[simeonie (OP)]

You know people say that we only use 10% of our brain right. Well is that true? And if so do the more intelligent people like Albert Einstein, and great artists etc use a hiher percentage that the average Joe.

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[Ultima]

http://www.csicop.org/si/9903/ten-percent-myth.html

It's true you don’t use all of your brain at any one given moment... we use all parts of our brain just not at the same time. Don't think they had any tech around to look at good ol’ Einstein's brain while he was alive [] I think they do still have it in a jar somewhere though. Your brain is just as active in REM sleep as it is when awake too!
Intelligence is more how you think and use that brain than pure biology. I imagine there are plenty of super intellectuals in Africa going to waste since the most challenging thing they ever have to contemplate, is where the next meal is coming from. Plenty of einstein’s being missed because of lack of education and resources. Really intelligent people tend to use creative along with analytical thinking. That way they derive things most people wouldn't normally come up with. That type of thing cant be easily gauged with a test imho.

Stuff about Einstein, he never took an IQ test. It’s not like he needed to prove anything []
http://www.einstein-website.de/z_information/variousthings.html#iq

Silly IQ test I found.
http://www.iqtest.com/ Lol I took that test it said I was "gifted" (138) wtf must be a very dodgy test [] probably over score you so you purchase a "personal profile".


wOw the world spins?

[simeonie (OP)]

he he he I beat you Ultima I got 149! lol. I know it doesnt prove anything thought does it? I am considered a genius lol

Oh and back to topic. So we do use more than 10% of our brain then just never all at once. And also did you know that left handed people use their right side of their brain (making them generally more artistic) and visa versa.

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[memasa]

What's also true is that mathematically talented and linguistically talented use different hemispheres.

[simeonie (OP)]

ha cool! My best subjects are french and Maths. I am really good at maths, and I am good at french too (not being Big headed lol)

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[memasa]

There was a an article about this in the newest Scientific American.

[memasa]

quote:(not being Big headed lol)

That's called a synergy benefit in the corporate world. []

[simeonie (OP)]

That doesnt make sense

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[memasa]

For me it does. I have weird sense of humour, I guess...

1 : SYNERGISM; broadly : combined action or operation
2 : a mutually advantageous conjunction or compatibility of distinct business participants or elements (as resources or efforts)    

www.m-w.com

The better your cerebral hemispheres work together the more "cost-effective" it is.

[Razor]

If we used 100% of our brain, we'd all be like Jesus (for those who are of religious beliefs and those who've heard "the story".)[][][]

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[Razor]

Turning Rocks into a 12 course meal[]

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[Razor]

Transforming a glass of pure nurishing water into a pint!(of beer!)[][][]

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[Razor]

3 different types of treats for 3 types of tuck times, icecream for breakfast, sweets for lunch, chocolate for dinner, with lots of unhealthy snacks in-between.[:p][:p]

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[Ultima]

we use 100% of our brain keep up... and I am no heysux

heh simeonie with an IQ like that you should be able to do pretty much anything you want academically. I think that test is a bit off though, it comes up with high results with everyone I've talked to.

wOw the world spins?

[simeonie (OP)]

I know it is weird. I have taken a couple more tests. One was 169 (I think that is tooo high) and another that was 135, around 135 can't rememeber the exact number.

Iq tests though I think only test how good you are at taking Iq tests. There was a topic not long ago about Iq tests.
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[socratus]

Infinity: a symbol or reality.
1. Everyone knows, that absolute temperature T=0K cannot be reached.
We can only indefinitely come nearer to her.
2. Everyone knows, that nobody can reach
absolute speed of quantum of light  c=1.
We can only indefinitely come nearer to her.
3. But everyone also knows, that only quantum of light goes with
absolute speed  c=1.
It is the fact, it is a reality.
Question: Unless can this absolute movement  c=1 occur in  relative reference frame ?
Answer: No.!
The absolute movement can occur only in absolute frame of reference.
But only one absolute  frame of reference is known  T=0K
(which  is impossible to reach).  
And only in her quantum of light can move with the absolute speed  c=1.
 And it is also reality.
But what can tell quantum of light about his travel in the parallel world?
*      *     *
Best regards.
Socratus.
http://www.socratus.com

