BTW, I’m not actually that intelligent (IQ about 92 or 96 if I remember right) but pretending to adopt a meta-contrarian position might be a useful social tactic for me. Any advice from those who know the area on how to use it?
Advocate for the obvious position using the language and catchphrases of its opponents. I remember once saying, “Well, have we ever tried blindly throwing lots of money at the educational system?” Everyone agreed that this was a wise and sophisticated thing to say, even though I was by far the least knowledgeable person in the room on the subject and was just advocating the default strategy for improving public schools. Other examples:
“Greed is good.”
“The chief virtue of a $professional is $vice.”
“I’m a tax-and-spend liberal, and I think there should be much more government regulation. For example, the sad truth is that the realities of medical care require the existence of death panels, and I’d rather have them run by government bureaucrats than corporate accountants.”
I’m not actually that intelligent (IQ about 92 or 96 if I remember right)
This seems quite unlikely given your reasonably high-quality posting history. Is this number from a professionally administered test? Do you have a condition like dyslexia or dyscalculia that impairs specific abilities but not others?
BTW, I’m not actually that intelligent (IQ about 92 or 96 if I remember right) but pretending to adopt a meta-contrarian position might be a useful social tactic for me. Any advice from those who know the area on how to use it?
Advocate for the obvious position using the language and catchphrases of its opponents. I remember once saying, “Well, have we ever tried blindly throwing lots of money at the educational system?” Everyone agreed that this was a wise and sophisticated thing to say, even though I was by far the least knowledgeable person in the room on the subject and was just advocating the default strategy for improving public schools. Other examples:
“Greed is good.”
“The chief virtue of a $professional is $vice.”
“I’m a tax-and-spend liberal, and I think there should be much more government regulation. For example, the sad truth is that the realities of medical care require the existence of death panels, and I’d rather have them run by government bureaucrats than corporate accountants.”
Kansas City was one of the more notable examples of having tried that; it didn’t work out well: http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-298.html
This seems quite unlikely given your reasonably high-quality posting history. Is this number from a professionally administered test? Do you have a condition like dyslexia or dyscalculia that impairs specific abilities but not others?
I have Aspergers Syndrome, which affects things like this. Probably has something to do with it.