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Comment author: username2 18 December 2015 12:03:58PM 3 points [-]

You might have been more arrogant when you were young because you might have actually been smarter than most people around you. As people grow up they self select into careers that require intelligence and most of them are no longer smarter than most of their peers and signaling 'I'm smarter than you' becomes unfounded and starts to look silly.

Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 18 December 2015 05:03:37PM 1 point [-]

To avoid arrogance signalling let's instead poll for it:

I think I was smarter than my class-mates in school

No Yes

I think I was smarter than my co-students during university

No Yes

I think I was smarter than my colleagues on the job

No Yes

I have appeared arrogant in school

No Yes

I have looked silly in school

No Yes

I have appeared arrogant during university

No Yes

I have looked silly during university

No Yes

I have appeared arrogant on the job

No Yes

I have looked silly on the job

No Yes

For reference: My IQ

Use IQ 138 if you don't know or don't want to say. Assume present tense where applicable. Use the middle option to see results or if it doesn't apply.

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Comment author: Lumifer 18 December 2015 03:55:01PM 0 points [-]

The classic example of this is when a smart kid from a middling high school finds herself at a good university. She was so used to being the smartest one around and not having to work hard to get good grades, and then... BAM! The level of effort she's used to is now clearly insufficient and there are smarter people all around her. The adjustment can be difficult.

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