January 07, 2005

What kind of Intelligence do you have? - It's one of those little questionaire things which are usually not very deep or in any way scientifically valid, but which still can be a fun way of exploring your own attitudes. Also, what kind of Soul are you? Lightweight little timewasters. And why not?

A little irritating that, for instance, in the intelligence quiz it asks whether as a kid you drew & did puzzles or writing & storytelling (etc) - as if you couldn't be both (like me). Still, the results (if you are honest) look as if they can be quite accurate in some respects. The soul one was accurate in its summation of some of my traits. I suppose.

posted by Nostrildamus 19 years ago
  • I is linguistic smart! I agree with what you're saying Nostril. As a kid I loves to read but I also loved playing every sport under the sun. The two shouldn't be mutually exclusive. And as far as my sole goes, mine is a traveller sole (probably travelling straight to hell).
  • Agreed. Very narrow parameters. Still a laugh. I be Linguistic Intelligence, Visionary Soul.
  • Apparently I'm the brightest person in the room, until I meet someone who's brighter and then fall hopelessly in love and darn socks, until I get bored, and take up with another brightest person in the room! And I'm a master at vocalubary! Oh, and my name stands for a bunch of positive attributes! And I'm cleaning my oven!
  • Logical-Mathematical. Sigh. So boring and predictable. Traveler Soul.
  • seeker soul, linguistic intelligence. sigh.
  • Seeker/Musical
  • Mine came up Spiritual Tard. Dead on if ya ask me
  • Spatial/Seeker.
  • I am an Air Soul. At least, I think that what people are shouting at me in the street.
  • Linguistic, dreamer. I totally disagree about the dreamer thing.
  • Hmm. Linguistic hunter am I. Not so sure about the hunter part.
  • What if I answered "no" to every question and it only came down to the multiple choices (which were barely adequate in my case)?
  • Linguistic; warrior.
  • Linguistic/Prophet
  • Linguistic. I'm also a German Shepherd puppy, apparently.
  • The answers have a point value, and the total is supposed to give your "kind of intellegence" by the range it falls into. But unless you extremely identify with only one "kind" of intellegence" (ONLY mathematicaly, or ONLY athletic, etc), you'll end making an average total, which in this case puts you into the "linguistic" catagory just by sheer virtue of the fact that you aren't an exact replica of a stereotype.
  • I'm a linguistic whatsit, too. I thought this was interesting: You would make a fantastic poet, journalist, writer, teacher, lawyer, politician, or translator. Which is what I am. (I hope one day to be fantastic, in any case.)
  • What kind of Intelligence do you have?
    I dunno. I keep hearing chatter about Iran and Syria having stockpiles of WMD, but after what happened last time...
  • Spatial + Hunter Soul. Not too far off, But I also agree with Nostril's point about some of the questions. It should allow for multiple chice on some of them.
  • Bit strange, that test. They ask you all those questions and then they tell you what you told them :)
  • Spatial/Intelligence
  • Visionary Soul.
  • Newborn soul, always falling in love so easily.
  • Linguistic Hunter, as islander is. Can't say I agree with the hunter bit, though. Now where did I put my hammer...
  • I'm an A soul. I don't get it :(
  • linguistic/hunter
  • I'm an A soul. I don't get it :( Nah, nobody got it when I made the same joke five hours ago either...
  • Spatial Intelligence/Warrior Soul. Yeah - look out!
  • (MsVader: so, is Mr. Vader a Space Warrior too? 'cause that would be a good description of a Sith lord. heh.) i am apparently pigeonholed as logical-mathematical. i would make a great scientist. good thing i'm in grad school doing research, then. i didn't ask it what kind of soul i have, because i already know: black, like my coffee. :Þ flashboy, quidnunc: i got it. i thought the both of you were funny. but then again this test told me i'm good at logic puzzles and word games.
  • I am good at remembering information and convicing someone of your point of view. Yeahh! Take that, beyotch!! Eerrr . . ahh . . yes, well I respect and value your opinion. Furthermore, I hope these related articles will correctly outline my position in such a way as to allow your buy-in for future proclamations. Peacemaker soul? What, like the missile?
  • Spatial Intelligence/Dreamer Soul... I'm fucked.
  • It's easy for you to add up big numbers in your head. I have the kind of intelligence that makes it hard to know what a "big" number is. I suppose I can't add numbers with (10^100)^100 digits in them without the aid of quantum computers.
  • Logical/Mathematical intelligence with a seeker soul.
  • Nah, nobody got it when I made the same joke five hours ago either ... Oh, what now I gotta read the comments, as opposed to just not reading the links?! Jesus, I must be the most fatuous and annoying of monkeys here. Apologies to flash, + 1 beer to be repayed at a time of mutual convenience.
  • linguistic intelligence/visionary soul
  • linguistic intelligence, visionary soul. That makes what, three of us with that combination, and almost everyone (i'm at "work", I can't go back through and do the math) here is linguistic. That's kind of interesting, although, well, I suppose it is us linguistic types who are drawn to a medium where you have to, um, write everything. Every so often I wonder about that, whether the people who use the internets - I mean for for more than just emails from aunties and recipes for biscuits or pr0n - have enough in common where they can be typed into a coherent group. . .
  • Linguistic/Bright Star. Well, that certainly explains some things.
  • Musical/Retrospective argh
  • Wow, visionary soul, neat.
  • I have the soul of a pony.
  • Another linguistic visionary here.
  • Heart of a liooooon and the wings of a bat! (it's after midnite!) /Limozeen
  • caution live frogs: I don't know Mr. Vader, so I have no idea. But you're right, that does seem like the perfect description for a Sith Lord. Hey wait - who says that I can't be a Sith Lord?
  • i'm an old linguistic, apparently.
  • Linguistic/Retrospective Spot on.
  • Yo! Linguistic Peacemaker is in the house!
  • Ha! Mine told me that I would make a fantastic lawyer. Now, if I could just get my clients to believe that...
  • I'm linguistic, of course, but I found myself liking almost every choice on the whole thing and answering "yes" to all the questions. Bah.
  • The types of intelligence described here are drawn from the "multiple intelligences" theory posited by Harvard cognition researcher Howard Gardner. A cute quiz, but a little misleading: everyone possesses all of these intelligences to some extent. While most people have one or two types of intelligence that are somewhat dominant (for me, those would certainly be linguistic and musical), one advantage of looking at human cognition through the lens of multiple intelligences theory is that it frees us from the dualistic perception that there is only linguistic and mathematical intelligence (the "right-brain/left-brain" idea that people take waaaay too literally). The implication of tests like this is that there is only one intelligence that predominates in a person, and that is ultimately as stultifying and limiting as the right-brain/left-brain theory. My soul type: Motown. it just took me four hours to drive from LA to San Diego in the rain; if I'm being overly persnickity, please forgive me
  • Oh No Not Motown! That means everyone has encountered your soul every quarter hour on radio stations, in diners and in doctors office since 1965!
  • Intelligence: changeable Soul: Marvin Gaye
  • Plus, I am pretty sure that this test will always result in the subject being told that he/she has some form of intelligence. I know far too many people to know that not everyone has some form of intelligence.
  • I have Linguistic Intelligence and a Seeker Soul. I can live with that.