My Low IQ Prevents Me from Participating In the Math and Physics Sections

Discussion in 'Human Science' started by Nihilism, Dec 29, 2013.

  1. Nihilism Registered Member

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    I like mathematics and physics, but my math IQ was tested to be 103, and my visuospatial IQ is 92; my fluid IQ would average to about 97, three points below average. On the other hand, I have a verbal IQ of 127 (crystallized intelligence), so I can handle intellectual discussions in the areas of philosophy, politics, and psychology.

    If it were my choice, I would have chosen to be aborted to avoid an unhappy life of not being able to do advanced mathematics and physics. Or even better, were the science available, I would have chosen to be genetically engineered to have extremely high IQs in all domains. So now I just wait to die in a state of stupidity.
     
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  3. Stryder Keeper of "good" ideas. Valued Senior Member

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    I'm pretty sure that IQ can alter due to the brains plasticity, so with something like Mathematics, it would be possible for you to "eventually" understand it at a level you could participate, if you of course put your mind to it and got tutored. I'm not saying you could jump into a conversation next week, next month or even a year down the road however you would "eventually" be able to.
     
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  5. Sorcerer Put a Spell on you Registered Senior Member

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    You can have a very good career as a journalist or, if you lack any moral sense, as a politician.

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  7. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    You might as well say that because you are unable to run 100 metres in less than 10 seconds, that you wait to die in a state of physical slowness.
    Why not make the best of the talents you have?

    Even if you were able to understand that higher level of mathematics, there is a still higher level that even fewer understand.
    Their despair is even worse than yours because they can grasp at what they are missing.
    The most discontent physicist was probably Einstein, who felt he was on the verge of a theory which would unify the four forces.

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  8. kwhilborn Banned Banned

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    @ Nihilism,

    From what I realize about those who participate and moderate in those Forums your addition would likely improve them.

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    Upon reading this I immediately wished you had been aborted also, however there must be some hope for someone who knows the correct meaning of Nihilism.
     
  9. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    That is unkind of you Kwhil.
     
  10. Fraggle Rocker Staff Member

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    I'm pretty sure he was being facetious.
     
  11. Dinosaur Rational Skeptic Valued Senior Member

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    I thought that an IQ score of 100 was a dividing line between above & below average.

    If the above is correct, an IQ of 103 (or even as low as 95) is sufficient to understand & pass almost any undergraduate course in mathematics.

    It might be more than the Math IQ of many SciForms Posters.

    BTW: In college, I knew a few folks playing with less than a full deck who passed some formidable mathematics courses by spending 2-3 times as much time as most students.

    In in grades 7-16 I noticed some not very bright people who made very good grades by spending a lot of time on school work.

    It seemed to me that the most intelligent students were often not the ones with the 2-3 highest grades, due to having interests other than getting the top grades.

    I majored in Mathematics & minored in Physics.

    I am convinced that Mathematics is much easier than most people think.

    It is considered difficult because of the following.
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    If a student does poorly in World History in grades 6-8 due to not not putting out his best efforts, it will not cause him trouble when he takes American or English History in grades 12-16.
    
    A student who does not understand some basic mathematics concepts in grades 6-8 might never catch up because the more advanced mathematics requires an understanding of the previous courses.
     
  12. kwhilborn Banned Banned

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    @ Captain Kremmen,

    This is a world that has some really sad things in it. However when I see some crybaby start whining, this.....

    then my (profanity deleted) hole detector goes off and I find myself honestly agreeing with him. The guy needs to man up, and being a whiny b is not very endearing.
     
  13. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    @Kwhill.
    I don't usually pick up on people barracking each other.
    I found what he said disturbing.

    @Nihilism
    That's a very dark thing you said about choosing to be aborted.
    Mathematics isn't that important.
    It's only a tool.
    Why not try to become better at something you have a talent for?
     
  14. Nihilism Registered Member

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    Most of the six billion people of the world wholeheartedly believe this, and I think this is great; it makes people feel great to believe that everyone can become just like Albert Einstein if they try hard enough, and such a belief creates a more nurturing world: the world unites in helping each other improve their environments so that everyone can share Einstein's brain.

