How Do You Compare in Knowledge and Intellect?

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The discussion revolves around a test measuring knowledge and intellect, with participants sharing their scores and experiences. The scope includes personal reflections on the test, humor about the results, and some commentary on the test's content and biases.

Discussion Character

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants report high scores, expressing pride in their knowledge and intellect, while others share humorous or skeptical takes on the test's validity.
  • Several participants comment on the test's content, noting that some questions may be biased towards specific cultural knowledge, such as American history.
  • There are discussions about the subjective nature of the test and the varying experiences of participants, including those who took the test under less than ideal conditions.
  • Some participants express curiosity about the scores of others and speculate on the overall performance of the forum members.
  • A few participants engage in light-hearted banter regarding their scores and the nature of the questions, including references to specific historical figures and events.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally share a mix of high scores and humorous skepticism about the test's effectiveness. There is no clear consensus on the validity of the test or the significance of the scores, as some express pride while others question the relevance of certain questions.

Contextual Notes

Some participants mention feeling that the test was long or difficult to complete under certain conditions, which may affect their scores. There are also references to cultural biases in the questions, particularly regarding knowledge of American history.

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9/9 Genius

You are 87% knowledgeable and 84% intellectual.

Amazing! You have an incredible brain (intellect) and a powerhouse of information (knowledge)! Keep up the impressive work-- we all bow to you.


My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 96% on knowledge

You scored higher than 66% on intellect

http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=16405201376261509997
 
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Evo said:
Amazing! You have an incredible brain (intellect) and a powerhouse of information (knowledge)! Keep up the impressive work-- we all bow to you. [/url]

This reads like a parody. I hope.
 
Rach3 said:
This reads like a parody. I hope.
Yeah, yeah, just take the test. :devil:
 
9/9 Genius
You are 82% knowledgeable and 92% intellectual.
Amazing! You have an incredible brain (intellect) and a powerhouse of information (knowledge)! Keep up the impressive work-- we all bow to you.
My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 91% on knowledge

You scored higher than 91% on intellect
Hey, why don't I see everyone on their knees bowing to me?! :smile:

Something tells me we'll have a lot of high scores among our members.
 
I thought it was a pretty good test, it covered a nice range. I wonder what I'd score if i was sober. :-p

Maybe I'd flunk. :redface:
 
Evo said:
I thought it was a pretty good test, it covered a nice range. I wonder what I'd score if i was sober. :-p

Maybe I'd flunk. :redface:
I don't know, it was a long test to start after 2 AM, and I nearly gave up and went to sleep a few times. I think I'm going to do that now anyway.
 
You did damn good for sleeping through it. :biggrin:

My head hurts and I can't sleep. :frown:
 
Evo said:
You did damn good for sleeping through it. :biggrin:

My head hurts and I can't sleep. :frown:
Your head isn't supposed to hurt until you sober up!

I feel like I've had a gallon of coffee to drink (my brain is all fogged over, but I can't get my body to stay still enough to fall asleep), but I haven't had any all day other than my morning coffee. It's going to be a rough day at work tomorrow. :frown:
 
One moderator complains of alcohol, the other, of coffee. To the moderators, dare I suggest? ...moderation?
 
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Rach3 said:
One moderator complains of alcohol, the other, of coffee. To the moderators, dare I suggest? ...moderation?
Hey, where's your test Mr?
 
  • #11
Okay, okay, I'll get to it.

1. Does the Earth revolve around the Sun or is it the other way around?
The Earth revolves around the Sun.
The Sun revolves around the Earth.
Neither, unless you replace "to revolve" with "to orbit". Which orbits around which? Well they orbit around each other I suppose, because they're both separately massive and obey Newton's laws to a good approximation.
 
  • #12
Rach3 said:
Okay, okay, I'll get to it.


Neither, unless you replace "to revolve" with "to orbit". Which orbits around which? Well they orbit around each other I suppose, because they're both separately massive and obey Newton's laws to a good approximation.
picky, picky, picky
 
  • #13
Eh, I tried and I fell asleep, while counting sheep and sheep's legs and rooster's legs and adding them all up.
 
  • #14
4. Which of the following is not considered a state of matter?

It doesn't matter.
 
