Comment by chefandy
2 years ago
Your anecdote contradicts the study discussed in that article. Given the nature of your argument, this sounds like a great time to exit this exchange.
2 years ago
Your anecdote contradicts the study discussed in that article. Given the nature of your argument, this sounds like a great time to exit this exchange.
He was just describing his experience which indeed only a sliver of people knows about, because it’s a very high IQ situation. The study you linked is just one study and cannot be said to encapsulate everyone’s experiences. I can confirm from my own experience that his experience is very possible.
Anecdotally, according to my 3 WISC tests and 10 years working in a research environment along with faculty and staff at a famously rigorous ivy league grad school, I assure you my sample size of interactions with people that have IQs that are several orders of magnitude higher than average is much larger than most. Do you have a specific criticism of the study's methodology or data?