I was thinking about this. I went to university, and I worked in tech for decades. I met many assholes but I didn’t meet anyone that would fit on the left half of the bell curve (less than 100 iq).
Since I’ve been living in that bubble my entire life, I’m curious of your stories. Have you met someone who was actually quite dumb (not just having opinions you don’t agree with) and do you have an example situation you remember you can share?
Hopefully this becomes more funny than hateful since intelligence is not the value of a person, but it can be funny to read the stories.
I always say that I’m not as smart as I think I am, but I’m definitely smarter than others think I am.
I watch Jeopardy regularly, and I know I could hold my own, and they don’t have dummies on that show. My biggest strength is that I know my strengths and weaknesses.
Of course I’ve known less intelligent people, some even officially handicapped, but intelligence is fairly low on the list of my priorities for friendship. I wouldn’t hire a lot of them, but I value their camaraderie, humor, trust, respect, morality, etc. All of those are more important in a friend than intelligence.
Absolutely, I have the same view on things. Intelligence is useful for solving tasks but there are many other qualities in a human being that makes them amazing.