Mayfly refers to a thread the thread-starter intends to delete, and dobie refers to a thread that is a play on words of another active thread title.
Unless I missed the thread you're playing on, in which case you're using it right and I've made a strong argument against all hatrackers being too smart.
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The antidisestablishmentarian faction in Iraq is hostile to the US because the loss of strict social control by the established clerical laws means gay marriage may one day become a reality in Iraq.
Edit: Dang. I missed ketchupqueen's post.
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antidisestablishmentarianism is too long of a word for smarterchild, it overloads his brain circuts.
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Btw, Chungwa, it's indescribably not undescribably.
But I'm just teasing. I'm sure you're very smart, and there's not one genius on this board. Just lots of people who pretend.
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Sometimes something seems smart when, in fact, it's just clever. And sometimes it's just silly painted with big words. For example, use all these words in a single sentence:
Defeat Deduct Defense Detail
My favorite?
"Defeat of Deduct went over Defense before Detail."
P.S. You should read that out loud for full effect.
P.P.S. I'll be going now.
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quote:Originally posted by El JT de Spang: Unless I missed the thread you're playing on, in which case you're using it right and I've made a strong argument against all hatrackers being too smart.
I'm willing to bet that the number of geniuses on hatrack is not equal to one.
Proving it would involve either trusting people when they post their IQ and whatnot, or some form of independant testing on our part which would be far more effort than I'm about to put into it.
--Enigmatic (may be a genius, doesn't actually know)
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In the past, several Hatrackers have discussed IQ tests in a way that strongly suggested that the majority of those of our regulars who know their IQ scores last tested well above 150.
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For you, Kama, we'll all lower our extraordinary IQ's!
Seriously, now, have you ever seen a smart boy in front of a beautiful girl? Does he seem smart anymore?! Posts: 4519 | Registered: Sep 2003
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Chungwa, you see, I seem to have made rather a fool of myself, but nobody's told me to go away yet. Posts: 7877 | Registered: Feb 2003
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The table here which estimates your IQ based on your GRE says I should have around a 141 IQ.
When looking up "genius IQ" my first hit says that "over 140 - Genius or near genius".
I find the thought that I myself am a genius fairly laughable, so obviously something is wrong here .
But, if I am somewhere even close to 140, then I would have no problem believing that there are dozens of hatrackers who have over a 150.
Not that anyone cares really . You can have a 180 IQ, and still not be able to string an argument together. Or make a series of groan-worthy puns .
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Hey! I checked that website, and I'm a flanken genius! I should consult with a super-genius to find out why someone with an IQ as astoundingly high as mine can not make heads or tails out of the intructions that came with the furniture from IKEA. Who makes up the clientele of that establishment, anyway?
Seriously, any monkey can talk about being a misunderstood genius, and any monkey can listen to some other monkey bragging about being a misunderstood genius, but a true genius can be recognized by the non-monkey population.
There is no point to that except I feel sorry for the poor underutilized graemlin, and I try to fit it in where I can.
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quote:Seriously, any monkey can talk about being a misunderstood genius, and any monkey can listen to some other monkey bragging about being a misunderstood genius...
Ha! So funny, and so very true. You win the thread. Posts: 10886 | Registered: Feb 2000
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Wow, the SAT IQ table is pretty cool, I know my scores on both, and it matched them up within a half a point!
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Aja's right. I'm really impressed by that SAT table -- or, rather, amazed by how closely SAT scores correlate to testable IQ. It got within two points of my actual IQ.
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I had no idea the two tests could be so closely related. I took one when I was 8 years old and the other when I was 17, and from what I remember they tested completely different types of things. :shrug:
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quote: I'm not sure "impressed" is the word I'd use.
Yeah, it's also dismaying, since it suggests that either the SAT or the IQ test really is a remarkably flawed test of what it's supposed to be testing.
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I'm smart in all the weird ways, apparently, because my SAT scores didn't touch my IQ. Although I did better on the ACT, so I think it's just that my aptitude lies in different areas.
IQ is way overrated, anyway.
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I, personally, think that any test which relies on multiple choice questions is inherently flawed. The problem is that without multiple choice, objective grading is nearly impossible.
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