And why do people tend to give them credit for things they have no control over....

"I am so much smarter than you, my iq is....."
"He is the smartest guy I know, sharp as a whip"
"Oh you are so beautiful" (and of course the return of "thank you")
"I am a member of the so and so family therefore..."
"My family was here before the pilgrims"

Many of the things that people brag on, they were born with. It was the luck of the draw. And we tend to congratulate them for it and hold them up on pedestals for it thereby reinforcing their perception that they are somehow "more special" than the rest of us.

And as for a person taking credit for what their ancestors did before them...


It is not what you have to work with, it is what you do with it that matters.


just imho of course.

I'm a Geordie...


no wait this is a thread about positive things ain't it :unsure:

"Why do people tend to take credit, for things they were born with......"

Because they're my breasts, dammit, and I'll be proud of them if I want to!!

Oh wait, you meant something else... ne'er mind... :o

I dont believe that IQ is decided at birth, it is influenced by your environment a whole lot.

LOL i'll be proud of them too Cariie if I only knew what they looked like LOL


spaz

I'd tumble for ya................

Perhaps, but most of what would make up your "intelligence quotient" would have been created during your earliest years, a time period over which you have no control....

because most people dont work hard and their pride is just a state invoked for the lack of position.