Rank these posters by what you perceive their intelligence levels to be.

[Eraserhead]

Obviously, nobody could know for sure based on what people put on here but take a stab at this anyway...

Presented in alphabetical order:

BushOklahoma
bgwah
CARLHAYDEN
Derek
Downwithdaleft
Einzige
Flyers2004
Hamilton
HoffmanJohn
jamespol
jmfcst
JSojourner
Kalwejt
KingoftheBenchPress
Libertas
MasterJedi
muon2
obamaisdabest
opebo
phknrocket1k
Robert Stark
Rowan Brandon
Statesrights
Straha
Torie
Xahar

[dead0man]

moun2 and Torie at the top.  Maybe bgwah too.


I guess phknrocket, DWDL and Jedi would be in the next group.  Maybe throw States, Flyers, JSoj and jmfcst at the tail end of this group.

Then you get the "fake" smart people...maybe "poser" would be a better word.  And the clearly dumber too.  Too many to list.  I'd have a machine count them up, but a human could do a better job <snicker>

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Threads like this usually quickly turns into a bitching fests.

[Boris]

Jmfcst, Torie, Rocket, and Muon all posess the most esoteric skillsets. None of the others display anything particularly revelatory, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're dumb. Political Science is just an inherently easy subject since it's basically reading comprehension.

[Eraserhead]

Threads like this usually quickly turns into a bitching fests.

Shouldn't you like it then? You love forum drama as much as anybody.

[Countess Anya of the North Parish]

Threads like this usually quickly turns into a bitching fests.

Shouldn't you like it then? You love forum drama as much as anybody.

it has more to do with him fearing where people will place him.

[Lunar]

Threads like this usually quickly turns into a bitching fests.

I'm not sure about that, but they certainly delve into meanness regarding the bottom ranked peeps

[Rowan]

RowanBrandon goes at the bottom of the list. He's a moron.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Threads like this usually quickly turns into a bitching fests.

Shouldn't you like it then? You love forum drama as much as anybody.

I'm getting too old for Forum drama.

And this thread is going to end like:

"How the f**k am I at the bottom?!"

"Why did you put me at the bottom, you retard"

"You troll!"

"Um, how I'm a retard?"

"Um, you hate freedom".

*thread is locked*

Now, please all prove me wrong

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Xahar scares me with what he knows.  Imagine what he'll know when he's 50.

[dead0man]

Hopefully he'll know "machines" count better than people by then.

[Gustaf]

A bit iffy around the edges. This is a combination of all the things I perceive as parts of smartness. I don't particularly value having educated parents providing you with a good vocabulary as compared to behaving like a moron or not understanding simple concepts even after having them explained to you. This is from highest to lowest. Some of those are really more or less tied, especially in the middle where it becomes muddled.


muon2
Torie
Xahar

bgwah
MasterJedi
Rowan Brandon
phknrocket1k
jmfcst
CARLHAYDEN
Flyers2004
Kalwejt
Statesrights
JSojourner
Straha
Hamilton
opebo
HoffmanJohn
obamaisdabest
Einzige
Downwithdaleft
Libertas

BushOklahoma
Robert Stark
jamespol
Derek
KingoftheBenchPress

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

what exactly is intelligence?  is it the ability to learn or the ability to make use of what is learned?  

Derek is a perfect example of someone who has learned a lot; but as far as usefulness goes, he's on the level of a 2nd grader. Imaging having Derek as a chemistry lab partner in college - your life expectancy could be measured in hours!

[Eraserhead]

Use whatever formulation for intelligence that you feel comfortable using... notice that I didn't put "IQ" down in the title or anything.

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

we need to have a series of polls like:

who would you trust more to hold a ladder:  posterA vs. posterB

[Psychic Octopus]

Vander Blubb isn't included in this, but if he was, he probably would be in the top group.

[opebo]

Modesty forfends, but also I'm too lazy to do that many names.