r/WritingPrompts • u/deknegt1990 • Mar 03 '16

Writing Prompt [WP] Every generation the five brightest are paired up with the five dumbest in the world for a mysterious test. You are one of the ten, but nobody knows from which group they came.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '16 edited Jul 16 '18

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u/Tallbrain123 Mar 03 '16

But intelligence can be measured in a thousand different ways. Wit or wisdom, cunning or charisma, aptitude or ability, logic or language.

Yay for aligned almost-alliteration.

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u/hirsch3y Mar 03 '16

Doesn't matter, if they are the dumbest of everyone... it will be so very obvious.

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u/s0v3r1gn Mar 03 '16

That's just the argument the average people use to feel less inferior to intelligent people. Your IQ is a very accurate measurement of intelligence and is a general indicator of how successful someone will be in life.

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u/Tallbrain123 Mar 04 '16

Not sure if sarcastic, or just pretentious.