IQ Insecurity
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How many here ever feel insecure about their intellect and problem-solving skills? I have felt this way for a long time, and it irritates the hell out of me. For example, I have been working on a single maths problem for an hour now that I'm sure most of you here would have got instantly. I just can't grasp the concept behind it, and it's not very advanced at all. I just feel like I'm less capable mentally than most other people. For my final year in my last course, I acheived the maximum grades that were actually possible for each module. Does this make me intelligent? No, it makes me knowledgable. I absorbed knowledge from the world around me and spewed it out like some sort of machine onto some paper. Does this prove I am more capable than somebody who didn't do as well as me? No. It just means I enjoy my work and enjoy learning new things more than they do. Please somebody, tell me you suck at mathematics too. :D
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SIMON WALTON
SONORK ID 100.10024I've been feeling progressivly more stupid since about the time i was 11. However, despite my early predictions, i'm still not quite a jibbering idiot (well, i jibber sometimes...), so maybe i can hope to last until 30 without needing to be in some sort of assisted living home... ...anyway, just get in the habit of hanging around really drunk people - you'll quickly start feeling intelligent again. :)
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I've been feeling progressivly more stupid since about the time i was 11. However, despite my early predictions, i'm still not quite a jibbering idiot (well, i jibber sometimes...), so maybe i can hope to last until 30 without needing to be in some sort of assisted living home... ...anyway, just get in the habit of hanging around really drunk people - you'll quickly start feeling intelligent again. :)
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Shog9 wrote: just get in the habit of hanging around really drunk people - Works for me:-)
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How many here ever feel insecure about their intellect and problem-solving skills? I have felt this way for a long time, and it irritates the hell out of me. For example, I have been working on a single maths problem for an hour now that I'm sure most of you here would have got instantly. I just can't grasp the concept behind it, and it's not very advanced at all. I just feel like I'm less capable mentally than most other people. For my final year in my last course, I acheived the maximum grades that were actually possible for each module. Does this make me intelligent? No, it makes me knowledgable. I absorbed knowledge from the world around me and spewed it out like some sort of machine onto some paper. Does this prove I am more capable than somebody who didn't do as well as me? No. It just means I enjoy my work and enjoy learning new things more than they do. Please somebody, tell me you suck at mathematics too. :D
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SIMON WALTON
SONORK ID 100.10024I reached the peak of my maths abilities in the second year of high school. I was top set until exam year (more by fluke that anything else). I was the only one in the top set who was entered for the middle level GCSE. It used to bother me, until I realised my talents lay in other directions. As long as you don't get ripped off with your change from shopping and you pay all your taxes correctly - maths ain't the important :-D Michael Programming is great. First they pay you to introduce bugs into software. Then they pay you to remove them again.
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I reached the peak of my maths abilities in the second year of high school. I was top set until exam year (more by fluke that anything else). I was the only one in the top set who was entered for the middle level GCSE. It used to bother me, until I realised my talents lay in other directions. As long as you don't get ripped off with your change from shopping and you pay all your taxes correctly - maths ain't the important :-D Michael Programming is great. First they pay you to introduce bugs into software. Then they pay you to remove them again.
Michael P Butler wrote: maths ain't the important Not nearly as important as grammar, at least...:-D
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How many here ever feel insecure about their intellect and problem-solving skills? I have felt this way for a long time, and it irritates the hell out of me. For example, I have been working on a single maths problem for an hour now that I'm sure most of you here would have got instantly. I just can't grasp the concept behind it, and it's not very advanced at all. I just feel like I'm less capable mentally than most other people. For my final year in my last course, I acheived the maximum grades that were actually possible for each module. Does this make me intelligent? No, it makes me knowledgable. I absorbed knowledge from the world around me and spewed it out like some sort of machine onto some paper. Does this prove I am more capable than somebody who didn't do as well as me? No. It just means I enjoy my work and enjoy learning new things more than they do. Please somebody, tell me you suck at mathematics too. :D
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SIMON WALTON
SONORK ID 100.10024Simon Walton wrote: Please somebody, tell me you suck at mathematics too The feeling gets worse when you are surrounded by people who are too good at math, and can tell you the answer to problems without taking the pen, yes you can count me in :-D Kannan
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Michael P Butler wrote: maths ain't the important Not nearly as important as grammar, at least...:-D
Roger Wright wrote: Not nearly as important as grammar, at least... My English teacher would be spinning in his grave (if he was dead). Read what you've written back through before you submit it, he always used to say. Doh! Michael Programming is great. First they pay you to introduce bugs into software. Then they pay you to remove them again.
