You can tell this poll is getting messed up and that people don't know their own intelligence. There are no 5's, which would be average intelligence, how can there be no average D:.

That's why I didn't want to give away the trend I noticed when I started the thread because I knew it would change people's votes. Now that we are talking about what we see people are voting to go against the trends.

You can tell this poll is getting messed up and that people don't know their own intelligence. There are no 5's, which would be average intelligence, how can there be no average D:.

Why should there be an actual human being with exactly average intelligence? The average is a statistical concept. The average household size is 2.6 in the US, what do you make of that?

There are no 5's, which would be average intelligence, how can there be no average D:.[/quote]

How many arms does an average person have?
What is the median of number of arms people have?

You can tell this poll is getting messed up and that people don't know their own intelligence. [/quote]

IQ percentile equivalent:
0-80 = 1
81-87 = 2
88-92 = 3
93-96 = 4
97-100 = 5
101-104 = 6
105-108 = 7
109-113 = 8
114-119 = 9
120+ = 10Considering bell-curve distribution of population, the area around middle is densely packed. 1 point deviations around average cover a majority of population, so +/-1, even if it were measured correctly, has no profound meaning.

If we take the textbook definition of intelligence, there is no doubt Id have to rate myself a ten. The majority of people here would have to do so. As the above table shows, you dont have to be an insane super genius to be in the tenth percentile of intelligence. Everybody with a CS or other STEM degree almost certainly is. Again, that is, assuming your ten point scale linearly maps to the textbook definition of intelligence. But you seem to be asking for a more subjective impression.

But by any subjective standard, id also rate myself a ten. I have my shortcomings, as does everybody, but the number of people I know who really inspire me as being a better person than myself, in the sense that the thought of trading places with them wouldnt be utterly laughable; I can count them on my fingers (the number of people who have one or more traits that I envy is considerably larger, but im talking averages). No way that id trade places with one in ten people I know; which is a group of people already highly selected for perceived awesomeness. Perhaps that is indeed more a measure of arrogance than anything else, but there you have it. 10/10.

There are no 5's, which would be average intelligence, how can there be no average D:.

How many arms does an average person have?
What is the median of number of arms people have?

You can tell this poll is getting messed up and that people don't know their own intelligence. [/quote]

IQ percentile equivalent:
0-80 = 1
81-87 = 2
88-92 = 3
93-96 = 4
97-100 = 5
101-104 = 6
105-108 = 7
109-113 = 8
114-119 = 9
120+ = 10Considering bell-curve distribution of population, the area around middle is densely packed. 1 point deviations around average cover a majority of population, so +/-1, even if it were measured correctly, has no profound meaning.
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That's a pretty good scale. I suppose the majority of us on this site are at least 7-8 but still most of my co-workers are likely around the 3-5 range. Yet all of them generally said they were 6-7.

still most of my co-workers are likely around the 3-5 range.

Remember Dunning-Kruger effect?

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still most of my co-workers are likely around the 3-5 range.

Remember Dunning-Kruger effect?
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Yes, that is probably the reason.

I'd rate myself and everyone else a 1 out of 10 possible (assuming 1 is the low end) no matter how much you know or know about something there is much to learn through experience and knowledge itself.

I'd rate myself and everyone else a 1 out of 10 possible (assuming 1 is the low end) no matter how much you know or know about something there is much to learn through experience and knowledge itself.

I know that I know nothing
-- Socrates

But in the end it's all empty egotistical philosophical wankery.

How many arms does an average person have?
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The average person has one testicle.

But in the end it's all empty egotistical philosophical wankery.
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Still... I reckon I am about an 8 on the egotistical philosophical wankery scale.