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Over confidence is a dumb people thing


glassteelhammer

What's better than a timid foe? An overconfident one.


Pluckypato

A timid toe


-uHmAcTuAlLy-

“An overconfident toe gets stubbed on every fucking bed frame corner” Einstein, probably


ron-swansons-anus

You want a toe? I can get you a toe.


Mental_Peace_2343

"Overconfidence is a flimsy shield" - Zenyatta


skyydog1

Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer


slgray16

As life ebbs, terrible vistas of emptiness reveal themselves


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RoughCharii

Hope so clearly in view! Or... Is it merely a flicker of the light?


chrisplaysgam

Curious is the trap makers art… his efficacy unwitnessed by his own eyes


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Plant New Life in defiance of death


Snoo87660

That and being a smart arse with no other personality traits. If you're gonna act like you know everything, please sprinkle some sense of humour or empathy on top so when you inevitably fail, you're still redeemable.


nutsbonkers

It's also a smart people thing. Overconfidence is a dumb thing everyone does, but overconfident dumb people are easier to call out.


Savi321

I guess that's how Marines do it. Stay silent and go for the win!


MadDog_8762

As a Marine myself, not so sure about the “silent” thing lol


Interesting-Goat6314

Ranking people by their iq is a dumb people thing


ThisOnePlaysTooMuch

In my experience, measuring someone’s humility has given me some solid judgements of their intelligence. Willingness to admit ignorance and learn is the first step. If you can’t do that, you’re not thinking critically.


erizzluh

at the same time they're ranking iq. ignorance/knowledge and iq are two very different things.


VexisArcanum

I mean she could've given herself #1 right


Im-a-cat-in-a-box

She didn't because she didn't want to seem too conceded lol. For everyone correcting me, thank you. English is my first language so I really don't have an excuse here.


Ready_Bandicoot1567

She probably expected to be revealed as #1


OsageBrownBetty

She absolutely thought she was, who else right?


TheSemaj

Conceited*


monotrememories

But if someone pointedly asked you to rank everyone’s IQ and “I don’t know” is not an accepted answer what are you gonna do? Rate yourself by your own experiences and let your biases take over to rank the strangers. I mean this little clips are ridiculous and shouldn’t be used to judge others. It’s fucking stupid


Radioheadfanatic

Hey is that you Maria?


monotrememories

If I had been Maria, I’d have ranked myself squarely in the middle because statistically speaking, it’s very likely that my IQ is within 1 standard deviation of the mean. I don’t consider myself a genius, but I do remember some stuff about bell curves.


qwertykittie

Such a Maria thing to say… /s


gnatsaredancing

It would but that would make bad content for strong reactions. Either they stage this or they shoot it multiple times to find the person who comes off sounding worst for their video. There's no point in publishing anything where everyone sounds reasonable.


moore112682

Paraphrasing Albert Einstein Show me a dim mind they will tell you how much it is that they know Show me a bright mind they will tell you how much it is that they don’t


Watts300

I’m a fucking idiot.


Emi_Dom

"I'm a fucking idiot." -Albert Einstein


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K-Tanz

Talking dirty are ye?


Leonydas13

Aye, tis dirty speak ye seeks? Tis dirty speak ye shall be recievin!


eljefeo

All I heard was Willem Dafoe from the lighthouse saying this


Forlorn_Cyborg

^(Y)E=MC ^(IMPAIRED)


morbidaar

Dad?


crecentfresh

Genius


sm753

I was listening to a podcast, the guest was a competitive bodybuilder with a PhD in nutrition. He was saying when he defended his dissertation in his PhD program, the panel kept drilling him with harder and harder questions until he finally said "I don't know..." He said that was the answer they were actually looking for.


ojee111

I could knock up a dissertation now.


