He's Not as Smart as He Thinks

So frogster you think having conversations about tmz or extra or one of those silly shows makes you intelligent? Please, I don't care if you went to the mall, or you bought a cute outfit, that's nonsense to me.

why is alright for women to post this type of article or research, but could you imagine if a man had written a study about another man doing research proven that men are better at everything? this article does nothing to prove that women are smarter, but only to prove that men are less average. i think this is bullshit. women are sexist.

Overall I think this is a very well written article. However, what is confusing to me is why women are credited with having more emotional intelligence than men. Generally it seems to me that women over analyze how they feel, which doesn't constitute more intelligence, it just means they worry more.

Baloney. Please stop eroding our girls' confidence in school. I am a former science teacher with an honors science degree, and there is a definite confidence gap in boys and girls in schools. I would not let my daughter read an article that calls her less intelligent based on her being a girl, nor would I perpetuate this naysaying in my own classroom. Best regards, sir.

This is such a stupid argument! Of course only a woman would write this because they have some sort of inferiority complex. It's scientific FACT that men and women use different sides of their brain more than the other. Men are better at maths and sciences (the logical part); Women are better at skills like writing and communication (the creative part).They compliment each other. But since this lovely lady decided to stir the pot... When you ladies can build cities, nations, engineer anything, and invent everything for the next 6000 years of written history. We'll gladly pass the torch. Mike, Chicago.

Why bother with trying to learn facts about peoples' perception of their own abilities and why they perceive them that way when it doesn't mean anything other than you think you can or you think you can't. The facts, accurate or not, just don't change anything. Thousands of years of human history and cultures and the upbringing and the Holy Scriptures being taught that men are the "man of the house" and other such teachings are going to have an impact on the way we think we are in whatever area of life regardless of test scores, IQ, or other methods of scoring ones capabilities. God made Adam, then Eve, to help him and be his companion in life. The apostle Paul stated than women are not allowed to speak in church, that it is shameful, and any questions should be asked later, at home, not in the church. That would indicated that, for all areas of life, than God intended men to be above women for whatever reasons which may or may not seem justified, they are there notheless and it stands to reason that the Amish have it right. Get over the whole Gender War already. It doesn't even matter who is or is not smarter or whether they think they are or not. Men are men and women are women and whatever one man or woman thinks of themselves or others is only an opinion that cannot truly prove anything other than the fact that everyone one has an opinion and the fact that they even have opinions suggest intelligence to some extent and that is usualy enough. If you have a job and can do the job, you don't need to be more intelligent than the job requires. If you want a job, you either can or cannot do it. If you think you can and can't, you won't be able to. If you think you can, and are forced to do it because you need the money, and find that you can do it and was wrong in thinking you couldn't do it, then you know that you were wrong in thinking you couldn't do it. But this applies to one thing you tried to do, and does not necessarily indicate future success or failure at anything. Every task performed is different and one may or may not think they can do it and even if they think they can, they may or may not able able to. It comes down to whether you are willing to try it or not that really matters, not what you THINK you can do. It doesn't matter what you think you can do if you don't try it, you will not know one way or the other. This type of research, in my opinion, is just someone's way of trying to justify their enourmous salary.

This is a biased study riddled with Feminazi propaganda and their male enablers toting their misandry about, pushing their twisted agenda and breaking up families.
Feminism is not about equality, it???s about Orwellian style entitlement and superiority. The educational system favors women, and the ignorant masses are more then willing to ignore it. When a girl shows their independence it???s encouraged, for the boys it???s the half ass solution called Ritalin. Of course men are going to seem stupid when you drug them for most of their lives instead dealing with actual problems.
Oh well feminazi's continue turning people into mindless sheep, and pretend there isn't something wrong with society at large.

This study is very limited in scope, and not looking at the broader picture. Men and women are different. That's just how it is. These types of studies should quit trying to minimize this fact, and put down men. It's sexist, and completely unprofessional. Each gender has it's strengths and limitations. Men shouldn't be under such scrutiny for being confident. If everyone had a limited notion of their own abilities, nobody would attempt the impossible, or reach for something out of their grasp. The sad part of this story is that women (apparently) don't have more self confidence; for this I blame our ever-disintegrating society and moral character. If these geniuses want to solve problems, they should quit perpetuating the competitions, jealousies, and hatred between sexes, races, classes, and nations. Stop the self-fulfilling prophesies; most of us have more goals in life than to get even with or out-do so-and-so because we feel slighted by something someone in the news tells us they did. I can't believe the people conducting these studies were given grants to ask people if they feel smart. They're the ones that should have their heads examined.

melmakar - I too am from the planet Schizlak and I agree with you. This planet is beyond hope. Keep the peace on our planet so our intelligence won't be insulted by this planet. Much appreciating the sarcasm and hilarity of your post. Thank You, I needed the smile.

I agree that women do not live up to their potential. And, yes men, women are smart.
I am one of the women that strive for intellectual success in many areas, especially the math and sciences. One time I was at a Christmas dinner and the man next to me started preaching about how women cannot do math. Boy did that get my veins pumping. I do notice, though, that in all my previous classes, the majority of the females either truthfully could not compute math or they fooled themselves into what society has taught them -- women and math don't go. Tell that to Maria Agnesi or Amalie Emmy Noether.

