Age defining my Smarts?

Because we were 14 once and also thought we knew it all. As we got older we realized that we didn't actually know everything and we were not as smart as we thought we were.

Wisdom>Intelligence

You do sound like you are mature and smart for your age. I have two teenage daughters so I can see where you are coming from.

I think what you are missing is experience. Life experience. No matter how intelligent a person is - there is no replacement for experience. You could very well be much more intelligent than an adult, however, the adult will have much more life experience than you.

An adult has already been through going to school, graduating, getting and maintaining a job and career, raising children, maintaining personal finances, having relationships with a significant other, traveling worldwide, maintaining a home.

After years of experience (and being a pretty intelligent person myself) - I realize even at my age and level of intelligence, I realize I can learn something from almost anyone. People younger than me, people older than me -- so called less intelligent people -others have had different experiences than I have had and I can learn from them.

Do you think people maybe patronize you because you act or say things that may give them the impression you think you are smarter than them? Maybe you, without realizing it, are coming across as being arrogant? Maybe that is the reason they are doing it to you?

I remember a friend I had in high school - she was extremely intelligent - she had the most impressive vocabulary of anyone I knew. She would come across as arrogant and full of it - not saying you are- she was a sweetheart and once you got to know her - you knew she didn't mean it that way.

Maybe if you make yourself open to their life experiences, in turn, they will appreciate your maturity and intelligence.

It's certainly immature to boast about your alleged IQ, and confusing 'to' and 'too' makes that score dubious.

Good post, Linkat.

On another note, I lost status in my class rank (still not bad) because a friend finished earlier than I did on the test and wanted to go get a soda (or was it a milkshake?) and I skipped the last page to do that. I think that was in 1959.
I cheerfully admit it was idiotic of me (she would have waited), though I think I thought it was just one more test in the cascade of tests, and that she did too. I don't remember that the nun called it an intelligence test, and I am 99 44/100s sure I would have noticed.

In the intervening years, I admire curiosity more than tested intelligence, and in many cases, that is a matter of family situations, though not entirely.

I really get worried about self absorbed people who are full of distain for other human beings. Give me a gentle, loving, socially engaged, average IQ person any day.

Sorry, but these statements literally negate each other.

In your other thread you said you were late 20s?

On Fri 27 Jan, 2017 05:09 pm - you are a female in late 20`s
On Fri 27 Jan, 2017 01:11 pm you are a teen ager.

IQ of 147 and not knowing you age......hm

I said different ages to see how people would react. Besides psychically I'm in my teens. Mentally in in my late 20's/early 30's

Is there some reason you think being labeled as a teen is derogatory? it is a time of expansive learning, one way or another.

You sound exhilarated by results for your one IQ test, so that you now you have power as a smartie.

There are plenty of discussions online about IQ: you can look them up.
A2K has at least a few or several, if you can manage to look them up.

Just a little experiment on people's subconscious. And I've always known I was smart. Besides I tell everyone offline my IQ is 113. And only when they ask. And don't make assumptions about what I'm thinking or on my opinions, I've always found it a little insulting

Ok, then, I'll call you a sollipsist reaching out.

Why would you tell anybody your IQ? That does not tell anything about how you use your IQ. You do not seem to use yours very well.
A person can be very wise without a high IQ.
A person can be rather stupid with a high IQ.