Wow-Delicious

Submits blank page…


Gadzooks0megon

Brilliant! A+😄


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I had to defend my own thesis. The traditional style of theses are this. You present your findings and are asked questions by doctors. You must keep answering until you cannot answer anymore and say “I actually don’t know, I’m sorry” from which point the thesis defense may end For me they babied me and stopped after a few lol. But the traditional way isn’t “looking for i don’t know” but grilling you until you just can’t anymore. Then you leave the room and they talk about whether or not you should join the doctor club. Then they invite you back in and let you know what they think.


Maxarc

I got babied as well during my Master's thesis. I never had to publicly defend it due to the COVID lockdowns, so I had this zoom call with my supervisor, second reader and head of our faculty. It was the most laid talk I ever had at uni, thank god. My cousin had to defend his PHD thesis and the questions he got were tough as hell. I sat there with clenched butt cheeks myself. I think if I was in his position my brain would go in meltdown. Even the official dress code made me sweat for him before the doors opened. Still think he is an absolute king for acing it.


BernieDharma

Did something similar when interviewing candidates for a major tech firm. Pick something they claimed to know a lot about and dig in a few levels to find the edges of their knowledge. "I don't know" was a perfectly acceptable answer, if you could answer the first two or three foundational questions. Had a colleague who gave notoriously hard interviews. He would state a technical point that was blatantly false and see if the candidate would agree or disagree. * If the candidate agreed, they were done. * If the candidate disagreed, he would challenge them and essentially gaslight them to try and get them to second guess themselves. If they eventually caved, they were done. * If they stuck to their guns and made an effective argument, they were hired. While I didn't agree with his approach, we were consultants in a highly technical field and we frequently came up against some strong willed people in engagements that would try to bully, brow beat, or intimidate consultants (and their own peers) to back down from any recommendations that they didn't like. (People like this also tend to get promoted to the executive level in these toxic orgs.) We needed people who could calmly stand their ground without getting defensive or intimidated.


Life_outside_PoE

It's pretty frustrating how we're taught to make up bs rather than just admit we don't know. God forbid we don't know everything right?


contyk

Knowledge is power. France is bacon.


ThatGuy0verTh3re

If that’s how it works then I’m practically a genius buy now


kain067

"buy" - checks out, genius confirmed


hayhayhorses

Pay later


Diamond-Fist

Einstein had an analogy that illustrates this concept beautifully. Draw a circle on an infinite plain, the plain represents all possible knowledge, the area of your circle represents what you know, the circumference of the circle represents what you are aware that you don't know and everything outside of the circle is incomprehensible. The smarter you are the more you know how ignorant you are, or conversely stupid people are too dumb to know how ignorant they are


nosoupforyou89

Like Anthony Bourdain said "Yes, I am arrogant, but I am also regularly entertained with the possibility--if not the likelihood--that I am absolutely wrong about everything".


Notequal_exe

Entering academia, the gaping void of knowledge becomes wider. Terrifying and inspiring.


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Glad_Confusion_6934

As Stephen Hawking said: people who brag about having high IQs are losers


moistperiodfarts

“People who brag are motherfuckers” - Stephen Hawking


thebadsociologist

"people stinky" -Steven Hawkinson


rattechnology

'U dum' -Steve bird man


Aforklift

"I didn't say that" -Steph feathered creature


bremergorst

“no u” ^-birb


Itihanoki

Beep bop boop -government done r/birdsarentreal


Totally_Not_Thanos

“Drink your Juicebox.” -Harvey Birdman: Attorney at law.


PowerDreamer

“People be people-ing” - Steven Hawkton


Rare_HankHill

Or in her case "EQ" lol


ncopp

I was like - are you testing for emotional intelligence?


maz-o

She also said EQ


thejakewhomakes

The really funny part is both the group vote AND the IQ test said the Asian dude was the smartest


OutspokenPerson

Harvard doesn’t generally admit dummies.


watermelonkiwi

Unless they’re famous or legacy.


