I work at a school and my brain is my livelihood! I match wits with kids every day! I can't afford to lose a single point!

Also, IQ is only one measure of "intelligence". There is "book smart", "street smart" and "social skills" smart, to name a few. Most of us are either "math people" or "language people"- in other words, more intelligent in one area than in another.

And there's "Earth wise"- able to make use of what is around you without destroying things. And many of us know that "heart wise" person- the one everyone talks to because they always make us feel better.

There are the "idiot savants"/ child prodigies- people who are brilliant in one narrow area while being normal to low IQ in all others. "Intelligence" is a "slippery fish" of a concept.

My brother defines (our) excessively high IQ as a form of mental illness- and in some ways, he is right. It does warp you. I was the precocious 10 year old who felt more comfortable talking with adults, preferably, well educated adults. One of the main reasons I was initially interested in my husband was that he knew who Utnapishtem was and had heard of genetic crossover. :wtf: (Yeah, I was THAT geeky!)

We all have our strengths and weaknesses in all of the many facets of intelligence...however you define it. Ideally, we should all be both teachers and students, since none of us knows it all! - Granny:hippy: (well medicated tonight!)
Storm Crow Reviewed by Storm Crow on . If you could, would you sell your IQ points? This is a debate several severs at my job have been discussing. If it was possible to sell an IQ point would you? lets say they will give you $1000 per point. How many would you sell? And yes everyone has different IQs so some people could obviously afford to get rid of more before becomming an idiot, but still. Rating: 5