Are you intellectually confident?

...errr, not sure i understand the question!!?

All the time ?

I work with lots of people who have been educated beyond the level I have and although I think I'm reasonably intelligent, I'm less educated than my colleagues iyswim

I often 'dont get things' mainly due to my lack of general knowledge rather than lack of intelligent.

Some times I nod along, some times I ask questions its only really my boyfriend who can tell when i'm clueless about topics.

Hmmmm fairly. I deseminate info fairly easily, but worry that my verbal and written dexterity at times can mask a real "concrete" grasp in an analytical way ifyswim.

Depends on which subjects really, but I don't get embarrassed if I don't know something-I admit it and ask.

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Depends on which subjects really, but I don't get embarrassed if I don't know something-I admit it and ask.

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quote:Originally posted by Ellena
Depends on which subjects really, but I don't get embarrassed if I don't know something-I admit it and ask.

id="quote">WSS - I do this, if you don't ask you'll never know.

What's the saying... something along the lines of looking a fool for a minute versus remaining one for a lifetime?

I only taught for three months, but I became very clever at acting like I understood way more than I did ?

It depends on the subject. I am confident with most, but maths and politics stump me.

I'm pretty confident in my intelligence, and am happy to ask questions if I don't understand something. I'm not scared of looking stupid?

I'm not as confident in my intelligence levels as I should be. I often worry that I don't/won't understand things.

I will ask if I don't get something, or I'll blag it if need be.

I have more confidence in my 'winging it' ability ?

Not anymore, but I used to. When I first met Mr P's daughters I felt terribly out of the conversations. They'd be debating things I really didn't take time to be interested in, or want to understand. Not ever having learnt the art of debating (it was always an argument in my family), it was a new world to me.

Feel much more confident both in myself and my intelligence these past few years. And if I don't understand, I ask!

Why do you ask JK?

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I'm pretty confident in my intelligence, and am happy to ask questions if I don't understand something. I'm not scared of looking stupid?

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I'm the same. I'm confident in what I know and usually know where to find out what I don't.

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Not anymore, but I used to. When I first met Mr P's daughters I felt terribly out of the conversations. They'd be debating things I really didn't take time to be interested in, or want to understand. Not ever having learnt the art of debating (it was always an argument in my family), it was a new world to me.

Feel much more confident both in myself and my intelligence these past few years. And if I don't understand, I ask!

Why do you ask JK?id="red">

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Just curious. I don't think I'm staggeringly intelligent, but it never occurs to me that something will be impossible for me to understand. It might take more effort than I'm prepared to put in, but that's not the same thing.

I'm never going to be good at physical stuff, and music is something I have very little feel for, or interest in. But I don't ever doubt that I can understand something, or have a valid opinion on a subject I'm not hugely familiar with.

Is that arrogance I wonder? ?

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Is that arrogance I wonder? ?

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I don't think so and not just because I feel the same ?

In my job I have to explain science to people without a science background. I maintain that it should be possible for even the most complex science to be understood by anyone as long as it is explained well and the explainee wants to understand. It must be the same with any subject.

I think a lot if my intellectual stupidity is due to a hearing problem.?

I think I'm borderline for a hearing aid, personally I think I need one to boost my confidence and er hearing, but the hospital says I don't need one yet. It's not like I'm deserate for a hearing aid, but I think it would really boost my confidence, etc.

I guess I am similar to Hazel... confident about the things I do know... but lacking in some areas... mainly those where I have no interest... i.e history, politics....

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I guess I am similar to Hazel... confident about the things I do know... but lacking in some areas... mainly those where I have no interest... i.e history, politics....

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Now if someone wants to talk about diets and food and nutrition I could talk the hind legs off a donkey!

But politics, Religion and history ..

I know I'm intelligent but often at work I'm intimidated and am terrified of being thought stupid. It's a consequence of being called "dim", "dozy" and "idiot" by my parents for so many years.

In meetings I often adopt the "better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt" approach and I know I'm not thought of as particularly assertive (have just undergone 360 feedback) [:I]

I went to a grammer school and it took me until I was late twenties to realise that I wasn't thick because I always compared myself to my school peers it was a real lightbulb moment that I have only recently been able to admit to having.

So no I am not confident in my intellect, although I am learning that I should?

No.

I often worry about speaking up about things because more often than not I get things wrong.

