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65% of Americans believe they are above average in intelligence

dmpi said:
Intelligence. How can something so vast, complex, & varied be distilled into one or two numbers?
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Close enough to be a useful approximation.
 
Sweden said:
Close enough to be a useful approximation.
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Only 75% stupid!

You can tell during the test that different parts of it a measuring different things. Like one part is short term memory while another part is some kind of imaginative visualisation rotating images in your mind to see which match. Then the genius psychologists mash it into a single number.

Two different people could have the same score but if you separated the different abilities they probably won't match.
 
Sweden said:
There are too many posts like this on DP. Consisting only of a childish insult, dull and boring.
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agree.....sometimes I just cannot help it....
 
Sweden said:
Knowledge and intelligence are not the same thing. Good education can increase the former but not the latter.
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Wisdom being the ultimate achievement
 
What do the other 65% think?


can’t believe I have to add this…/s
 
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