Peterdjones comments on Why Are Individual IQ Differences OK? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Peterdjones 04 January 2013 11:35:44AM 2 points [-]

What's wrong with "I'm Joe and I'm doing my doctorate in string theory"? People do pick on IQ-boasters specficially, and there are reasons for that.

Comment author: ialdabaoth 04 January 2013 01:56:06PM 0 points [-]

What's wrong with "I'm Joe and I'm doing my doctorate in string theory"? People do pick on IQ-boasters specficially, and there are reasons for that.

I don't know, but there definitely IS something wrong with it. "I'm doing my doctorate in string theory" quite often gets responded to by "so you're saying you'll never do anything practical, then", or the like.

Comment author: Peterdjones 04 January 2013 02:29:48PM 0 points [-]

Does it? You could also say that to an artist Or a derivatives trader.

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