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Are you really smart? Are you really dumb? Are you average? How did you come to your conclusion? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] thepreciousboar@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Technically I have a high IQ, but that is just a number. Besides that I consider myself decently, if not quite, smart. I recognize that I can come up with creative solutions to problems, but most importantly people come to me to ask for help for certain things, which feels great and I think is good a measure of how someone is "smart". I learn less from books and more from association and observation. I also generaly reach high in what I do, but that is more thanks to determination and ambition than pure skills. Of course I also lack in many other things, staying around and understanding people is difficult and making friends is incredibly challenging