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| Is Intelligence a Choice? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sat May 10, 2008 1:19 am (397 Views) | |
| Loki | Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:24 pm Post #21 |
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I agree it starts with the parents. However, I think a lot has to do with what the child makes of it. If he has the " screw school " attitude, then he will most likely fail when infact he could have a decent IQ. Sometimes I wish I had taken school a little more seriously, but then again, I get to go to college for almost free anyway. Thanks to the good Old Montgomery GI Bill. :) and the fact that I signed as a Reservist and didn't sign my life away to 24/7 brainwashing. Lol. |
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| Dope | Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:19 pm Post #22 |
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Because nearly all of you want to be smart but are fucking retarded, the answer is most obviously no. Not to mention nearly half of your IQ is inherited from your parents and unless you become a nerd, peoples IQ barely increases a few points over a lifetime. |
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| GhosTy | Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:27 am Post #23 |
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I never really cared for school, I just assumed I was good at it. I wasn't in elementary though xD ironic. I think that besides those with brain defects, anyone can have a high IQ. Everybody just learns differently. Like my friend has trouble with ignoring the "why" question. Like he has trouble in math because he knows what to do, but in the back of his mind he can't figure out why he's doing it, and so he thinks he's wrong and then gets bad marks. |
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| TeaLaGe | Sun Dec 21, 2008 4:40 pm Post #24 |
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being smart and intelligent are 2 different things, i like to point that out. |
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| Stun | Sun Dec 21, 2008 8:08 pm Post #25 |
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I think it isn't a choice, if IQ is not intelligence. I don't know if any of you have seen the show "Intervention" on A&E, but it is about people that are addicted to substances or they have OCD about certain things. Anyways, my example is from this show, a man was addicted to DXM, dropped out of high school and had to resort to prostitution for income. However, this man had an IQ of 175. For those that don't know how relative that is, 5% of the population(not sure if that's global or northamerican) has an IQ over 135(according to the show). His main reason for doing all of this, was because he was not challenged in life. He would love to use his brain for a job, but was never given the opportunity. I think this shows that intelligence is not a choice. |
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| DeMaGoG | Mon Dec 22, 2008 5:42 am Post #26 |
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Well let me put it a different way... how much of intelligence is affected by choice. |
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| Arbiter | Mon Jan 5, 2009 4:39 pm Post #27 |
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I think that you can make a huge difference upon how you use intelligence, but I mean your not any stupider, becuz that you may be good at something. You may not use it to grow, but you can still be considered intelligent. You can choose to act stupid, not to be stupid, or unintelligent. And doing well in school is not meaning your smart. Lots of people who do so well, just try... really hard. You could work your ass of 10 hours a day studying, and get 100% and someone with a 65 could be more intelligent then you. |
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