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People tell themselves all kinds of things to maintain their internal narrative about themselves. This person claims not to be a rube, yet engaged in many rube
by sneak 3y ago
People tell themselves all kinds of things to maintain their internal narrative about themselves. This person claims not to be a rube, yet engaged in many rube activities.
They knew about number spoofing but ignored it when told. They knew about checking with an attorney, but didn’t do so. So many points at which they could have stopped this and didn’t. They aren’t nearly as sophisticated as they claim in the opening.
Also, in general, you should already have cash stashed away, outside of a bank, in case this or a million other things actually happen. Your assets can be frozen without warning or evidence against you. Going to the bank to withdraw large sums because some guy on the phone claiming to be an authority says so is always stupid.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoThe vast majority of people are far less intelligent / sophisticated when stressed.
- ejb999 3y agoIn fact, 50% of people have a below average IQ, even when not under stress.
- sneak 3y agomedian != mean
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- Detrytus 3y agoActually, median == mean for IQ, and for any other thing that follows normal (Gaussian) distribution.
- krapht 3y agoDepending on the context, any representative measure of central tendency, such as the mid-range, median, mode or geometric mean, can be called the average.
- OrderlyTiamat 3y agoA weird point to make, because in the context of a measure specifically constructed to have a normal distribution (IQ), the median definitely is equal to the mean. You are right in the general sense, and wrong in this instance.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoSorry, let me rephrase: "The vast majority of people are far less intelligent / sophisticated than their own normal when stressed."
- ejb999 3y agoI got it - was making a sort-of joke - scams don't need to be that sophisticated or work on everyone, because exactly half the population has a below average IQ.
- silverquiet 3y ago> People tell themselves all kinds of things to maintain their internal narrative about themselves. Do you believe yourself to be immune to this sort of behavior?
- BenjiWiebe 3y ago(not the GP) No, I don't believe I'm immune, which means I am aware of that tendency and try to take it into account = I'm more resistant even if not immune.
- e40 3y agoYou are suggesting she should’ve had $50,000 stashed away outside of a bank?
- micromacrofoot 3y agothere's always money in the banana stand