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Comment author: Lumifer 20 May 2016 02:32:26PM 1 point [-]

puts me near the bottom of this community?

No, I don't think so. Self-reported IQs from a self-selected group have a bias. I'll let you guess in which direction :-)

I am curious to what extent rationalists engage in outreach (other than CFAR I guess) towards more average individuals

There's Gleb Tsipursky and his Intentional Insights, but from my point of view this whole endeavour looks quite unfortunate. YMMV, of course.

Comment author: Babson 21 May 2016 09:03:04PM 1 point [-]

"No, I don't think so. Self-reported IQs from a self-selected group have a bias. I'll let you guess in which direction :-)"

Of course, but I guess that I would expect a site helping its members to "Overcome Bias" would provide more trustworthy data! :)

Comment author: Lumifer 22 May 2016 11:53:00PM 0 points [-]

"More trustworthy" != trustworthy.

Comment author: Babson 23 May 2016 12:39:47AM 0 points [-]

Haha, yes indeed.