wedrifid comments on What Curiosity Looks Like - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Prismattic 09 January 2012 08:35:39PM *  4 points [-]

Context matters, I suspect. I don't think that having a 140 IQ would be all that fun if everyone one interacted with on a daily basis was in the 90-100 range.

edited to depersonalize the pronoun.

Comment author: wedrifid 10 January 2012 02:26:49AM 3 points [-]

Context matters, I suspect. I don't think that having a 140 IQ would be all that fun if everyone one interacted with on a daily basis was in the 90-100 range.

Unless you really enjoy winning or achieving social success and dominance (and don't have an accompanying social disfunction to go with your IQ).

Comment author: Prismattic 10 January 2012 02:47:29AM 1 point [-]

I suspect that in the country of the stupid the moderately intelligent individual would be less successful and dominant than he might hope.

Comment author: wedrifid 10 January 2012 02:50:04AM 5 points [-]

I suspect that in the country of the stupid the moderately intelligent individual would be less successful and dominant than he might hope.

I would bet against you - with the aforementioned caveats that said individual is not socially handicapped and is ambitious.

I also wouldn't call 90-100 IQ 'stupid' or 140 IQ 'moderately intelligent'.

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