    So, maybe it is that because of my low IQ and genetic inferiority, I can't accept the above and instead uncompromisingly hold on to the belief that my IQ is mostly genetically determined and that I will die a depressed moron.
     
  15. Nihilism Registered Member

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    Not really: when I average all my IQ scores in the various domains, my overall IQ is 110, which is considered Upper Average. Good journalists have much higher IQs than that.
     
  16. Nihilism Registered Member

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    Yes, 100 is the average. So, like most average people, I can, by rote, do some math problems without understanding why it works.
     
  17. Nihilism Registered Member

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    I can't play the drums: I was very awful playing the trumpet in high school band; I have no specials kills: bad at music, sports, math, science, inter-personal relationships, I'm ugly, physically weak, hump back, scoliosis, feminine body frame, can't parallel park or drive well, etc.
     
  18. Nihilism Registered Member

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    In the end, every human is aborted, for we all die and return back to the dirt. Therefore, an aborted fetus or victim of infanticide is the same as a person who lives to 80 and then dies. In the end, it's all the same.
     
  19. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    There is truth in what you say.
    But how would having a high IQ change things?
    Take Einstein, incredibly intelligent, and quite good enough to post on our Maths and Physics section.
    He still died, and is now mouldering away as if he he had never been born.
    His white hair lies fallen in the coffin around his capacious skull,
    and his mischiveous eyes are long ago worm-food.
    In a few Billion years the expanding sun will engulf the earth, and no trace of any of us will remain.
     
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  20. Sorcerer Put a Spell on you Registered Senior Member

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    What are you trying to do, drive everyone to drink? Go for a walk, do some killer sodoku, and get laid, not necessarily in that order.:yay:
     
  21. The Marquis Only want the best for Nigel Valued Senior Member

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    This post is a list of excuses.
    Those excuses are only excuses because you've accepted what they're handing down to you. You still think you're whatever they think you are.

    So your IQ is average. So fucking what. So is mine. I'm assuming that, of course. I've never been tested, and would never submit to being tested. Ever. I didn't even realise they'd split IQ tests up into categories these days. Like music... and coffee. Double shot latte, please. Post-modernist electro-metal slide.

    Figure out what it is you can do, and do it well. To the best of your ability. Your job enables you to do what you want to when you get home.

    And stop worrying about trying to find out what will get your dick wet.

    The trouble with kids these days, is that they never got the bit about Einstein working in a patent office.
    And, of course, they never grew up playing with Mechano. They get Leggo, with a full set of instructions.
     
  22. Vinnie881 Registered Member

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    With all due respect, this comment is absurd. An IQ is not the all determining factor of success at anything. The human mind is very complex, and an IQ test is a indication of what we excel at, but there are many other factors. When I was younger, all through school I never excelled at anything to an outrages degree, and even took an IQ test that was nothing spectacular. I never put much thought into, but my score was in my opinion largely a flaw in how I thought that stifled me. Once I got into my field of work (technology), I came to realize that no one was really doing anything I could not once I comprehended what they were doing, but that was the key I needed to learn problem solving and comprehension. Now I program in 25+ computer languages, have developed databases and software solutions at the highest level and my initial IQ score I had when I was younger didn't hold me back. In recent years I always questioned the IQ, so I went to a licensed professional and had a new test administered to myself that I knew Mensa accepted as I felt my logic and problem solving skills were learned since the test I had in my youth. I received a Mensa approved IQ score of 142. This was learned due to dedication, deductive thought, and experience. Don't run your life and limitations by an IQ. What you don't comprehend now, with work will eventually "click" and then it becomes easy. Complexity in anything is highly weighted by just what we don't understand at the current time.
     
  23. Captain Kremmen All aboard, me Hearties! Valued Senior Member

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    Thread: My Low IQ Prevents Me from Participating In the Math and Physics Sections.

    That's odd.
    I would have thought that a low IQ would suit you perfectly to posting on our Physics and Maths section.
    Low IQ never stops anyone else from posting there.
     
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