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Are you really smart? Are you really dumb? Are you average? How did you come to your conclusion? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Edit up top: you lose points for the wrong they're. I didn't even notice it until now, so I also lose points.

Fair enough answer, but plenty of ways. That's the point of the question. To hear people's answers. Their creativity.

If you win the Nobel prize, you should reasonably be able to say you are really smart.

If you voted for Trump, you should reasonably be able to say that you are really dumb.

Additionally, lots of people know Dunning-Kruger about how dumb people overestimate themselves, but that has another part: smart people underestimate themselves.