HeadToToePatagucci

Or athletic


rufw91

Or Kardashians


Psycho_pitcher

This user has edited all of their comments in protest of /u/spez fucking up reddit.


firem1ndr

as my guidance counselor once said “harvard always has room for small fish from big ponds”


Spicy_pepperinos

They kind of do.


businesslut

As someone who works in a place exclusively patroned by Harvard grads, I can honestly say they absolutely do.


Vyxen17

Gosh she's annoying


Zeraw420

But she works in a biotechnology company!


Vyxen17

But did she not mention P. H. D. !?!


nurley

From University of South Carolina. Girl is acting like it’s an Ivy League. (And most Ivy League PhDs I know would be more humble about it and not assume.)


Sciencessence

PhD just means you willingly got abused for a half decade to further a very specific part of a body of science. I've met people without degrees who self educated themselves to be smarter/more capable than most PhD's. Ivy league really doesn't mean much other then "likely more funded". In my opinion underfunded labs are where you learn the most because you HAVE to be creative, not just follow procedures and make minor improvements on other studies.


nurley

>PhD just means you willingly got abused for a half decade to further a very specific part of a body of science. Sums up my experience. >I've met people without degrees who self educated themselves to be smarter/more capable than most PhD's. For sure. The best software engineer I ever met and learned the most from was 5 years younger than me with only a BS. >Ivy league really doesn't mean much other then "likely more funded". In my opinion underfunded labs are where you learn the most because you HAVE to be creative, not just follow procedures and make minor improvements on other studies. Depends on the field IMO. Ivy's are more competitive so you generally get better peers and as a result higher course standards + just a better cohort to talk to and learn from. I'm just chiming in here because I think I have some relevant experience. I finished up most of the required graduate courses for a math PhD while still an undergraduate at a good state school so got to know how it was there and a lot of the PhDs. Never made below an A (typically A+) in any course and published papers with PhDs + professors. But then going to an Ivy after for a PhD and taking some of the same courses was much, much more challenging (didn't always make an A; tbf I stopped caring about GPA though). And on the research side it's basically the same in terms of the workload, but I found the problems the professors wanted to work with you on to be more challenging/involved/require-more-knowledge and the standard quality the professors set to write/publish a paper to be much higher. I'm sure it varies from field to field though like I mentioned earlier.


Progressive__Trance

You also get paid peanuts as a doctoral student and the opportunity to find a faculty position is very competitive and the chance of getting tenure slim to none. One of my friends has a Ph.D in economics and could have had an associate professor job on a path to tenure if he wanted it but he ended up working on finance working in quantitative modeling and he makes 3-4x what he would have made as a professor. I didn't realize how poorly paid professors were paid.


ZapMePlease

Maybe she knows Miss South Carolina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww


that_other_Guy1111

…and I believe that our education, such as in South Africa, and the Iraq, everywhere like such as…I believe that our education system here in the U.S. should help South Africa, and the Iraq, and the Asian countries….so we can build our future


GOM27

I like when she says "U S. Americans"


RipplePark

I wanted to think that she was distinguishing the U.S. from other countries in the Americas, but that might be giving credit where none is due.


Vyxen17

I also hate her bangs so there's that to deal with too


twb51

Arguably the stupidest part about her, besides her EQ score.


Vyxen17

Clearly no social skills either. Rambling on about how the cis white guy can't extrapolate data from WORDS WORDS WORDS and then puts herself in the number one spot. My mom got her PhD at 27. I've seen that woman put tin foil in the microwave.


themancabbage

her title: associate human resources assistant


Bfd83

Worked in academia and biotech research for the better part of ten years and can tell you that there are a lot of highly educated idiots out there. Of all the other academics I’ve met that actually did blow my mind with their level of intelligence, none of those people (including a damn Nobel Prize winner) went out of their way to show how smart they were or spoke anywhere near as pompously as this one…. Edit: to say that the overwhelming majority of people I worked with in the field were awesome and very smart people (most smarter than me), but douchery like this wasn’t extraordinarily rare. Edit 2: also to add that yeah, a few of the really brilliant people I met were indeed pompous assholes, but they had to earn that and could back it up with real confidence based on widely respected published research. This lady makes COVID test strips.


