How Do You Judge Intelligence?

[Contra Fates]

Have you ever met someone in person who you thought was very intelligent, but later saw them online and they typed lyk thiz all tha tyme? Or, have you known someone who was a Straight A Student, but seemed rock stupid in all other areas?

As such, I ask this question: How do you judge if someone is intelligent or not?

[Casanova]

Damn good question.

I value introspection highly, and while most people may think they know themselves well, I like people who evidently spend a lot of time evaluating their own thought processes and questioning every decision they make, even thinking ahead and picturing the outcome of certain decisions and how they might react to the changes. I know it sounds really strange, but it goes much deeper than just thinking before you act, for example. For years I've been picking my own brains and trying to figure out what really makes me tick, and always questioning my own morals and even grudges. I often catch myself halfway through a thought and think Whoah, hold on there... why? I'm always asking myself why, always questioning myself. xD

If you want a short answer, then I judge intelligence on how basically competent someone acts and thinks. Common sense, you could call it, but I think real intelligence and therein wisdom, is awarded to thinkers.

Saying that, I have profound respect for mathematics and science, but what you might call "book smarts" doesn't really do a lot for me, mainly becuz i dun haz eet. D=

To quote Wikipedia:

Introspection is the self-observation and reporting of conscious inner thoughts, desires and sensations. It is a conscious mental and usually purposive process relying on thinking, reasoning, and examining one's own thoughts, feelings, and, in more spiritual cases, one's soul. It can also be called contemplation of one's self, and is contrasted with extrospection, the observation of things external to one's self. Introspection may be used synonymously with self-reflection and used in a similar way.

[VxM Edgeworth]

How do you judge one's intellect? I don't do that because everyone has the same amount of intellect left for us to discover on our own merits; however, how one chooses to display their intelligence could result in something quite ignorant.

I will say nowadays if you don't know anything about Lil Wayne or some stupid reality-genre show, you're most likely "stupid" to "society's" standards.

[Doaj]

I value introspection highly, and while most people may think they know themselves well, I like people who evidently spend a lot of time evaluating their own thought processes and questioning every decision they make, even thinking ahead and picturing the outcome of certain decisions and how they might react to the changes. I know it sounds really strange, but it goes much deeper than just thinking before you act, for example. For years I've been picking my own brains and trying to figure out what really makes me tick, and always questioning my own morals and even grudges. I often catch myself halfway through a thought and think Whoah, hold on there... why? I'm always asking myself why, always questioning myself. xD

Sums up about half of it right there for me. Thanks for typing all of that out, John. Honestly, introspection is probably the main thing I look toward. However, not always. They also have to show it in their eyes. By looking at peoples' eyes I can see who is more "aware" of things- of themselves, of life, of hardship. Intelligence is shown in the eyes.