Is You Smart Like Me?

Superman · 10-31-2006, 01:01 PM

Hey this is a forum for random, idiotic discussions, right?

Dogs must think we are Gods. We open doors. We drive cars. Dogs can't even understand our thought processes. They just know we're WAY smarter than they are.

As I move around in this world, I notice that other people have varying amounts of understanding. I might be in a discussion where a problem is raised, facts are discovered and solutions offered. Half the people in the meeting will understand nothing more than what the other people said. Of the remaining half, half of those people will imagine solutions. Then, it will take them some time and discussion to work through the various difficulties inherent in each of the solution alternatives.

A small proportion of people who might be in this meeting will, when the problem is first described, imagine the solution, or the two or three solution alternatives, most likely to succeed. Knowing, at a mental glance, the problems that will need to be overcome with any particular solution choice.

Some peoples' brains work WAY slower than some other peoples' brains. Anybody notice this?

Heck, everybody does. When the discussion is happening, the smart folks are the ones that the others are glancing toward throughout the meeting. And it will be one of the smart ones who makes the comment that essentially ends the meeting.

It's like there are a few humans, and the rest are dogs that look like humans and can open doors like humans.

Jim Richards · 10-31-2006, 01:03 PM

I like dogs.

Jeff Higgins · 10-31-2006, 01:07 PM

Around here, most folks attending those meetings are there looking for food. We must provide food to first attract them, then to hold their attention at all. No food; they leave. Exactly like my dog. You might be on to something here...

M.D. Holloway · 10-31-2006, 01:07 PM

Do not eat chocolate from Japan - it tastes bad.

Seahawk · 10-31-2006, 01:09 PM

Myers-Briggs explains it all, if you are so inclined.

I already knew the answer.

kach22i · kach22i's Garage

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Originally posted by Superman
Dogs must think we are Gods.

Cats sure don't.

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Originally posted by Superman
And it will be one of the smart ones who makes the comment that essentially ends the meeting.

Okay, I'll give you that one.

Newbies love to inject smart things to say - the silence afterwords is just peer training.

vash · vash's Garage

a jar full of pennies will make more noise than a jar full of dollar bills.

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

50% of all people are under 100 IQ!

jorian · 10-31-2006, 01:20 PM

We all have our strengths. We might be able to open doors but, dogs can lick their own balls.

kach22i · kach22i's Garage

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Originally posted by red-beard
50% of all people are under 100 IQ!

...........and voted for Bush.

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

i tend to avoid meetings at all cost, because the way my brain operates, there's big risk of ending the meeing with a no-no comment

like some manager going "any questions?"

spawning the inevidable " eeem yeah ,so , when is this thing going to start taking off like you boys said it would , instead of costing us money, nothing working and the facts proving that the techies were right from the start??"

then an ackward silence .....with a muffled scream from the PHB
and the speaker making a run for the door, mumbling something bout , gotta run , plane to catch ...

masraum · 10-31-2006, 01:36 PM

Huh??

masraum · 10-31-2006, 01:42 PM

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Originally posted by Superman

Some peoples' brains work WAY slower than some other peoples' brains. Anybody notice this?

It's like there are a few humans, and the rest are dogs that look like humans and can open doors like humans.

I've thought about this and had discussions about this very subject with a coworker of mine. Initially it's difficult to imagine how the thought processes or brain function of two people can be SO different, but really it's not any different that muscle capacity, bone structure or even color of skin, hairs, eyes. It's just another organ that develops based on genetics. Just because they all probably look similar doesn't mean that on a cellular level they are the same.

I've met people that later on I wonder, "how did they live to be ## years old?" It's amazing sometimes.

I like to think that my dog is actually smarter than some, she just doesn't have the capacity for speech or opposable thumbs.

masraum · 10-31-2006, 01:43 PM

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Originally posted by red-beard
50% of all people are under 100 IQ!

What is it, something like 75% is between 80 and 120?

on-ramp · 10-31-2006, 01:44 PM

is there a correlation between those that do all the talking and their paychecks as compared to the "silent" types.

masraum · 10-31-2006, 01:51 PM

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Originally posted by on-ramp
is there a correlation between those that do all the talking and their paychecks as compared to the "silent" types.

Because there's not necessarily a correlation between intelligence/brain function and paycheck.

artplumber · 10-31-2006, 01:57 PM

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Originally posted by masraum
Huh??

+1

Moneyguy1 · 10-31-2006, 01:58 PM

AIn't that the truth. I think of the patter song in "H.M.S. Pinafore" about "Now I am the leader of the Queen's Navy".

MysticLlama · 10-31-2006, 01:59 PM

So true....

But on the other hand, I hate being looked at like that at nearly every meeting.

Just yesterday we had one with the entire buying department and me, and they all really like this new software we looked at and then silence and all 8-9 of them look at me to get my opinion.

So I pointed out that the stuff that they thought was amazing seemed obvious to me, and what about these 3-4 drawbacks. Then also what about these 5 or 6 solutions to those, and this possibility of modifying it so this and that worked better, etc.

After the blank stares I just said I'll install a demo of it in a few weeks and they can see how it works in real life.

But yeah, I know the feeling real well.

MysticLlama · 10-31-2006, 02:01 PM

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Originally posted by svandamme
i tend to avoid meetings at all cost, because the way my brain operates, there's big risk of ending the meeing with a no-no comment

like some manager going "any questions?"

spawning the inevidable " eeem yeah ,so , when is this thing going to start taking off like you boys said it would , instead of costing us money, nothing working and the facts proving that the techies were right from the start??"

then an ackward silence .....with a muffled scream from the PHB
and the speaker making a run for the door, mumbling something bout , gotta run , plane to catch ...

Sounds just like me, except that I live to make those comments.