- [Narrator] Have you ever wondered
how smart or intelligent you are?
Just because you may have failed in school
or not done as well as expected,
doesn't mean you lack brains.
You might be a different kind of genius.
In 1983, in Harvard University,
leading psychologist Dr. Howard Gardner
created a new theory,
Multiple Intelligence,
which suggests that
there are nine types of intelligence
that aren't measured by standard IQ tests.
So you might be more intelligent
in a non-traditional way.
Here's a few signs that you might have
genius level intelligence.
One, you enjoy new ideas.
Are you willing to entertain
new and unconventional ideas?
Apparently, this desire to try out
interesting new things
is linked to high intelligence.
Preferring new activities and variety
over routines and trusted patterns
is one of the ways that
the highly intelligent live.
They enjoy brain teaser, new problems,
philosophical arguments
and eccentric, uncommon activities.
For them, variety isn't the spice of life.
Variety is life.
Number two, question everything.
Do you find yourself questioning everything
and being curious about everything around you?
Is your brain always buzzing
with unanswered questions?
This might be a sign
that you are highly intelligent.
A brilliant mind
never stops questioning.
You enjoy reading and researching
to find the answers to your questions.
You are more observant than most
and you enjoy delving deep into the depths
of the questions of existence in the universe.
Number three, you might be addiction prone
or do mood altering substances.
While you would think
that someone who's very intelligent
would stay away from illegal substances,
that's apparently not the case.
It seems that those who are geniuses
are quite willing to indulge
in drugs and alcohol.
Some of history's greatest minds
have been known to be dependent on it.
Jean-Michel Masquiat, Steven King, and Sigmund Freud.
Obviously, not all highly intelligent people
partake in these vices,
but there is a real correlation.
a 2011 study by Batty and White,
which is based on
the British Cohort Study of 1970,
took 8,000 people
and tested their IQ scores
at ages five to 10.
They followed up with them
at ages 16 and 30,
and discovered that the group
with higher intelligence scores
used cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy,
and a combination of drugs.
The same relationship apparently exists with alcohol.
But this isn't a sign
that you should indulge in these substances,
as addictions can seriously ruin your life.
We don't condone drug and alcohol abuse.
Number four, you're prone to worry.
Highly intelligent people
are usually not laid back
because of all the constant thoughts
racing through their brains.
Anxiety may have given early humans
a survival benefit
in ancient times.
Unfortunately, this trait has expanded.
And for some,
they haven't been able to shake it off.
The highly intelligent struggle with thoughts
and turning them off.
They can't shrug off random existential questions
and sometimes overthink every minute detail.
Number five, you enjoy being alone.
Do you really value your alone time?
Maybe you spend time meditating
or working on your own hobbies.
You rarely need people to entertain you,
but you aren't antisocial
or unwilling to socialize
with family or friends.
Those with higher levels of intelligent
exhibited a lower level of life satisfaction
when they socialized more.
You may love your friends,
but you prefer to problem solve solo.
In number six, you have a unique sense of humor.
Do you like telling jokes
that others find weird and offensive?
Do dark jokes make you laugh uncontrollably?
Apparently, highly intelligent people
have a twisted sense of humor
that others don't.
A twisted sense of humor
is a reliable sign of high intelligence.
They hypothesized that the participants
who responded to the most offensive jokes
or told the most offensive jokes
would score the highest in the IQ tests.
And surely enough,
the participants with dark humor
scored higher on the verbal tests.
Did you relate to this video?
If you relate to most of the above,
then you may be smarter
than you give yourself credit for.
Remember that everyone is smart in their own way,
as cliche as that sounds.
As similar as we all are,
we're also very different.
So remember that the next time
you question your intelligence.
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in the comment section below.
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Until next time.