In Paul Fussell’s book on class (I think), he says that people are really worried about differentiating themselves from the class immediately below them, but largely ignorant of the customs and sometimes even existence of the classes above them. When I found SSC, and then The Motte, and stuff like TLP, I was astonished to find a tier of the internet I had had no idea even existed. The quality of discourse here is . . . usually . . . of the kind that “high brow” (by internet standards) websites THINK they are having, but when you see the best stuff here you realize that those clowns are just flattering themselves. My question is, who is rightly saying the same thing about us? Of what intellectual internet class am I ignorant now? Or does onlineness impose some kind of ceiling on things, and the real galaxy brains are at the equivalent of Davos somewhere?
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You never did before I claimed this - you only started citing psychometry as a legitimate source in your prior response. Anything real you did provide didn't say IQ measured smartness, and you neither proved nor explained what you mean when you say HBD.
I don't know why you're being so angry with me, I really am interested in what you think. I don't know what I can do to show you I'm not trolling. Does asking questions warrant such a combative response?
On a similar note though I found that people with a high IQ tend to be better at regulating their emotions.
If you think this is a high-IQ way to call someone stupid, it's not.
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