  • #15
The test said:
7/9 Intellect
You are 75% knowledgeable and 88% intellectual.
Excellent! You have a powerful mind backed by a good amount of knowledge. Keep cracking books and nothing can stop you.

My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 99% on knowledge

You scored higher than 99% on intellect

Going up against other guys in my generation isn't exactly fair. :wink:... *bows to Evo and Moonbear* ... :shy:
 
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  • #16
7/9 Intellect

You are 70% knowledgeable and 92% intellectual.

Excellent! You have a powerful mind backed by a good amount of knowledge. Keep cracking books and nothing can stop you.

My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 72% on knowledge

You scored higher than 93% on intellect

Some of those questions were ridiculously easy and a few of them were stupidly hard.

And I know nothing about the American Constitution, so that question was kind of biased towards an American audience.
 
  • #17
9/9 and 94% intellectual not as good on the knowledgeable bit but still a 9
 
  • #18
ek said:
And I know nothing about the American Constitution, so that question was kind of biased towards an American audience.

Bah. I didn't know who the first PM of Australia was.
 
  • #19
7/9 Intellect
You are 56% knowledgeable and 84% intellectual.
Excellent! You have a powerful mind backed by a good amount of knowledge. Keep cracking books and nothing can stop you.
My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
You scored higher than 21% on knowledge
You scored higher than 60% on intellect

but i couldn't choose miy age proply cause I am in 1990
 
  • #20
Mickey said:
Bah. I didn't know who the first PM of Australia was.

I didn't either, but at least that fact can be considered general knowledge, and not some random fact about some random country's constitution.
 
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And I know nothing about the American Constitution, so that question was kind of biased towards an American audience.
true, true!
 
  • #22
9/9 Genius
You are 80% knowledgeable and 96% intellectual.
Amazing! You have an incredible brain (intellect) and a powerhouse of information (knowledge)! Keep up the impressive work-- we all bow to you.




My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 99% on knowledge

You scored higher than 99% on intellect
 
  • #23
there's somthing wrong there... i wonder who is beter at maths?
 
  • #24
i tried cheating to see what the best score was and it still only got me this:

7/9 Intellect
You are 75% knowledgeable and 92% intellectual.
Excellent! You have a powerful mind backed by a good amount of knowledge. Keep cracking books and nothing can stop you.




My test tracked 2 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 77% on knowledge

You scored higher than 87% on intellect
 
  • #25
Geeze, I was thinking a lot of people here would have scored well and posted. Are the only bright ones here the ones that have posted already? :-p

C'mon Gokul, I know you'd ace this kind of test.

I'm pretty sure I guessed the first Australian prime Minister wrong, I mean "who cares"? :rolleyes: It's like asking who the 13th president of the United States was. (It was Millard Fillmore, the last member of the Whig party).

I'd like to know which questions I missed.
 
  • #26
Rach3 said:
Okay, okay, I'll get to it.


Neither, unless you replace "to revolve" with "to orbit". Which orbits around which? Well they orbit around each other I suppose, because they're both separately massive and obey Newton's laws to a good approximation.
:smile: If you want to have a polster hang up real quick, start telling them why none of their choices are valid and insist on "none of the above" :biggrin:
 
  • #27
ek said:
I didn't either, but at least that fact can be considered general knowledge, and not some random fact about some random country's constitution.

Hate to break it to you, but the American constitution is the oldest federal constitution in the world still in use. It's not just some random country's constitution. Neither is a fact regarding the separation of church and state in this constitution just some random fact, given it's the first constitution in the world to explicitly forbid its government from establishing a religion.

Well, that's not true, now that I think of it... I didn't hate to break it to you. :-p
 
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  • #28
Evo said:
Geeze, I was thinking a lot of people here would have scored well and posted. Are the only bright ones here the ones that have posted already? :-p

C'mon Gokul, I know you'd ace this kind of test.
Far from it. You beat me by a point on knowledge.
 
  • #29
7/9 Intellect
You are 68% knowledgeable and 80% intellectual.

marlon
 
  • #30
With regard to the first PM of Australia, which is a bit like knowing that George Washington was the first President of the US, the six colonies (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia, which are now states) federated and the Commonwealth of Australia was formed on January 1, 1901, which was the date that the first PM assumed office. :wink: :biggrin:
 

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