Not as smart as I used to be.
Based on an article* I've been reading today, the discussion came up about someone proposing to relocate polar bears to Antarctica to 'fix' their habitat being melted away by global warming. Bear said something about polar bears and penguins being a bad mix. I realized I honestly didn't know if there were any penguins to the north, or if there
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Do I think I am dumber then others, no. Do I think I am smarter? Then most people I come into contact with in the world, yes, then my circle, not so much. I happen to know so many brilliant people and come from a very educated family and background. I have a high IQ, got really good grades in college and had my pick of grad schools (which I stupidly put on hold and never went back to). Does that mean anything? Not really, my Ex graduated the same school that I did, he didn't get as good grades but he made it through in a different program, he earns much more then I do too, yet I found him to really be beneath me intellectually and it was one of the problems in our relationship. I know it sounds snobby but intelligence is very important to me, I am turned on more by a brain then anything else. Now I am married to a man who I feel is quite on my level and I love our conversations and what we each bring to the table, yet he has no college at all, so really school means nothing.
My Brother used to date (and had a kid with) a woman who graduated from SUNY Stony Brook (a very good school) at Phi Beta Kappa, and yet she didn't know who the president was. WTF?
I am rambling, but I think you get my point, intelligence can not be measured by any one scale, but it is important to me personally.
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