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[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

Nice. I guess it's close like horseshoes. I have no interest in meeting Mensa folks for similar impressions though I've not ever met one I'm aware of.

I'd like to pretend that I'm a genius but I don't want to prove myself wrong with a test. In grade 9 we took a test. I got 129, 1 short of "genius". All the way through the multiple choice A B C or D test I kept leaving blanks on the tricky ones to go back later and randomly fill them in at the last minute - but when I finished test I forgot to go back and fill them in! I guess the test prove I wasn't a genius.

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Yeah tests are worth whatever. Back when my intellect was in full force, I got 174. Nowadays I'd be surprised if I even reached 120, but then again I find the intellect to be a cumbersome, lumbering and inherently stupid beast. Reducing the mind to data processing capacity is misguided at best. The mind has so much more to offer than computing.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Agreed. The tests are as biased as anything.

I haven't seen tests for street smarts, fashion sense, manners, compassion, pragmatism, character, efficiency, religiosity, well-being, fulfillment. But I haven't looked either, because if I found some I know they'd be biased - and I don't need a test to define who I already know I am.

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But, if you will humor me in a separate thread where we could discuss this other topic, and I don't know where the proper Sub would be, I contend that one cannot ever know oneself.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I can't guarantee anything. I'm backed up with 200+ messages, can't stop looking at new content and joining in new discussions, my comments are rarely sparse, and I have ambitious projects I want to do. But I'm game.

I made this last year but I abandoned my multisubs categorizations of SaidIt subs project:

https://saidit.net/user/JasonCarswell/m/saidit_minds

On the right you'll see all the subs that relate to "minds".