• Fecundpossum@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      I’m pretty sure being of average intelligence (as far a test with its own flaws and limitations can tell) is nothing to be ashamed of, just like being of average height is nothing to be ashamed of.

      I took one when I was a kid and got a 136, and I feel like an idiot fairly regularly. I don’t think these tests a definitive measures of intellectual “superiority”

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      3 days ago

      I have taken free tests when I have been bored, I have got results within the range of 80 to 120, safe to say, I don’t have a lot of trust in them…

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      For all the posturing some people you meet in daily life do about “being smart”, I think most of us are pretty damn average. Most people still have the capacity to accomplish anything they want (within reason) if they’re willing to put in enough time and effort on a consistent basis.