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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 07 2006 at 09:34
The majority of people say I am a dufus...the other group of people usually say 'dufus" is too overapreciated.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 07 2006 at 09:42

Originally posted by NecroManiac NecroManiac wrote:

I took a test when I was 12 in seven different categories and I ranked above average in everyone except social interaction and perception

Maybe you didn't perceive the results correctly?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 07 2006 at 10:28
Originally posted by Cygnus X-2 Cygnus X-2 wrote:

Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

anyone have a link where i can find out my IQ????

Why, here's your IQ my good man:



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 07 2006 at 13:00

I once oin the early 80's took the Mensa test (Due to a bet with a friend who claimed to be incredoibly intelligent, and believe it or not I was invited to join) they said I have a 145 IQ, in the University they told me I had 142, so I believe is more or less accurate.

But the Internet tests are a joke.

Back to the point:

Check a Prog' Forum and you´ll see the people discussing what's the tempo, influences, skills, technicall abbilities, deep lyrics, roots, development of the style, evolution of the sound etc.

Check a Pop forum and you'll read what kind of clothes Britney wears, who is the latest love of Mariah Carey, how cute are the kids from N'Sync (How morons I would say), where they buy their clothes and of course all the scandals.

Check our Discussions not related with music forum and you'll find many members (including  15 years kids) talking about Religion, Politics, discrimination, etc.

I believe this is a prove that most prog fans have a normal - high IQ level, and are way more versatile.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 07 2006 at 13:45

I'm pretty sure Albert Einstein said "people who boast about their IQ's are morons".

Intelligence quotients don't mean sh*t. Listening to progressive/artistic/creative/truthful music may actually make you smarter. No you don't put it on when you go to sleep and when you wake up your I.Q. is boosted by 2 points or something. ACTIVELY listening to these artists may spark your curiosity for learning. If you look up to these people, and study their music, and their personalities, you realize that alot of them are not just entertainers, but natural Scholars with a thrist for knowledge and forward thinking.  Make you want to delve a little deeper, exploring all territories. Opening "the doors of perception" if you will.

If you put a young boy who has never seen or heard a drumset, in front of one, his natural instinct wouldn't be to pick up a set of brushes and play a 60 b.p.m. ballad groove. He will want to play them as hard and as fast as he can. Naturally, he wants to be the King of the Castle. So, progressive music is a natural human instinct I'd think. Boys will be Boys.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 07 2006 at 14:16
Originally posted by En_Schizophren En_Schizophren wrote:

I'm pretty sure Albert Einstein said "people who boast about their IQ's are morons".

Intelligence quotients don't mean sh*t. Listening to progressive/artistic/creative/truthful music may actually make you smarter. No you don't put it on when you go to sleep and when you wake up your I.Q. is boosted by 2 points or something. ACTIVELY listening to these artists may spark your curiosity for learning. If you look up to these people, and study their music, and their personalities, you realize that alot of them are not just entertainers, but natural Scholars with a thrist for knowledge and forward thinking.  Make you want to delve a little deeper, exploring all territories. Opening "the doors of perception" if you will.

If you put a young boy who has never seen or heard a drumset, in front of one, his natural instinct wouldn't be to pick up a set of brushes and play a 60 b.p.m. ballad groove. He will want to play them as hard and as fast as he can. Naturally, he wants to be the King of the Castle. So, progressive music is a natural human instinct I'd think. Boys will be Boys.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 07 2006 at 15:39
Originally posted by NecroManiac NecroManiac wrote:

I took a test when I was 12 in seven different categories and I ranked above average in everyone except social interaction and perception. 


Which Pink Floyd album cover is on the back of the second woman from the left?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 07 2006 at 15:44

Originally posted by Juhqli Juhqli wrote:

Originally posted by NecroManiac NecroManiac wrote:

I took a test when I was 12 in seven different categories and I ranked above average in everyone except social interaction and perception. 


Which Pink Floyd album cover is on the back of the second woman from the left?

Relics, originally a budget priced compilation of early material with a rather groovy ink drawing by Nick Mason on the cover. The CD reissue features a colour version (reproduced on the woman's back) and is full price, despite featuring no extra material.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 07 2006 at 18:32
Yeah. I find the original to be far superior to the cd re-release.

What's yer faovrite album? =^_^=
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 08 2006 at 14:51

I took an IQ test about two years ago because I was doing not that good in school and my mom thought that I might have some attention problems, so they deliverd mo to some test...one of them being an IQ test. Apparently I scored like 16 points above avarage, because they used a system that went from 0 till...well I guess a lot jejeje, and that being between 100 and 120 was to be a intelligent person...and I got 126 so they told me I was quite brilliant! jejejej...I dont know if its completly true...I have the test and all but ...well, what the hell, yes I smart!!! still I suck in math

jejejeej

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 08 2006 at 15:49
My IQ is somewhere above 140. An official test I took when I was 6 or 7 said I was nearly a demi-genius or high-gifted or whatever it's called if I were more tidy and organised. I used to think 120 was the average IQ, so now it's not that much of a surprise so many people around me appear so stupid.

This year, I took another test. I seemed to be exceptionally gifted in verbal intelligence. Spatial intelligence was terrible. Oh, I suck at math.
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