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2014-05-15 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Average Americans Think They're Smarter Than The Average American

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Posted by Fred 2014-05-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 Yeah, yeah. All the children are above average.

Posted by Skunky Ebbert6551 2014-05-15 11:07|| 2014-05-15 11:07|| Front Page Top

#2 That is because they have been told they are special and unique.

Just like everyone else.

Posted by DarthVader 2014-05-15 11:15|| 2014-05-15 11:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Depens on who you are comparing with.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2014-05-15 11:41|| 2014-05-15 11:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Half of American children have below average IQ.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-05-15 11:43|| 2014-05-15 11:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Google Dunning Kruger.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2014-05-15 12:23|| 2014-05-15 12:23|| Front Page Top

#6 I get 140 on IQ tests* (but I'm fricking useless at anything non-digital).

*Which I do not believe measure intelligence.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2014-05-15 12:25|| 2014-05-15 12:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Must be all the 4 percent that volunteer to be on Springer.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-05-15 12:34|| 2014-05-15 12:34|| Front Page Top

#8 Don't feel bad BP. I began noticing a recipitous decline in abilities as my IQ and age gained a correlative relationship. The two are now gaining distance, and I find I'm enjoying petting the neighbor's cat and dog much more. Sometimes I wonder if I should be concerned.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-05-15 12:47|| 2014-05-15 12:47|| Front Page Top

#9 "I find I'm enjoying petting the neighbor's cat and dog much more. Sometimes I wonder if I should be concerned."

If they're not, why should you be, B? ;-p

Posted by Barbara 2014-05-15 15:45|| 2014-05-15 15:45|| Front Page Top

#10 I have the converse opinion. I know most are smarter than me. And it frustrate me that I am too dumb to live off the GIVERnment; I actual get up and got work and take care of myself.

Posted by Airandee 2014-05-15 17:28|| 2014-05-15 17:28|| Front Page Top

#11 I guess that means Putin is just shrewd and cunning as Obama thinks he's smarter than anyone else in the room.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-05-15 18:01|| 2014-05-15 18:01|| Front Page Top

#12 I didn't get it

Posted by Frank G 2014-05-15 18:05|| 2014-05-15 18:05|| Front Page Top

#13 Ask the average American an international question and they wont have a clue eg.Capital of Austria?

Posted by Slinelet Pelosi7787 2014-05-15 19:09|| 2014-05-15 19:09|| Front Page Top

#14 POTENTIAL

Not everybody gets to be an astronaut when they grow up.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2014-05-15 20:37|| 2014-05-15 20:37|| Front Page Top

#15 How often does one need to immediately know the capital of Austria?

Posted by Pappy 2014-05-15 20:40|| 2014-05-15 20:40|| Front Page Top

#16 on line polling means a self selected sample answered the poll

analysis of the results is a meaningless exercise

Posted by lord garth 2014-05-15 20:42|| 2014-05-15 20:42|| Front Page Top

#17 The Drudge headline was, "Only 4% of Americans think they have below average intelligence".

Posted by KBK 2014-05-15 22:40|| 2014-05-15 22:40|| Front Page Top

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