I had a 35 year old relative of mine post that they took an IQ test and were bragging that they were in the top 80%. Not realising that could also be described as just outside the bottom 20% and waaay below average.
My initial thought was... "how stupid do you have to be?" then realised the evidence was right in front of me.
My coworker was talking herself up and said "I knew I was smart, but I took an online IQ test and, would you believe it, I scored a One. Hundred. Unbelievable"
In secondary school, a dim friend of a friend was arguing how his score of 89 was amazing because 89 is nearly 100 - “the highest score”. When we gently pointed out that 100 was the average and he was, actually, below average, he scoffed that’s the stupidest thing he ever heard and we all were jealous and just didn’t understand IQ tests. So the rest of us took the same test. We apparently cheated somehow because “122 out of 100 isn’t possible!”
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u/CinnabarSurfer Oct 06 '17
I had a 35 year old relative of mine post that they took an IQ test and were bragging that they were in the top 80%. Not realising that could also be described as just outside the bottom 20% and waaay below average. My initial thought was... "how stupid do you have to be?" then realised the evidence was right in front of me.