Comments on: Insightful Linguist

By: Yinka

Yinka — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:32:18 +0000

:giggle: Don’t know if you’ve forgotten about this blog, but I just got into it, just cos you are like me. My score was 127. Trying everything I can to keep it up, I write, decorate and plan events. Everyone around me tells me I’m smart even after 4 kids. Do you use left like me?

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:28:53 +0000

I took the test & scored a 135. I hadn’t taken an IQ test since high school but seem to remember scoring a 138 back then. I had not heard the term insightful linguist until now but looking back, (about to turn 49) the supposed intellectual attributes do make sense to me. I think the gist of it is being able to explain complicated concepts to individuals of widely varying intellectual abilities. First you must evaluate & understand the concept yourself (the most important part). Then based on known facts & physical laws, the concept is simplified in your own mind by eliminating as many technical aspects as possible. Then by verbal interaction, the ability of the person you’re trying to teach is determined and the concept is explained using vocabulary & reasoning understood by that individual. I also believe being able to mentally work out a problem with no pen & paper or other tools plays an important role. As someone else said using your mental blackboard. I did not use any paper when I took the test and probably finished in around 20 mins. I was pleased to score this well. I thought I would have dropped more than 3 points in 30 years. Don’t tell my wife.She thinks I’m of average intelligence which greatly reduces her expectations!

By: kenneth april joy

kenneth april joy — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 05:07:36 +0000

:clapping: ya i know the feeling because i too am an insightful linguist and my iq is 120 and i was too flattered too because in an age of 14 it’s like i was given a god-given gift but i don’t really consider myself bright just wise hehheh…..

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:55:47 +0000

I know I an insightful linguist and talented at writing but am afraid to write anything cause I think people will judge me as having no credibility. Wujhat do you suggest to gt off this? I do care about social justice and the environment and animal right, etc…….and also about real estate! Help? I am middle aged. I feel very critical of myself right now for not figuring this out thank you for listening

By: Billy

Billy — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 15:40:53 +0000

First off, I’m really glad I found this forum. I really love some of the comments that were made by some of the users. It’s wonderful to be able to interact with others by exchanging thoughts and ideas. It’s intellectually and mentally stimulating.

At any rate, Racquel, you are still young and you still have more time to develop. When I was in high school my grades were awful; in fact, my grades were awful through school mostly all my life, but it had nothing to do with my capabilities. There are many reasons I didn’t like school, but that’s for another topic. My strongest subject was English. I wonder, though, if English is your first language (I know many in Manila speak English [maybe most]) but perhaps there may have been a slight barrier on some parts of the test if you aren’t so fluent in English.

I also have a few other comments. I find it to be very true that many people become isolated because of their intelligence. Whether they mean to or not, it intimidates and threatens people in many or most aspects of people’s lives (career, interpersonal and relationship affairs, etc), and I would refer to them as “intellectual minorities.” It’s been a few years since I’ve taken this Tickle test (and I’ve taken many others elsewhere), and I don’t know if anything has changed but I may have read it wrong that an Insightful Linguist with a score higher than 138 translates to being a “Visionary Philosopher”. I’m here as a result of my research because I was classed as an Insightful Linguist as well, but my score was 146.

Another comment I’d like to make is to address the previous comments about how people judge others (by intelligence or not), and I know enough to know that I don’t know everything, but what I truly do know is that it is the heart that counts. Cicero once wrote–in an article I’ve got bookmarked–the following: “[I]n friendship and relationship, just as those who possess any superiority must put themselves on an equal footing with those who are less fortunate, so these latter must not be annoyed at being surpassed in genius, fortune, or rank.” – http://www.infed.org/biblio/friendship.htm

What Cicero is saying here is that those who are more fortunate must find common ground with others who are not equally gifted so as not to make people feel inferior. In other words, having a superiority complex will win you no good fortune or rank. What good is genius if all you impress is yourself while putting down others?

It is true, of course, that even though opposites attract, similarities are what holds things together in the long run. Finding similarities with others if your intelligence is higher than most of the population is the primary difficulty, hence being an “intellectual minority”. As rare as it may be, it is definitely a virtue to be able to find common ground with others; and that is when your heart comes into play. You must find the goodness in the hearts of others when your minds do not match.

One final note: there is a difference between ignorant people and unintelligent people. The only time they go hand in hand is when stupidity is a result of your ignorance. A few examples of this would be the ignorance of hating mentally handicapped people, hating people of different race, and discrimination. As the first comment above mentioned discernment, having the capability of discernment leaves it up to you to decide–based on the knowledge of your behavior–whether you’d like to change your actions and your behavior or not.

By: racquel

racquel — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:42:46 +0000

Hi guys my name is racquel i’m from manila, i just took the iq test after d test and my result is the same!, it said that i’m a Insight Linguist, but my IQ is not 138 above!, now way i’m just only in 3rd year high school, im not dat smart, any way my IQ score is only 111 pretty low, and it said that my Math IQ is only 20% oh man, this is embarassing……….. but still i9m proud of it having an IQ at 111 is not that bad…………… :yahoo: :pilot: :sing:

By: Muhammad

Muhammad — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:04:19 +0000

I got a score of 127 on the Tickle test and was declared an “Insightful Linguist” too.
Frankly, I was quite elated at the score because I was never good at math and science, in fact always scraped through in my math exams. On the other hand, I always scored high in languages, social science, and especially history. Even then, I always felt that I wasn’t intelligent enough because I just wasn’t good at math. It’s good to know that you’re not rated on only your mathematical abilities, or your abilities to memorize chemical formulae, while examining your IQ. This test does give me a sense of satisfaction. 🙂

By: joanna m.

joanna m. — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:41:48 +0000

Hi to all those Insightful Linguists out there! I was looking through the net, and I saw a blog for those who are visionary philosophers ( those who scored 138 and above).
I am just an Insightful Linguist myself, scoring 127, and so I went looking for a blog for the Insightful Linguists…
I was elated at first to get a score of 127, but my elation fell when I saw that there were people out there who took the test, and scored up to 148 on it. But then, I still count myself pretty intelligent, because after reading those blogs, I saw that some visionary philosophers were “intelligent” enough to buy the full report! Ha! How intelligent is that? :duh:

By: Lisa Doolan

Lisa Doolan — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 11:59:34 +0000

hey i’m i just did this for fun as i am in work and bored i only got 117 but i got bored halfway through and didn’t pay attention to the questions or answers but i dont think many people understand that most ppl dont judge other by how smart they are but by their common sense i know i do and i am more grateful for a person with common sense than if they can multiply maths in their head