> Emotional people lashing out is something high iq people do just as much as low iq people. Of course smart people react emotionally too, but when the stakes

> Emotional people lashing out is something high iq people do just as much as low iq people. Of course smart people react emotionally too, but when the stakes are high, a smart person would be likelier to be more calculating. > (Not that i believe the BS about the average HN poster being high IQ) Define high-IQ. Not everybody here is a genius, but I'd bet most people here are very comfortably above the average IQ for their population group. Dumb people will never spend their time online reading and discussing computer science and related topics.