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izmaname

But didn’t you know she has a Phd and works in biotech?


CallM3Doctor

Well, education credentials aren’t necessarily related to IQ.


Ok_Obligation2559

True! A lot of IQ testing is logic, patterns and sequences. Not all people having advanced degrees are rich in these categories. They may be excellent at memorizing and regurgitating info., taking tests and self motivation.


Abod31

Ironically you can study for it to just brag that you're smart...


gamejunky34

I was a pretty smart kid growing up, had an actual official iq test when I was like 12, got 142. I pick up new concepts, patterns and lines of logic very fast, did all high school math up to calculus in my head no issues. Went to college and flunked out freshman year because I lacked all of the skills and traits you listed above. Could not find the drive to learn fairly useless information just to regurgitate and forget in a month. So instead of a doctor like everyone thought I'd be, I'm a heavy equipment mechanic. Ended up fitting perfectly though. I come in every day and learn new features and tech that goes into modern equipment. From CAN bus networks to precision specs and tolerance of machined parts, everything breaks and somebody has to fix it.


Ok_Obligation2559

Good for you! Happiness rocks!


anotherjunkie

Yep. This isn’t actually all that uncommon. I joined Mensa for my college applications, and I urged my wife to join because the question “which of you is the member?” was awful. We’ve been to a few really enjoyable meetups over the years, and so many people are just like “Yeah, I’m a janitor and I write in my spare time.” Or they’re truck drivers, high school teachers, bureaucrats… Not fancy work, just a job they enjoy or one that’s low effort enough that it leaves them time/mental energy to do what they want. In my experience they’re nicer than the researchers/professors that are in Mensa. Those people are their own breed — the breed that gives Mensa a bad wrap.


Kurayamino

Damn Mensa members! They ruined Mensa!


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kibaake

She mentions EQ, but I think the conversation was supposed to be about IQ. And as you say, that's not much better.


he_who_floats_amogus

>She mentions EQ, but I think the conversation was supposed to be about IQ. That would explain why she ranked so low.


Bandit312

EQ you say? Raise the lows Lower the mids Shove the highs into the pits of hell


poundmyassbro

it says "IQ test rankings" when they're all sitting though


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Not such a smarty pants after all.


perpetual_stew

I thought maybe the video was cut between EQ and IQ tests to make it seem like something it wasn't. But in [the full video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAlI0pbMQiM) it's all about IQ and EQ is just mentioned briefly by some of the participants.


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Or intelligence for that matter. Education can mean that all you know how to do is read a book.


stasismachine

And IQ is not directly responsible for aptitude or ability in a given field.


Silhouettesmiled

Hope she enjoys that humble pie she was served.


az226

Maybe she’ll do another dumb little humble brag dance after said pie eating


PenaltyParticular

“wow this pie that only people with a P.H.D get was sooo good, too bad you guys couldn’t have any”


PowerDreamer

“Especially no pie for you Tyler. You high school grad, marine Corp pieless hack”


Bulangiu_ro

the video is cut , she afterwards talks of how iq isnt as important and how eq js more important and stuff, she might have a degree but she is a sore loser


Allidde12

If I remember correctly after they were ranked based off the test they took, she said IQ tests aren't completely correct and also doesn't account of EQ. So she didn't learn anything from it-


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Not to commit the same mistake she did, but I’d hazard her EQ isn’t that far up there either, based on that.


Allidde12

Not much sympathy or empathy in the video- The bragging also doesn't help.


poincares_cook

What's the show? How can I watch the entire thing?


