These four little questions will reveal how smart you really are

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Intelligence is one of the most coveted qualities in our society.

Though at school the more clever individuals might have been ridiculed as nerds or geeks, the reality is that those same people often go to be incredible influential adults with high-powered, rewarding jobs.

Intelligence, though, is not easily defined.

Certainly, book smarts are one form of cleverness, but by no means the be all and end all of the makeup of what makes someone clever.

School tests are only one method of ascertaining intelligence - and arguably a very limited method at that, placing a premium on the retention of facts as opposed to practical skill.

One of the most famous measures of intelligence is the famed IQ test, but this still would arguably only seem to apply to a specific type of intuition, eschewing practicality for a particular way of thinking.

Such tests can actually prove damaging to an individual; receiving consistently low marks on school tests as a child could lead one to the conclusion that they are not clever, when, conversely, they might simply not be well suited to that specific manner of testing.

We all have different skills and should be valued on the merits of those skills rather than how a piece of paper grades us.

If you are interested in getting a handle on how smart you are, though, the good folk at ASAPScience have devised a four question test that aims to determine your level of intelligence.

The questions will assess your emotional intelligence, verbal and non-verbal proficiencies, your musical-rhythmic intelligence and your visual intelligence.

Ready for the challenge? Good, here's the video;

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How did you get on? Pretty tricky? Me too.

If this test tells us something - outside of how clever we are (perhaps), it is that there are multiple different forms of intelligence, and testing one of those forms in anticipation of understanding someone's over all intelligence is fairly meaningless.

If you answered all of those questions correctly then congratulations you are - officially - a genius. I envy you. Well done. Try not to look too smug sat at your desk.

If you didn't get them all right, or even if you got them all wrong, though, don't despair. This is but one test of intelligence and, after all, these things shouldn't be taken too seriously anyway.

As Albert Einstein said;

"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better".

The most important thing is to enjoy your life, do things that interest you and form meaningful relationships - there might not be a test to ascertain how good you are at all of those things, but they are, in the end, what will make you the happiest.

These four little questions will reveal how smart you really are

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By VT

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Intelligence is one of the most coveted qualities in our society.

Though at school the more clever individuals might have been ridiculed as nerds or geeks, the reality is that those same people often go to be incredible influential adults with high-powered, rewarding jobs.

Intelligence, though, is not easily defined.

Certainly, book smarts are one form of cleverness, but by no means the be all and end all of the makeup of what makes someone clever.

School tests are only one method of ascertaining intelligence - and arguably a very limited method at that, placing a premium on the retention of facts as opposed to practical skill.

One of the most famous measures of intelligence is the famed IQ test, but this still would arguably only seem to apply to a specific type of intuition, eschewing practicality for a particular way of thinking.

Such tests can actually prove damaging to an individual; receiving consistently low marks on school tests as a child could lead one to the conclusion that they are not clever, when, conversely, they might simply not be well suited to that specific manner of testing.

We all have different skills and should be valued on the merits of those skills rather than how a piece of paper grades us.

If you are interested in getting a handle on how smart you are, though, the good folk at ASAPScience have devised a four question test that aims to determine your level of intelligence.

The questions will assess your emotional intelligence, verbal and non-verbal proficiencies, your musical-rhythmic intelligence and your visual intelligence.

Ready for the challenge? Good, here's the video;

[[youtubewidget||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MybjFHx_wfc]]

How did you get on? Pretty tricky? Me too.

If this test tells us something - outside of how clever we are (perhaps), it is that there are multiple different forms of intelligence, and testing one of those forms in anticipation of understanding someone's over all intelligence is fairly meaningless.

If you answered all of those questions correctly then congratulations you are - officially - a genius. I envy you. Well done. Try not to look too smug sat at your desk.

If you didn't get them all right, or even if you got them all wrong, though, don't despair. This is but one test of intelligence and, after all, these things shouldn't be taken too seriously anyway.

As Albert Einstein said;

"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better".

The most important thing is to enjoy your life, do things that interest you and form meaningful relationships - there might not be a test to ascertain how good you are at all of those things, but they are, in the end, what will make you the happiest.