He's Not as Smart as He Thinks

Comment: IT SEEMS THAT MOST OF THE WOMEN IN HERE, HAVE SUCH A STRONG DESIRE (IN THEIR SUBCONSCIOUS GUTTER) TO BE A MAN, THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT MEN INTELLIGENCE, I AM NOT AWARE SO FAR OF ANY FEMALE EINSTEIN,DAVINCI, FREUD, OR MICHELANGELO.... SO KEEP TRYING WHILE YOU SCRATCH THE FLOORS AND MY BATHROOMS.... GOD IS A MAN ......PERIOD!

Biblical Prophecy" The meek shall inherit the earth." The men who wrote Bible thought women were meek. Now, the truth emerges. All mighty men, brace thyself to be ruled by women, being cared for by women, and being humbled by women. It is written in Bible. Do not forget another error that led men to believe the earth was flat, and it was the center of universe. Then came Galilieo who removed the darkness by spending time in dark dungeons. The only difference this time is Joan Raymond will not be imprisoned for reporting the truth this time.

Bly University did a similar study about gender and IQ. The data they are collecting is ongoing, so take the test and contribute. I will have you know that I scored higher than my husband :)

http://www.blyuniversity.com/research/avtest.html

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I???m not much of a fan of articles like this because they really have nothing of substance to offer. Instead consider the following:

When measuring intelligence in a lab setting you might use IQ tests that measure the ability to reason, whereas in the real world intelligence is measured more by what useful information you know. Thus some people are impressed if you can pick the next pattern in a sequence, but when that undergoes the usefulness filter, it pales in comparison to whether you can replace a hot water heater, fix a leaky toilet, or get the computer to work.

Of course women value the handy skills, and though capable of acquiring them, many seem to lack the confidence to even try. However, one good thing for females is that schools are much better suited to them. Kids are to hold still, listen, and learn from that. Males do better by moving around, touching, and playing with things. Thus, they do much more of their learning outside school, from other males who know how to do things.

I have quite a few male friends who are quite amazing with the variety of different things they know and can do. The guys all have fathers with many skills too. I know many of the fathers and have heard from them how their fathers taught them. Since the formal education system is geared more for females, males balance it out through a generational learning system that is mostly passed on only to them.

I, by contrast, am a father raising a daughter, passing on what I know. In addition to the how to, I give my daughter life lessons that properly shape her character and boost her self-confidence, which makes everything easier, from academics to hands on projects.

Life lessons are rooted in faith and practical knowledge. For instance, # 10 as she calls it, How do you get the tallest building in the world? Build it or tear everyone else's down. Be a builder.

Kids taught to believe in themselves, to be conscious of what is happening around them, and learn from mistakes, theirs and other people???s, will always do very well. My daughter is asked what she thinks might work. I teach her and I invite her to teach me things she knows.

Intelligence is more than just an IQ test can measure.

By the way, don't let ego bother you, sometimes it needs to be really big for people to solve problems that are much larger than themselves. You can hear a lot of ego in Thomas Edison when he talked about lighting the city with electric light, or in his comment, no I didn???t fail, I just found another way to not invent the electric light bulb.

The fact is we learn the most by extrapolation, IE how is this problem like something I know. We then test and try hypotheses until we find what works on the problem at hand. We value this skill above many others and so we should.

Life lesson # 7, everyone is really smart about something and everyone is really dumb about something.

I???m not much of a fan of articles like this because they really have nothing of substance to offer. Instead consider the following:

When measuring intelligence in a lab setting you might use IQ tests that measure the ability to reason, whereas in the real world intelligence is measured more by what useful information you know. Thus some people are impressed if you can pick the next pattern in a sequence, but when that undergoes the usefulness filter, it pales in comparison to whether you can replace a hot water heater, fix a leaky toilet, or get the computer to work.

Of course women value the handy skills, and though capable of acquiring them, many seem to lack the confidence to even try. However, one good thing for females is that schools are much better suited to them. Kids are to hold still, listen, and learn from that. Males do better by moving around, touching, and playing with things. Thus, they do much more of their learning outside school, from other males who know how to do things.

I have quite a few male friends who are quite amazing with the variety of different things they know and can do. The guys all have fathers with many skills too. I know many of the fathers and have heard from them how their fathers taught them. Since the formal education system is geared more for females, males balance it out through a generational learning system that is mostly passed on only to them.

I, by contrast, am a father raising a daughter, passing on what I know. In addition to the how to, I give my daughter life lessons that properly shape her character and boost her self-confidence, which makes everything easier, from academics to hands on projects.

Life lessons are rooted in faith and practical knowledge. For instance, # 10 as she calls it, How do you get the tallest building in the world? Build it or tear everyone else's down. Be a builder.

Kids taught to believe in themselves, to be conscious of what is happening around them, and learn from mistakes, theirs and other people???s, will always do very well. My daughter is asked what she thinks might work. I teach her and I invite her to teach me things she knows.

Intelligence is more than just an IQ test can measure.

By the way, don't let ego bother you, sometimes it needs to be really big for people to solve problems that are much larger than themselves. You can hear a lot of ego in Thomas Edison when he talked about lighting the city with electric light, or in his comment, no I didn???t fail, I just found another way to not invent the electric light bulb.

The fact is we learn the most by extrapolation, IE how is this problem like something I know. We then test and try hypotheses until we find what works on the problem at hand. We value this skill above many others and so we should.

Life lesson # 7, everyone is really smart about something and everyone is really dumb about something.

This is silly! A whole bunch of grown people arguing about research that translates to NOTHING when it comes to individual people. First of all, everyone who is entering comments here is by definition of circumstance (you are actually reading an article in Newsweek!) a little ahead of the curve.

When we look at the results of research, we have to take the time to READ THE RESULTS. It does not say ALL WOMEN think they are less intelligent than men, it says that ON AVERAGE women don't give themselves enough credit for their own intelligence. On average, men give themselves more credit than they deserve. Sadly, on average women give men more credit than they deserve also.

But lets look at the situation. Much of the effect comes from couples, and that means that womens views of men are limited in scope to their impressions of their mate. This can seriously skew things since women traditionally will look to find their equal or better in a mate. Men traditionally look to find someone they can shine for. Therefore the skewed effect starts here.

Now this is not true of all couples. I personally want an equal partner, and my mate wants the same. We regard each other as equally intelligent overall, however we each have our areas of expertise.

I'm not certain why every time a study comes out that seeks to highlight differences between sexes, races, or cultures, people see this as bad! If it was not for studies in the 70's that showed how men and women learned things differently, the way things are taught in school would still heavily favor men. However, according to a Newsweek article about 2 years ago, because of these studies, women now have an upper hand in schools, and the drop out rate for boys is several times that of women. This is now showing itself in the rates of application to institutions of higher learning.

Maybe we need to extract something from this research and use it in a way that advances BOTH sexes.

By the way, note that the averages are interesting in that while on average both sexes score the same, men are generally either at the top OR the BOTTOM of the class.

maniacinc....no need to get offended...i wasn't attacking you. my emotional energy, (and poetic wit if i do say so) was aimed at the individuals who's brains got left in the dark ages where women were nothing more then cleaning supplies.

Freudian Projection much? Punk_Felsen, save your animosity. Nobody is worth your emotional energy. Some people don't need to be dignified with a response. This is the equation as I see it: I work very hard. I have worked my hands to the bone for as long as I can remember, please don't mock me for that. I have been successful and I can support people that I care about. BimboBrain, I hope you achieve something really spectacular; or maybe somebody intelligent cares about you. Whichever it is, don't show your hand-- you'll mess up the problem.