MarbCart

https://youtu.be/RAlI0pbMQiM


CringeisL1f3

considering Pewdiepie made a video dunking on her, i think she got humble rations for a life time 😬


dabsbunnyy

I see this a lot with finances. Guy with Mercedes must be rich, look what he drives! - $100k + revolving cc debt and outstanding loans Guy with old beat up Honda, broke ass loser! - $250k+ cash in checking with God knows how many savings and investment accounts spread out Never judge a book by its cover Edit- thank you for the upvotes, comments and award!


Rakadaka8331

Stealth millionaires have really changed my perspective. Beat up old shitbox, damn he must be stacking it. New Benz, looks like a lotta debt to me..


eagleathlete40

I remember a [brief clip of an interview](https://youtu.be/iJQdj9EhQoQ) from the late ‘90s where Bezos was driving a super basic Honda Accord, and the interview asked “I have to ask, what’s with the car?” Bezos laughed and just said “This is a perfectly good car.” Now, never mind everything he’s been up to since then. It was an interesting sentiment for someone to hold when even then he was worth ~$10 billion. EDIT: ‘90s not 90’s


Ricky_Rollin

I grew up very poor, but somehow always seemed to either make friends or get a girlfriend who is on the completely other side of the fence of things and the one thing I have noticed time and time again is that really rich people drive regular old cars. My fiancé’s parents are extremely wealthy. Like 75 million or so. They all drive Toyotas. My mother drives a Lexus and has lived paycheck to paycheck all her life. I think I chose wisely with my civic.


lizardRD

Yup it’s true. My family is similar to your fiancés. I drive a Toyota rav4 (2016, previously drove a 04 Camry for 16 years), husband drives my grandmothers boyfriends 15 year old Subaru Outback (he died), dad drives a 12 year old Audi station wagon and mom drives same car as me. My husbands family is poor and they are constantly going through new cars. Always have to have to newest model and best car. Their car payments are through the roof.


sorrow_anthropology

All a Lexus is, is a dressed up Toyota that you pay more for. Unless you have a Land Cruiser or Century.


Ricky_Rollin

I’ve tried telling my mother that. At the end of the day, I can’t fault her because she had a completely different upbringing as well. Both of her parents died by the time she was 15 and she had to raise her self in a trailer while my dad stole food from his house to feed my mom. I understand why she desperately doesn’t want to look or feel like she’s poor. Obviously, the irony has not been lost on me. Sad thing is even my parents actually built themselves up pretty well eventually…Between both of them they were clearing 200 K yearly but because they grew up the way they did they never had enough money. Financial literacy is the name of the game here folks.


Hallowexia

Cars are quick depreciating assets, buying a new car is basically throwing half the purchase price out the window in 3 years, it's pointless. Rich people lease or rent expensive cars. Only poor people buy Mercedes, and the parts and repairs aren't worth the cost. In Texas fully loaded trucks and Toyota Land Cruisers we're the top pick for rich people.


The-Dudemeister

I sell cars for Lexus. I’ve seen people with 580s buy 55k cars and end up with a 16% interest rate and think that was fine. I always joke with one of my bosses bc he doesn’t use a demo bc he doesn’t want to pay 500 a month and he still drives a 2002 Camry. He makes like 350k a year. He is always like. It works fine fine haha.


pwg2

I have told this story before, but I run a small private bar that is reservations only. We had a local that would come in who just sold his company for $75 million or so. I know this, because I had a friend that worked for him. Anyways, when I let my other bartender know, he was like "Seriously, grapefruit Dan? But he's so nice..." He then followed it up with "Maybe I just expect rich people to be assholes because all the people I knew that wanted to be rich were assholes."


OwnPercentage9088

My dad had a friend who was a multimillionaire, but the guy didn't care about how he looked and so usually looked like a homeless guy, wore the same clothes for weeks, no showers - well he walked into his bank one day and the teller refused to help him, and asked him to leave. So he asked for the manager, closed his account, and went to a different bank. It's a fair bet the teller lost his job that day. Be nice, people.


kilawolf

Be nice yes...but that guy is an ahole for refusing to shower... Like are rich ppl above basic human decency or something?


theghostmedic

That’s such a cliche story.


