I was thinking about this. I went to university, and I worked in tech for decades. I met many assholes but I didn’t meet anyone that would fit on the left half of the bell curve (less than 100 iq).
Since I’ve been living in that bubble my entire life, I’m curious of your stories. Have you met someone who was actually quite dumb (not just having opinions you don’t agree with) and do you have an example situation you remember you can share?
Hopefully this becomes more funny than hateful since intelligence is not the value of a person, but it can be funny to read the stories.
Man, I had an IQ test tell me 145 or some similar score. I still struggle with simple things like with laundry, cleaning and cooking. I’ve never had my drivers license because driving is fucking hard. I flunked my bachelor’s degree twice before finally getting it.
Dumb is relative and situational. That being said, nowadays I’d probably be diagnosed with some form of autism and / or ADHD.
You have to be careful with internet iq tests too, they generally give you a very high score to make you feel good. :)
But sure, everything is possible. You could have autism and be super good at pattern recognition and be poor at coordination tasks for example.
It wasn’t internet, it was part of conscription health checkups. I remember the psychologist being all smug and annoying going like “Almost as high as mine…” when went over the results.
Haha :)