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 On average, people are of average intelligence. Thank you, Randall.
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-People tend towards thinking of themselves as being very smart. Everyone does it, myself included(( Probably because you’re stupid :D. -[[PLCG]])). It probably comes from a very long history of one making sense to oneself (rationally, not emotionally) while others tend to be beyond comprehension. No front, though, I think it's pretty human to be inclined to think this way, however this means that it will take active effort to counteract. I do this by generally assuming that, on average, I am probably a very average human being and that when I don't understand why a person is doing something that irritates me and which I do not understand, the failure probably lies with me in not understanding it. I try really hard - though admittedly fail more often than I am comfortable with admitting - not to get annoyed or pissed off and instead either just carry on (when dealing with people I don't have to deal with for very long) or try to talk it out (when repeated interaction and therefore the emerging issues are likely to repeat and therefore worth the effort to address). [[xkcd]] has a very nice strip on this that also nicely captures the "sigh" element of repeatedly dealing with people that say things like "people are so dumb".
+People tend towards thinking of themselves as being very smart. Everyone does it, myself included. It probably comes from a very long history of one making sense to oneself (rationally, not emotionally) while others tend to be beyond comprehension. No front, though, I think it's pretty human to be inclined to think this way, however this means that it will take active effort to counteract. I do this by generally assuming that, on average, I am probably a very average human being and that when I don't understand why a person is doing something that irritates me and which I do not understand, the failure probably lies with me in not understanding it. I try really hard - though admittedly fail more often than I am comfortable with admitting - not to get annoyed or pissed off and instead either just carry on (when dealing with people I don't have to deal with for very long) or try to talk it out (when repeated interaction and therefore the emerging issues are likely to repeat and therefore worth the effort to address). [[xkcd]] has a very nice strip on this that also nicely captures the "sigh" element of repeatedly dealing with people that say things like "people are so dumb".
 This, by the way, //does// include everyone who might actually be considered stupid. They aren't any dumber than you are. Political enemies (liberals, conservatives, etc.), conspiracy theorists (flat earthers for example), cult adherents ([[Jehovah's Witlesses]]), those who do not believe in conspiracy theories, and everyone else. If you have ever committed the grave sin of calling someone stupid (I certainly have), this is the context for that. Ever since, I try to reserve that for the most dire of situations because, well, while it is not to me to make assessments on other people's intelligence, sometimes things //are// stupid. Averages are just averages. While I may be thinking of myself in those moments to possess the necessary authority to make such claims, this is way out of my depth. There are experts who have dedicated their lives to the study of intelligence and even they can't really define it quite yet, so who am I to fall such judgements. That would be [[Arrogance|arrogant]].