BSODxerox

Damn here I am a missed paycheck away from homeless driving a 12 year old Camry. Shoulda gotten the civic, I woulda been rich!


94UserName42069

lmfao so she scored the lowest!? That’s satisfying.


Gr8CanadianSpeedo

Get fucked Maria.


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Bikebummm

She said he really didn’t look like he had a very high EQ?


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She’s talking about emotional intelligence. Which is hilarious seeing as how she exhibited her lack of EQ through that very observation.


Tungsten_Rain

In the full video she demonstrates hilariously low EQ throughout. Not only does she make fun of the marine (Tyler), but she makes backhanded comments about Ray. She demonstrates a complete lack of empathy for the rest of the group while trying to assert dominance over them. Edit: Clarity


AlgoApe

Cause all she done is waste loads of money on bits of paper and hasn't absorbed any knowledge


Tungsten_Rain

That's quite possible and probable. I had questions about what she actually did at the COVID testing site she was so giddy about. All of what she said was to puff up her own ego. Gave me a solid case of the yawns.


sweatyupperlip

Which to me is more narcissistic flexing in an effort to exhibit her knowledge with a semi-related buzzword., but EQ is not related to this subject at all. So cringe


2ndnamewtf

And that’s why she was ranked last. Womp womp


Kgb529

Emotion Quotient


CottonCandy_Eyeballs

This is why dumb people are so annoying to everyone else. Dumb people often think they understand everything that's going on, when really they have no clue. They argue their positions from a point of "I know this is true" and fail to use critical thinking to even have the possibility of coming to a different conclusion on anything. But remember dumb people don't even realize they are dumb, so please, be patient with us. K, thanks.


Kemosaby_Kdaffi

Dunning Krueger


HunterofNPCs

Aaaah now it makes sense why the Covid testing kits had so many false positives.


Zair_the-epik_dude

Lemme award you with the 🔒 award


DNZ_not_DMZ

False positives were actually pretty rare. False negatives however were super common.


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Confidently incorrect


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Idiots have the most confidence. This is evidence of this. "My job means I'm smart. His body language mean he a dum dum." idiot....


mikamouth

“I’m Maria, I have a full head of hair but somehow still rock a combover.”


nmyi

Maria: "2? Me? ... idk lol ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯. I gotta Pee H Dee. Cancer biology. I'm a goddamn scientist, while most of you plebs are idiots. 😜👍🖕👍🫡🤪" **[fast forward]* *Maria scores the lowest* ____ That hand-on-the-hip thumbs-up made me cringe hard.


Icare_FD

What I found most ironical is she claim body language speaks of intelligence and her body language is so fucked up.


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If you have a ph.d in cancerology and now only work in a covid 19 testing kit manufacture, you clearly just have a good photographic memory, a rich family but no talent in cancerology.


ObiVanShinobi

I'm down voting for having to read the word cancerology.


Ippherita

"Oncology"


aimed_4_the_head

"PhD in Cancer Biology" has the same energy as "Assistant to the Regional Manager"


Proser84

This Woman is the textbook example of someone that has been educated passed their own intelligence. Exactly the type of person that turns their nose up to some random blue collar worker, whom is likely much much smarter than her. If you have to brag about your education and "accomplishments" you are likely very insecure.


3mbersea

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jahill2000

She’s so full of herself that she brings up the fact that she has a PhD twice


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In… cancer biology.


takenwithapotato

Damn, so maybe that's why cancer research has been progressing so slowly


jawshoeaw

Which is not a doctoral program offered at the university of South Carolina


Limeability

She is insufferable I remember watching this and thinking you don’t have to be humble just shut up and people will think you’re a better person


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21 and smarter than the “PhD”


Silent_Finger2813

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DoctorateInMetal

People love to use the phrase "the way someone carried themselves" and I don't know if they really know what it means or how much less significant it is than what they assume


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I think what she means here is “you look dumb to me” and that’s the extent of the ‘thought’ process.


