How much do you actually communicate with people who are around the middle of the bell curve? In places like LW, people often have a very skewed perspective about the bottom three quartiles.
It’s skewed in several ways, each of which would be a complex topic in its own right. In this particular context, I have the impression that nazgulnarsil’s idea of what the middle of the distribution looks like would correspond more exactly to somewhat higher percentiles.
How much do you actually communicate with people who are around the middle of the bell curve? In places like LW, people often have a very skewed perspective about the bottom three quartiles.
My experience is that intelligent people overestimate the abilities of people around the middle.
http://www.overcomingbias.com/2009/07/stupider-than-you-realize.html
Skewed which way?
It’s skewed in several ways, each of which would be a complex topic in its own right. In this particular context, I have the impression that nazgulnarsil’s idea of what the middle of the distribution looks like would correspond more exactly to somewhat higher percentiles.