Wimmins were maid to git my beers. -Bob

I noticed that a lot of those commenting did not actually read the article. The article states that, overall, on average, men and women have roughly the same IQ. However, there are more really smart men and really dumb men than women. This has been known for a long time. The article also pointed out that men do excel more and score higher in certain areas, like spatial awareness, than women and women score higher in areas like language. This is natural, since we are meant to complement each other. As a woman, I have a great deal of respect for men. Without men, women would be hurting, and visa-versa.

One thing, I have noticed, is that many men in my life, like my husband and father-law, feel the need to constantly put down women, their intelligence and abilities. That, to me, says that their confidence in their own superiority is lacking. Otherwise, they would not feel the need to constantly prove it. I do not feel the need to do the same. I would much rather elevate and complement men in general and the men in my life, than put them down.

Personally, I am an outlier, since my IQ score is in the top 1% of the population and I score very high in things like spatial awareness, as well as language. In fact, I do all the repairs, mechanic and contruction work at my house, because my husband struggles with those things. However, my husband is much better at socializing and persuading others than I am. This, in my opinion, is even more useful, financially, and in many other areas of life then my "superior intelligence." The problem is, that intelligence test do not take into account things like social skills.

Also, the most important indicator of success and accomplishment, in my opinion, is having a happy home life, good familial relationships, and a close relationship with God. These things have little to do with intelligence and much more to do with wisdom and morality. Many women realize this, so they choose not to spend 60-80 hours a week pursuing high-praise careers at the expense of their family. Just because there are not a lot of women pursuing a certain area of expertise of field of study, does not mean they can't. It may just mean they have other and more important priorities, such as the welfare of their family and their faith.

This is silly. I think this article is a case of politically correct double standards. As a male who has worked in IT for the last 10 years I am not only insulted and offended by this article, but I realize that if a male wrote the same article claiming 'scientific proof' that we are smarter than women feminists, NOW and other women's groups would claim sexism and have a victim party. For some reason the only thing men have not done that is smart is organize to point out misandric articles like this one. It is however, not politically incorrect to bash men. For some reason no matter what articles women write putting men down it seems rare that a man is informed enough to consider it hateful. If women are smarter, then take over the IT business, the science business and math as a career. The "male ego" is such a stereotype at this point. Why is one of the leading theoretical physicists a woman but some guy with no shirt gets arrested on the show COPS for beating his wife? The answer is not because mental capacity is a gender issue. It is because intelligence is an individual thing. All I'm saying is that by the time Joan Raymond writes this pseudo-scientific and hateful article people fail to see the misandry. beniceyall says this article is not about how women are smarter but yes it is, read the title. Also beniceyall says men die more and are awarded more Darwin awards. This is because it is much more natural for men to take risks that women usually do not take. Not because men are not as smart. It is also a neat trick to say a man "has an ego" as soon as he defends his gender. The "fragile male ego" is another one of the many negative stereotypes injected into men's lives. Women have egos, too. The Darwin awards are a joke, not a justification for the media to continuously bash males and put females on a pedestal. Lastly, I do not thing one gender or race or anything is smarter than the other, I just think that men these days are treated like black people were in the 60's. We can be called not as smart as women, rapists, woman-beaters, perverts, pedophiles. Men take the blame and are exploited. Our sexuality is vilified and our intelligence is degraded, usually by women who are "experts". No one would ever say or write half of the things about women that western society says and writes about men, just out of respect.

I am a very independent woman, thanks to my late husband who was a mechanic. I raised my three boys and one girl on my own, i agree that men have bigger egos than abilities and Mr Urchin we dont need to grow a pair to have abilities or outdo men in many areas. I fix cars/trucks do home repairs, trim trees, and yes i can spell good too even though i only finished the 10th grade, i do have GED, i also repair computers thats the icing on the cake because i didnt go to college to learn that. About the only thing that men have over women is the physical built they are strong not to say women are not, i am very strong but sometimes men can do somewhat more than me. I sure would like to meet a man that i could call my equal but nothing so far, frustration sits in, i give up, i have always said the word MAN is over rated as far as am concerned.

As an example of my superior intelligence, I somehow failed to make my comment appear next to gwhanson's where it would have made sense. *snicker* Take away one point from the females, lol. Really, I can't believe anyone takes this seriously. I agree with many others that there has to be a better way to spend research funds.

I believe men think with their brain and don't feel much. Woman feel with their heart and don't think much. They are just as different as apples and oranges. I dont think either are wrong.

However the difference may show up in health statistics.

Men dont use their heart well enough and hence end up with higher risk of heart attack.
Woman dont use their brains well and hence have a higher chance of Alzheimer's.

I heard that the person with the highest recorded IQ is a woman. I???m not sure if this is still true or not. I think one major problem our society has is they confuse IQ with intelligence. IQ is a measurement of how fast someone learns. However, the IQ tests only cover a limited number of subjects. So they are not really a good measurement of actually intelligence.