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Anon84, can you explain why you felt this was valuable to post? This seems to be a random blogspot article, posted by someone with no real accreditation, advoc

Anon84, can you explain why you felt this was valuable to post? This seems to be a random blogspot article, posted by someone with no real accreditation, advocating junk science. Why bring it to HN? Edit: I'm serious, I really want a actual answer here. Downvoting doesn't make my curiosity go away.

ltbarcly3 7y ago
I don't think people downvote you to make you less curious, they downvote you to make your posting less visible. Anyway, I found it interesting how much 'giftedness' correlates to MBTI personality type, which I certainly wouldn't have guessed, since MBTI gets compared to astrology and so on.
gnicholas 7y ago
Completely agree. Fortunately, it seems to have left the front page of HN and been pushed down very far (not in the first several pages, by my quick searching).
lidHanteyk 7y ago
For those of us with silly (>160) IQ, sometimes life is not very pleasant: * Incorrectly diagnosed with ADHD, medicated without consent * Forced into special-needs and Talented/Gifted programs * Incorrectly diagnosed with autism, incorrectly diagnosed with OCD, incorrectly diagnosed with psychopathy It would be nice to know why these things happen. There's not enough of us to form a good representative class, and yet I read the OP and notice 11/14 boxes ticked for me. There are other reports of similar patterns [0][1]. This isn't isolated. The original article's hypothesis may be complete bunk; it's likely not right simply because it's too short and simple to be right. But those first few paragraphs are a pattern that those certain few of us will always recognize. [0] http://prometheussociety.org/wp/articles/the-outsiders/ http://prometheussociety.org/wp/articles/the-outsiders/ [1] http://polymatharchives.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-inappropriately-excluded.html http://polymatharchives.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-inappropria...
- c0nducktr 7y ago
  Looking back now, I feel I responded too harshly last night. It was late and I was tired. I have more to say on the topic but cannot take the time to write it out at the moment. I may edit this later, if I have time.

ltbarcly3 7y ago

I don't think people downvote you to make you less curious, they downvote you to make your posting less visible. Anyway, I found it interesting how much 'giftedness' correlates to MBTI personality type, which I certainly wouldn't have guessed, since MBTI gets compared to astrology and so on.

gnicholas 7y ago

Completely agree. Fortunately, it seems to have left the front page of HN and been pushed down very far (not in the first several pages, by my quick searching).

lidHanteyk 7y ago

For those of us with silly (>160) IQ, sometimes life is not very pleasant: * Incorrectly diagnosed with ADHD, medicated without consent * Forced into special-needs and Talented/Gifted programs * Incorrectly diagnosed with autism, incorrectly diagnosed with OCD, incorrectly diagnosed with psychopathy It would be nice to know why these things happen. There's not enough of us to form a good representative class, and yet I read the OP and notice 11/14 boxes ticked for me. There are other reports of similar patterns [0][1]. This isn't isolated. The original article's hypothesis may be complete bunk; it's likely not right simply because it's too short and simple to be right. But those first few paragraphs are a pattern that those certain few of us will always recognize. [0] http://prometheussociety.org/wp/articles/the-outsiders/ http://prometheussociety.org/wp/articles/the-outsiders/ [1] http://polymatharchives.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-inappropriately-excluded.html http://polymatharchives.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-inappropria...

c0nducktr 7y ago
Looking back now, I feel I responded too harshly last night. It was late and I was tired. I have more to say on the topic but cannot take the time to write it out at the moment. I may edit this later, if I have time.