PSA: Shamsade <Dawn Believers> is an EC scammer

[Lhancelot]

Originally Posted by ZiggyTheMuss [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wow and down the rabbit hole I went for about 45 minutes, googling this Sam guy. Holy shit! "Seedy" is a massive understatement. Found some thread with him trying to defend his actions and constantly mentioning his IQ of 144, all while displaying his terrible grammar and his weak grasp of the English language.

The guy misspelled "disease" three different ways in back to back posts. Wtf?!?

hahaha. You have to know that poor grammar skills doesn't necessarily translate into low intelligence. That being said, I doubt that Sam was blessed with a high IQ.

I remember that too, I have not read his posts since years ago, but I recall him defending his actions and only digging himself deeper.

Sometimes it's better just to know people as these funny little pixels instead of how they really are IRL. Sometimes their identities in the game are nothing like their RL ones.

[Izmael]

Originally Posted by Lhancelot [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You have to know that poor grammar skills doesn't necessarily translate into low intelligence.

Not saying there isn't an odd counter-example here and there, but, in my experience, poor written skills usually DOES translate into low intelligence IRL.

[Lhancelot]

Originally Posted by Izmael [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not saying there isn't an odd counter-example here and there, but, in my experience, poor written skills usually DOES translate into low intelligence IRL.

Someone can be highly intelligent and simply never been taught proper reading/writing skills it's not unheard of.

That being said, it's probably a safe bet if you see someone who has been exposed to modern structured schooling with extremely poor language skills they are not a genius.

In the past I have met people who spoke very rudimentary, yet were quite sharp in mind and deceptively so.

I just never underestimate people or generalize them based off one factor is all.

[Senix]

Have you guys ever seen some of Einstein's handwriting he does all sorts of run on sentences. Doesn't punctuate correctly, yet that man is a genius. Good example for ya Lhancelot

[ZiggyTheMuss]

Originally Posted by Senix [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Have you guys ever seen some of Einstein's handwriting he does all sorts of run on sentences. Doesn't punctuate correctly, yet that man is a genius. Good example for ya Lhancelot

I understand that bad grammar and punctuation isn't a sign of stupidity, but logically an intelligent person would probably stick to spelling a certain word one way (whether or not their version is misspelled.)

My main point being that this Sam guy spelled "disease" three different ways within minutes of each other.

Disise
Disiese
Desiese

[rollin5k]

I don't think anyone really knew how to spell disease back then

[Izmael]

There is a difference between not willing to make the effort to write properly, and not being able to. That's for Einstein.

Being "quite sharp" is vague and subjective at best.

I'm referring to jntelligence as in "IQ level" since this is what you can reasonably measure.

I have little doubt there is a strong correlation between one's IQ score and mother tongue written skills - again, given a representative and sizeable sample, counter-examples certainly being possible.

(Obviously, this doesn't imply that good grammar MEANS intelligence).

[ZiggyTheMuss]

Originally Posted by rollin5k [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't think anyone really knew how to spell disease back then

Way back in 2009 yarp! Most history books don't go back that far.

[Lhancelot]

Originally Posted by Senix [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Have you guys ever seen some of Einstein's handwriting he does all sorts of run on sentences. Doesn't punctuate correctly, yet that man is a genius. Good example for ya Lhancelot

Yeah that was my point. Can't just generalize and say that writing skills = IQ. They really don't have anything to do with one another imo.

[fastboy21]

Originally Posted by Lhancelot [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yeah that was my point. Can't just generalize and say that writing skills = IQ. They really don't have anything to do with one another imo.

If by writing skills you mean knowledge of grammar then you are correct. grammar is arbitrary. it is learned or not learned; used or not used according to the arbitrary rules. if we believe that intelligence is organic and not something you can learn then grammar would be irrelevant to it. the most intelligent man in the world might grow up in a Calcutta slum, be illiterate, and never do anything special; he would still be the most intelligent man in the world.

If by writing skills you mean arranging logical thoughts into a valid and sound argument that communicates to others your thinking process then I disagree. Writing skills, in this sense, wouldn't be the only type of intelligence, but it would be one of them.