When did EQ take over from IQ?

@lordnigel · 2025-09-23 11:18 · Writers Inc

Some ramblings by someone...

If a clear sign of intelligence is that you're a person who tries things! - like a scientist, or you experiment allot, then, like.. what is a sign of EQ? - - or more importantly, who careS??

I don't like that everything needs a label and a code these days....but i guess we need things to communicate.... still, it can seem, until your diagnosed or assessed, you're a nothing and your view doesn't count..

..Pfftt what ever.. Pretty sure my dog has more EQ than most humans I know.. hmmmnn worlds so crazy right now, maybe we should put him in charge..

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Aren't we all just beautiful people with unique differences...Why do we need to have our EQ or IQ measured and defined? truth is we don't have to and even if we do, I wouldn't put too much faith in it..

Still, sometimes I force myself to think about these things, to understand what the latest things people are being labelled or scored on.., so i can keep up socially, you know if it comes up in conversation.

Anyways, some believe intelligent people are easy to spot, the simplest way.. they are the problem solvers.

For example, if you are lost and not sure what to do or even bigger, say you don't know what to do with yourself, then there are at least two ways to behave, pending which way you behave, yeah... it might indicate your Intelligence level.

One way to behave when feeling lost, is to get upset, beat yourself up, beat your chest, beat the people up around you, cry entitlement, scream it's not fair...Pretty sure, that this a possible sign, that maybe your not so bright..

The other way is to begin a trial an error process. It is instead of asking why me? or why not me?, you ask.. or think rather than thinking on what i don't have, what about maximising what I do have.

I suspect depression, social media and other things could play an interference type role here...distracting you.. stealing your right to intellegence..

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Intelligent people don't just demand the answer from AI, they ask AI multiple questions, in different ways and use it as a tool... not as a friend you may demand stuff from....seems the kind of things friends want these days.. sad...

So broadly once could argue, people fall into 3 groups, pending the group, pends how much intelligence your usings.

  1. The not so bright/ IQ a bit on the low side - these people are very easy influenced, very easily led. Can be moulded, need things presented in simple black and white terms.. and then hopefully someone tells them which pill to take. These people think to themselves, I am safe, the system and everyone protects me. I have strong empathy, cause I care and I have rights.. so I'm normal.

  2. The ok bright/IQ on the Average to higher side - these people are identical to above, but These are the ones who start to question.. perhaps they still say "give me the answer now!". I need to feel safe, the system and everyone should be protecting me, but yet they start to think it's not.. Soo I'll happily give up something to get that??? but why do i have to give up thing??. Yet I'm not happy.. I'm stuck, I don't know where I want to go or who I want to be.. It hurts.. I'll just take another snort of some social media .. arghhhh that feels better. Playing by the rules is safe, but somethng isn't right here.. why am I so uncertain? maybe its me, maybe i need a fresh diagnosis.

  3. The Bright/IQ on the higher side - these people are like above, but the moment they are stuck, even if they are unhappy, they see it as a problem.. something to be worked out. a challenge. they start to see the boundaries and rules of the systems, even though they weren't explained to them. They even start to doubt that safety and security are even in their best interests at all.

Regardless what group your in, we all have intellect (or the lack of in my case) but yeah......social media, doesn't seem to care about intellect really...it prefers to flash in your face things like EQ.. pends the circumstance I guess..anyways..

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Do you have good EQ? are you a leader? here's a test.. - Do you like puppies? - Would you help someone who asked??

How did you go answering these questions... Are you an intellect type 1, 2 or 3.. do you have EQ...

I'd say my IQ must be pretty low to have come up with the content in this post ...and haha my EQ probably just dropped a few points thnking about it..

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