How Men and Women Badly Estimate Their Own Intelligence

theodp writes "In investigating the question of whether men are smarter than women, British researcher Adrian Furnham came up with some startling results. His analysis of some 30 studies showed that men and women are fairly equal overall in terms of IQ, but women underestimate their own intelligence while men overestimate theirs. Surprisingly, both men and women perceived men being smarter across generations — both sexes believe that their fathers are smarter than their mothers and their grandfathers are more intelligent than their grandmothers. And if there are children, both men and women think their sons are brighter than their daughters."

Comments

Re:If women are so smart . . .

[Idiomatick]

Off topic and random. Last week I was on a bus from the US and I was talking to this older couple in their late 40s early 50s. And they were telling me that they went to a rave a few weeks ago in Toronto. It was strange. But then Torontonians would have thought it was cool anyways.

Re:They believe it because it's true

[somersault]

Hey, if they can take Jesus seriously without physical evidence, they can take you seriously too! You clearly don't have the right stuff to build your own cult.

Re:male genital mutilation

[Temposs]

My wife and I actually consider both to be equally bad, which I'm sure is a more rare perspective. Circumcision of males, I think, somewhat robs us of the fullest sexual experiences, as is similarly argued on female circumcision.

Re:If women are so smart . . .

[RyuuzakiTetsuya]

I wish I had the mod points

But I dont' know if i would go +1 Funny or -1 Retarded.