, renal toxicity, opportunistic infections... all kinds of bad stuff.