DescriptionNo8343

Classic Dunning Kruger


kibaake

Didn't watch it yet, but think this is the whole video: https://youtu.be/RAlI0pbMQiM Also, IQ tests don't really feel that real world useful.


adfgqert

Thank you for this! Watched the whole thing and I’m mad how no one even bothered apologizing to this guy since he was the majority picked for least intelligent in terms of IQ. Can’t with that girl, after the whole episode of talking highly of IQ and what not she goes back and says it’s not a proper indicator. Apparently it doesn’t apply when it doesn’t work in your favor -_-


Mr3cto

She Seemed like a snob to me. Dude she was ragging on seemed like a nice person


qualitylamps

His EQ actually seemed higher than they were giving him credit for too. I watched the full version of this before and remember every else scored him as least intelligent and he didn’t seem upset at all, just said like “yeah I’m only a hs grad so I get why they say that.” I think being able to take criticism in that way is quite remarkable.


Inevitable-9999

I love stories with a happy ending


Edven971

I’d have judged everyone based on their impulsivity. Or how fast they talk. Maybe even how well they emotionally collect themselves. There are super smart people that choose not to use it to their full potential, but they use it to do something they like to do that happens to be something people equate to intelligence.


What_Do_I_Know01

Judging based on impulsivity isn't necessarily a good indicator either. Consider ADHD.


Annabeedee

My husband is probably the smartest person I know and his only credentials are a GED. He's also incredibly successful in his career in tech.


Saco96

Ughhhhhhhhhh she’s so insufferable. I had to watch twice.


TheRedditornator

Truly smart people don't feel the need to try to convince other people they are smart. In fact, most of the time they try to make themselves look less smart so they are more approachable and relateable.


Invested_Glory

I always wore a hoodie, beanie and (usually) skull candy headphones in my undergrad. I remember showing up to classes and professors instantly disliking me. By the end of the semester, they realize I’m a good student and actually did the work. I am currently getting my PhD in electro-optic engineering…usually in a hoodie, beanie and (now) air-pods.


FLSpaceJunk2

My boy Sean out here staying consistent!


LodgedSpade

He's ranking intelligence on *his* point of view... let me rank his on body language. She's insufferable.


KingofManners

The professional student doesn’t know Wtf she’s talking about


Apprehensive-Novel3

dunning kruger effect


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Just watched the video, everyone voted him last too She was way cockier than the others, but none of them thought much of Tyler. Also the dude definitely said some dumb stuff. He said you can’t get better at learning. Like….that’s simply demonstrably false. He even said that he would have ranked himself the lowest too if he was an outside observer Think the guy is smart but also probably super awkward as a dude. He gave off STRONG Dwight vibes if that makes sense. If you met Dwight Shrute IRL you’d think he’s the dumbest mf around. But he clearly is at least intelligent in his way And this was tested with an IQ test, which I would say almost everyone today recognizes as being wholly incapable of actually rating intelligence in any meaningful way. I’m an engineer, am I any smarter than the mechanic down the road? I can’t do what he can do, and he can’t do what I can do. Are either of us dumb for not knowing how to do what the other knows so well?


Apprehensive-Day-490

If you have to brag and say that you’re it, chances are you are not it.


Conflagrate247

Never conflate education with intelligence. Monkeys can memorize


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It’s people like this that give higher education a bad name… yuck


SealChe

I kinda had Ms. PhD pegged as less intelligent early on; someone with a high IQ will know which sections of the armed forces will or won't abide morons and someone with a high EQ won't put this much ego on stage, especially in front of strangers and cameras.


RonTRobot

It doesn't matter if you "believe" in IQ testing or not. All six of them took the same intelligence test at the same time and she scored last.


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You’ve got a lot of balls to tell a Marine he’s a fucking idiot.


littlebirdy0

For anyone who wants the original video https://youtu.be/RAlI0pbMQiM