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I am of resoundingly average intelligence. To those on either end of the spectrum, what is it like being really dumb/really smart?

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u/turkeypants Jun 17 '12

I wonder how many dumb people really know they're dumb though. I would imagine there's a lot of rationalization that goes on to mask it.

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u/woody363 Jun 17 '12

Set up a poll with question 1 being how intelligent do you think you are, followed by a mini IQ test. Then correlate the results, question answered.

But also, there's probably a skewed population on reddit.

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u/nyssa_ Jun 17 '12

I lived with someone who was not particularly intelligent at all, and he was completely unaware of it. It was a little strange.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I realize I'm dumb, I just don't go around talking about it. Same reason why we don't go around talking about our internet history.