Quote Originally Posted by 2600
Totally dude- people have the wrong idea about intelligence. Just because someone has a nice house, a well paying job, an education, the ability to learn quickly and apply information in new ways, an understanding of the relationship between motivation, hard work, and success, an aptitude for maintaining positive relationships in life, and the general knack for staying out of jail and off the streets does NOT necessarily make them intelligent.
Theres something called environment and being lucky. Lets not give intelligence too much credit. Ideally, our president should be really intelligent but I doubt he could have become president being born into a family that lived off welfare checks. Bill Frist thinks you can get AIDS from sweat and somehow he made it to Congress. Theres intelligence for you.

Quote Originally Posted by 2600
On the other hand, some are smart enough to leave such luxuries as food, shelter, personal security, and love behind (maslows hierarchy of needs was overrated anyways). Yeah, the real geniuses can be found pilfering parking lots for cigarette butts, urinating in stairways, begging for change, and screaming at stop signs. If you don't believe me, just ask them. Most are proud to disclose their IQ score with minimal prompting (and it's generally off the charts! lol).
You're not as persuasive when you have to resort to sterotyping to make a point.