Are you more intelligent than most people here?

In reality means in reality. Not according to what people think.


John

 

Minimal alchol intake is supposed to have positive consequences (at least for the cardiovascular system)

 

LOL

 

papa says, smart is as smart does.

 

Wheres the "In the middle" option?

 

I think it's something like 80% of people think they are smarter than the average person.

 

I know a lot of brilliant people that could never make a dime trading, so I'm not sure if there is any correlation between success in this industry and intelligence (as traditionally defined).

 

Awesome

 

This is a brilliant poll on trader arrogance.

Bunch of cocky assholes....

By the way, I'd be curious to see the results of this poll amongst wilmott.com users.

Guys who actually are brilliant as a crop ...

 

And. some of the most brilliant people I know (defining brilliance/intelligence as the ability to learn/process data quickly) are also the most lazy, least motivated, slackers I've ever known. The smartest man I ever conversed with was homeless in a park in San Fransisco. Go figure.