Likely because it could be read as a sarcastic remark resolving to “become intelligent for real, and you wouldn’t need to fake anything, you lazy cheating bastard”. I wouldn’t have downvoted for that, but such a reading had indeed occured to me at first, before I remembered that I’m at a website of a better sort.
I guess there are two different questions: signalling intelligence to top-intelligence people and signalling intelligence to people above average and higher.
In the first case, it is a good plan. In the second case, you would fail.
Do something prohibitively difficult that not a lot of people are competent enough to do.
Of course, make sure it’s something people “know” is hard, like rocket science.
I have to admit, I’m mystified as to why this one got downvoted.
Likely because it could be read as a sarcastic remark resolving to “become intelligent for real, and you wouldn’t need to fake anything, you lazy cheating bastard”. I wouldn’t have downvoted for that, but such a reading had indeed occured to me at first, before I remembered that I’m at a website of a better sort.
I guess there are two different questions: signalling intelligence to top-intelligence people and signalling intelligence to people above average and higher.
In the first case, it is a good plan. In the second case, you would fail.
upvoted. I am also confused.