I don't understand things when they are explained to me, or if I do understand I forget quickly!

Fortunately most people find it endearing, others find it frustrating- so do I!


(Just ask Mrs Magic about my refrence to 'meat eaters, in London [V])

I worry that I am going to make ned a stoopid! ?

Waaaah, I'd forgotten about Meateaters. ? Poor MF was hoping to see a Meateater with their funny hats and uniforms in London. ?

If my H starts telling me about his work, I don't understand anything. He did tried to explain to me once how they calculate the force on dampers in cars. He then had to explain to me what a damper was...

Hmmm...I suppose I am pretty confident in my own intelligence, I did well at school and I'm of above average intelligence I think. I'm very comfortable debating most issues and if not I say so.

However I know I have my limitations in some areas. It sounds weird but one thing that springs to mind is the author J.M Coetzee. I have read four of his books and I just don't 'get' them. I'm sure that someone more intelligent than me would read them and see something in them that I don't because I'm not clever enough. It doesn't really bother me, but I'm aware that there's soemthing there that I'm not getting, iyswim?

I'm pretty confident about my intelligence, that's what being educated at a grammar school does for you I suppose. Spending your school years being told that you're in the top 10% of the population for intelligence gives you some kind of confidence.

There's areas I'm not good on (mainly history, science and politics) and I'll freely admit that. I think I pick things up quickly and am able to learn and understand without too much of a problem - whether that makes me intelligent or not, I don't know. ?

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I'm pretty confident about my intelligence, that's what being educated at a grammar school does for you I suppose. Spending your school years being told that you're in the top 10% of the population for intelligence gives you some kind of confidence.

There's areas I'm not good on (mainly history, science and politics) and I'll freely admit that. I think I pick things up quickly and am able to learn and understand without too much of a problem - whether that makes me intelligent or not, I don't know. ?

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Maybe that's what it is. I went to a grammar too. And my parents told me every day that the only thing that would hold me back was the fact that I was bone idle. Cheers.

quote:Originally posted by spinster chick
I went to a grammer school and it took me until I was late twenties to realise that I wasn't thick because I always compared myself to my school peers it was a real lightbulb moment that I have only recently been able to admit to having.

So no I am not confident in my intellect, although I am learning that I should?

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ditto, ditto, and ditto! my grammar school education is my albatross too. and I'm really shy which doesn't help. sometimes things seem a bit TOO simple and I assume that's because I don't get the full complexity of the situation, and then it turns out that, no, it was just simple all along. i could kick myself so many times for not speaking up in meetings for fear of looking stupid, which is actually what does make me look stupid!

I am to an extent. The idea of not being clever enough to understand something is a bit alien.

I used to be more sure of my subject knowledge IYSWIM. When I'd just done my MA I was pretty sure that I was really bloody clever ?

I don't think I've ever thought of something as being beyond me intellectually. I think if something is explained to me I'll understand it.

I guess the only thing I really can't comprehend is Economics, but I've never really tried to understand it.

I was in the top 5 in my year at school, and have done a standardised test that put me in the top 0.3% of people who've done the test.

I know I'm good at sitting exams, and I'm quite good at intelligence tests too, but that doesn't mean I'm particularly intelligent.

I don't know, it's not something I really think about.

I surprise myself occasionally but most of the time no (unsurprisingly) I don't have confidence in my intelligence although am usually able to bluff my way out of things.

quote:Originally posted by spinster chick
I went to a grammer school and it took me until I was late twenties to realise that I wasn't thick because I always compared myself to my school peers it was a real lightbulb moment that I have only recently been able to admit to having.

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That makes sense. (I was also at a grammar school, and only recently realised that you can be intelligent without necessarily having to be intellectual. )

I'm confident in things that I've had time to think about, and things I know a lot about. In other things I feel like a total dullard - and usually listen to other peoples' opinions.

I'm fairly confident in the sense that I think I'm capable of learning ?

I'm not so hot with general knowledge and I'd love to be a bit more well-read.

But essentially, if I need to know something, I can usually work out how to find the answers, and I can hold a fairly coherent conversation Mon-Fri.

I think the mistake people make sometimes is believing that someone is more intelligent than you based purely on that persons knowledge of a specific subject.

I believe I can apply myself, so I'm fairly confident.

No. I am both thick and lazy, and finished my education far before I should have. Never mind, though. Every day is a school day ?