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High, but not particularly rare. IF you see a movie, there are probably several people >130 in the audience with you. When you filter by education and other fac
by s1artibartfast 2y ago
High, but not particularly rare. IF you see a movie, there are probably several people >130 in the audience with you. When you filter by education and other factors, it goes up quickly. Depending on your line of work, a majority of your coworkers might be over 130.
- radicalbyte 2y agoVery few people understand this. It's why it's very hard to understand how normal people think wrt politics.
- coldtea 2y agoWhile "normal people" often have crude political opinions, the stupidest political takes often (usually?) come from high IQ, well educated, people. And among those are also the ones with real influence and power to promote and/or enforce them.
- emptiestplace 2y ago> Depending on your line of work, a majority of your coworkers might be over 130. This seems pretty reasonable, but once you start to get to know people a bit...
- plaguuuuuu 2y agoThen you realise that trying to quantitatively test intelligence only goes so far :D
- suzzer99 2y agoThe road to hell is paved with smart people who think they can become experts in something just by reading some blog posts and thinking about the subject for a few hours. As one example, see successful poker players who become amateur economists, geneticists and virologists.
- wordofx 2y ago30 points higher than the average person on HN!
- montag 2y agoHa ha. If anything, HN skews quite high.