private_messaging comments on 2013 Survey Results - Less Wrong

74 Post author: Yvain 19 January 2014 02:51AM

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Comment author: private_messaging 24 January 2014 04:50:29PM 0 points [-]

To clarify, it's still as strong of evidence of having high IQ as a statement can be, it is just not strong enough to overcome the low prior.

Then there's the issue that - I do not know about the US but it seems fairly uncommon to have taken a professionally administered IQ test here, whenever you are smart or not. It may be that LW has an unusually high percentage of people who took such a test.