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Roger Wright wrote: Not nearly as important as grammar, at least... My English teacher would be spinning in his grave (if he was dead). Read what you've written back through before you submit it, he always used to say. Doh! Michael Programming is great. First they pay you to introduce bugs into software. Then they pay you to remove them again.
Michael P Butler wrote: My English teacher would be spinning in his grave One of mine quit her job and changed her name to Donna Fargo. Go figure...
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How many here ever feel insecure about their intellect and problem-solving skills? I have felt this way for a long time, and it irritates the hell out of me. For example, I have been working on a single maths problem for an hour now that I'm sure most of you here would have got instantly. I just can't grasp the concept behind it, and it's not very advanced at all. I just feel like I'm less capable mentally than most other people. For my final year in my last course, I acheived the maximum grades that were actually possible for each module. Does this make me intelligent? No, it makes me knowledgable. I absorbed knowledge from the world around me and spewed it out like some sort of machine onto some paper. Does this prove I am more capable than somebody who didn't do as well as me? No. It just means I enjoy my work and enjoy learning new things more than they do. Please somebody, tell me you suck at mathematics too. :D
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SIMON WALTON
SONORK ID 100.10024Simon Walton wrote: Please somebody, tell me you suck at mathematics too Simon, no matter how bad you are at mathematics, I am worse*. While I am not proud of that fact, I am not ashamed either. As you said, I realised my strengths lie elsewhere and why beat a dead horse just to impress the cowgirls? * Up until standard 6 (grade 8) I passed math, but not by much. From that year on, I consistently scored 30%. Told you I sucked at math.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
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Simon Walton wrote: Please somebody, tell me you suck at mathematics too Simon, no matter how bad you are at mathematics, I am worse*. While I am not proud of that fact, I am not ashamed either. As you said, I realised my strengths lie elsewhere and why beat a dead horse just to impress the cowgirls? * Up until standard 6 (grade 8) I passed math, but not by much. From that year on, I consistently scored 30%. Told you I sucked at math.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaHorray, somebody who is worse at maths than me! Possibly! From now on, I will call you "crap maths boy" so that I feel better about myself. :D
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SIMON WALTON
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How many here ever feel insecure about their intellect and problem-solving skills? I have felt this way for a long time, and it irritates the hell out of me. For example, I have been working on a single maths problem for an hour now that I'm sure most of you here would have got instantly. I just can't grasp the concept behind it, and it's not very advanced at all. I just feel like I'm less capable mentally than most other people. For my final year in my last course, I acheived the maximum grades that were actually possible for each module. Does this make me intelligent? No, it makes me knowledgable. I absorbed knowledge from the world around me and spewed it out like some sort of machine onto some paper. Does this prove I am more capable than somebody who didn't do as well as me? No. It just means I enjoy my work and enjoy learning new things more than they do. Please somebody, tell me you suck at mathematics too. :D
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SIMON WALTON
SONORK ID 100.10024I suck at maths, probably because of laziness in primary school, and yet I enjoy programming. Yes, I feel pretty stoopid because of it sometimes, but then, I'm getting used to feeling that way :) Talk a bit of geek down the pub tonight - you'll come out feeling like a genius :laugh: The following statement about your geekness is true. The previous statement about your geekness is not true. -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/IT/P d- s: a- C++++$ UL+>++++ P+ L++$ E- W+++$ N !o K+ w++$ O---- M-- PS- PE Y+ PGP--- t !5 X- tv b+++ DI++ D+ G++ e++>e+++ h--- r+++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------