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because people don't exist on a continuum of smart and dumb.
by GhotiFish 11y ago
because people don't exist on a continuum of smart and dumb.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoI'm surprised to hear that, considering the story on HN the other day about how educated woman don't marry down. It seems a non-insignificant number of people want to partner with and befriend those of the same or higher intelligence. Anecdotally, I gravitate towards above average intelligence people for friendships and romantic relationships. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/07/06/has-being-single-in-america-changed/for-the-college-educated-there-is-a-man-deficit-in-the-us http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/07/06/has-being-si...
- chris_wot 11y agoPercieved same or higher intelligence.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoWhether its perceived or not, thats how its playing out on a macro scale.
- chris_wot 11y agoReally? Care to back that up with actual evidence?
- tormeh 11y agoGoddammit. Seriously. It's well-known that all kinds of intelligence are correlated, at least at the lower end. There is such a thing as a benchmark of the brain that gives a one-dimensional result that tells us a something significant about that person. You're just being touchy-feely superstitious (which is way better than the scared-of-different kind of superstitious, but still).
- chris_wot 11y agoThen I'm sure you'll find it very easy to provide the study that confirms your claims. You are the first person I've ever heard that called asking for evidence "superstitious". You might want to look up the definition of that word. Goddammit indeed. Try not to get too touchy-feely in your reply, just give me the studies you are referring to.