...without much contemplation and are done to provoke reactions rather than because they are correct.
Here is how I see it. I am just an uneducated below average IQ individual and don’t spend more time on my submissions than it takes to write them. If people are swayed by my ramblings then how firm could their beliefs possible be in the first place?
Many of XiXis contributions consist of persuasive denunciations. [...] there is a risk that he will be taken more seriously than is warranted.
I could have as easily argued in favor of SI. If I was to start now and put some extra effort into it I believe I could actually become more persuasiveness than SI itself. Do you believe that in a world where I did that you would tell people that my arguments are based on little research and that there is a risk that I am taken more seriously than is warranted?
For sure. XiXiDu uses grammar correctly! (Well, enough so that “become more persuasiveness” struck me as an editing error rather than typical.)
If someone uses grammar correctly it is an overwhelmingly strong indicator that either they are significantly educated (self or otherwise) or have enough intelligence to compensate!
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Here is how I see it. I am just an uneducated below average IQ individual and don’t spend more time on my submissions than it takes to write them. If people are swayed by my ramblings then how firm could their beliefs possible be in the first place?
I could have as easily argued in favor of SI. If I was to start now and put some extra effort into it I believe I could actually become more persuasiveness than SI itself. Do you believe that in a world where I did that you would tell people that my arguments are based on little research and that there is a risk that I am taken more seriously than is warranted?
Don’t self-deprecate too much. Have you taken a (somewhat recent) IQ test, say an online matrix test or the Mensa one? (If so, personal prediction.)
Even though LW over-estimates its own IQ, don’t forget how stupid IQ 100 really is.
Don’t be ridiculous.
Yesterday I took an IQ test suggested by muflax and scored 78.
Yeah, I took it too and scored 37 - because my eyes were closed.
Do you really believe that you’re dumber than 90% of all people? (~ IQ of 78; I suppose the SD was 15)
Seriously, do you know just how stupid most humans are?
I deny the data.
For sure. XiXiDu uses grammar correctly! (Well, enough so that “become more persuasiveness” struck me as an editing error rather than typical.)
If someone uses grammar correctly it is an overwhelmingly strong indicator that either they are significantly educated (self or otherwise) or have enough intelligence to compensate!