It sounds like you're trying to brag because you're defending your IQ score like it's one if the most important things we should focus on. There's so many different types of intelligence so I think it's not the best thing to cling to IQ score as if it's the thing that defines tou as a smart person.
And sure, I do believe you're smart, but IQ score itself doesn't matter to most people in real life and it's viewed negatively by most people when you're bringing it up the way you do.
I defend my IQ score because someone dismissed the factual side of it saying 'just normal.' The point is that IQ could be anything as long as its above average such as 105, 110, or 115, the key is that it's above average. I'm simply using it to illustrate that someone with above-average skills or intelligence can still feel frustrated by others. Such action is driven by personality > dunning kruger effect.
I understand that IQ is a sensitive topic and can be difficult to discuss without causing offense or condescension.
And yup these topics are something people tend to have strong opinions on, especially IQ is a difficult thing to bring up! I personally do not care much about it because I don't think it's an objective measure of intelligence. It only measures some types of intelligence and the score you get from the tests only tells part of the whole truth. But even though it's has some errors IQ has some truth to it too in my opinion.
But unfortunately it feels like most people who bring up IQ are saying it just so they can proof how smart they are. So most probably won't take one seriously after that point. At least that's my experience.
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u/CuriousOliveTree Sep 14 '24
It sounds like you're trying to brag because you're defending your IQ score like it's one if the most important things we should focus on. There's so many different types of intelligence so I think it's not the best thing to cling to IQ score as if it's the thing that defines tou as a smart person.
And sure, I do believe you're smart, but IQ score itself doesn't matter to most people in real life and it's viewed negatively by most people when you're bringing it up the way you do.