Regiomontanus
Ματαιοδοξία ματαιοδοξιών! Όλα είναι ματαιοδοξία.
I don't know but I think I have an IQ slightly higher than a turnip. However, I think rutabagas may have me beat.
Or beet
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The average forum member
- Thread starter Jayhawker Soule
- Start date
Or beet
Heyo
Veteran Member
The average forum member is of average intelligence in relation to the forum.
In relation to the overall population, the intelligence is above average. We are a self-selected group which is interested in religion, philosophy and sometimes politics/current events. Those interests are underrepresented in the lower IQ ranks. More precisely, having challenging conversations about the topics - low IQ people are still interested in religion and politics on more of a consumer level.
Because of that low pass filter, I also assume that we will not have a normal distribution. I guess that the median is still very near 100, while the average is a bit higher.
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
I love the intellectual cut and thrust of this place.You're poop. SO there.
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
Now you've upset me.
Please....keep it clean.
This is a family friendly forum.
Even if the OP thinks our average IQ is
dropping faster that a prom queen's dress.
It's at a high level. That's why I brought my best stuff.
I reckon mine is dropping at this point. I swear I used to be slightly less asinine.
No, no...you're good.
You're no more asinine than before.
So you'll never catch up with me.
(I think the OP had me personally
in mind when creating this thread.)
I wasn't going to say anything.
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
Excellent. When are we going to see it?
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
You don't read the EvC threads then?
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
I'm trying not to.
InChrist
Free4ever
Not sure about accurately answering that question.
I do think that intelligence alone can fall short, as it must be balanced with wisdom and knowledge…
Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get-understanding. Proverbs 4:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. Proverbs 9:10
As you wish ...
Sefaria proposes: "With all your acquisitions, acquire discernment." [emphasis added - JS] I would suggest that discernment emphasizes the ability to analyze, and I suspect that this is part of what Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. had in mind when he wrote:
There is nothing more dangerous in all the world than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidy. As Shakespeare said:
For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds,
Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.
As the chief moral guardian of the community, the church must implore men to be good and well-intentioned. It must extoll the virtues of kind-heartedness and conscientiousness. But somewhere along the way it must remind men that goodness and conscientiousness without intelligence may be the brutal forces that will lead to shameful crucificions. The church must never tire of reminding men that they have a moral responsibility to be intelligent.
Heyo
Veteran Member
Especially when you're stuck on Mars.
It'll have to wait until I recover from the serious burn you just inflicted on me.
InChrist
Free4ever
I completely agree, discernment is of utmost importance.
And I truly appreciate this…
“As the chief moral guardian of the community, the church must implore men to be good and well-intentioned. It must extoll the virtues of kind-heartedness and conscientiousness. But somewhere along the way it must remind men that goodness and conscientiousness without intelligence may be the brutal forces that will lead to shameful crucificions. The church must never tire of reminding men that they have a moral responsibility to be intelligent.”