[DoctorBeaver]

If you want to really test yourself, try this site:-

http://www.highiqsociety.org/noflash/nonmembers/iqtests.htm

[another_someone]

quote:Originally posted by simeonie

I know it is weird. I have taken a couple more tests. One was 169 (I think that is tooo high) and another that was 135, around 135 can't rememeber the exact number.

Iq tests though I think only test how good you are at taking Iq tests. There was a topic not long ago about Iq tests.
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Different IQ tests return different numbers.  Without knowing which test you were taking, the numbers are meaningless.

Most high IQ societies will look at your IQ as a proportion of the population that would have an IQ at or above your IQ, not as a particular number.

http://www.mensa.org.uk/mensa/iqlevels.html

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There are many standard IQ tests in use around the world. On most tests, average IQ is 100, but some tests give different numerical values to the level required for entry into Mensa, in the same way that the same temperature is expressed by different numerical values on the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales.  
 
One way of comparing scores from different IQ tests is to convert them to a ranking, or percentile, score which tells you in which band you fit. A percentile score of 99% means that you are in the top 1%, a percentile score of 98% puts you in the top 2% and so on.

As you say, IQ tests really only test how good you are at passing IQ tests.  An extremely low IQ result may be indicative of more general problems, but a very high IQ does not qualify you for doing anything but IQ tests.

[DoctorBeaver]

IQ test can give a reasonable idea of someone's mental capabilities, but they should be approached with caution. There are so many aspects to ability that devising a way of testing all of them would be nigh on impossible.
In 1983 Howard Gardner published his "Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences". He proposed that there are 6 distinct intelligences - linguistic, logico-mathematical, spatial, musical, body-kinesthetic and personal. (Howard proposed that musical intelligence involves a person being able to find meaning in sets of musical pitches. I would go further & change this category to "artistic" so as to include those who find meaning in shapes, patterns & images. Although Howard includes the ability to see patterns in images in the "spatial" category along with being able to orient or locate oneself, I believe he was wrong to do so and that it would fit better alongside musical intelligence)
In Howard's model, people will develop varying degrees of competence in each of these categories but will tend to process information using only 1 or 2 of them. Some people will excel in areas where others are weak and vice versa.
Sometimes people will develop a disability in 1 or more of these areas that will hinder their ability in others. For instance, a person suffering brain damage may have reduced or non-existent verbal skills & thus their ability to communicate is impaired. In Howard's model this would be an impairment in the body-kinesthetic intelligence impingeing on the linguistic intelligence.
IQ tests tend to concentrate on only the linguistic and logico-mathematical intelligences. This means they examine only a very small part of the intelligence spectrum. These parts, however, are those that tend to be most useful to schools, colleges and businesses which is probably why IQ tests have remained very limited.
They can also throw up seemingly spurious results. In the case of autistic people, they can score very high in 1 area but very low in others. Averaging this out will tend to give a low IQ rating when, in fact, the person may be a genius in a very narrow field. For instance, Kim Peek (on whom the character Raymond in the film "Rainman" was loosely based) would score extremely highly in any mathematical section of an IQ test but low everywhere else, causing him to score low overall. Yet this man's mathematical ability is outstanding.
In general, then, IQ tests are a bit of fun but can, and do, have uses for certain institutions.

(takes off intelligent head & returns to being an idiot)

[DoctorBeaver]

(puts intelligent head on again briefly)

It should also be remembered that a person can get different scores on different days. If you have personal problems, or maybe even just a headache, you may score much lower than on a day when you were relaxed and feeling good. Stress should also be taken into account, such as at job interviews, but this tends to be factored into the results (although, again, different people handle stressful situations differently so even that factoring will give biased results)