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Inevitably a lot of people come here because they relate so a lot of you are slow thinkers who like to think of themselves as smart or different in a better way
by kilgnad 4y ago
Inevitably a lot of people come here because they relate so a lot of you are slow thinkers who like to think of themselves as smart or different in a better way. It's the same phenomenon with so called "introverts."
I hate to tell you this but high IQ correlates with faster thinking. https://www.npr.org/2009/03/20/102169531/smart-people-really-do-think-faster https://www.npr.org/2009/03/20/102169531/smart-people-really...
Everybody on HN likes to think of themselves as smart. This isn't true. Most people are average. I think this comment thread is an actual gathering of lower IQ people due to the lack of knowledge of the correlation between fast thinkers and IQ. First of it's kind I've seen.
Good to compare to threads that are loaded with higher IQ people. But you'd have to find another correlative trait to find that thread.
From a logical perspective IQ and faster thinking makes sense. In the same way a faster computer is categorically better in every front then a slower computer.
Another measure here is that you see a lot of people using Myers Briggs to state their personality type. This is despite the fact that the test itself has little science behind it. Very unlike an IQ test which has huge amounts of correlative evidence behind it. Higher IQ people likely wouldn't put any weight on the personality test.
There are some inevitable vote downs for this post but I'm still interested in contrasting this gathering of stupid people and responses to my post to other threads on HN where the IQ is obviously higher.
My own IQ is up in the air. Not sure if I'm a fast or slow thinker.