Ask Joe Stuff #1
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Welcome to the first installment of "Ask Joe Stuff"! [music and dancing] Ok, let's get started. whysharksmatter asks "Is it REALLY okay to be smart? Is it also okay to NOT be smart? Half of people are below average intelligence." Average intelligence is set by the median of scores on an IQ test, which the statistics students in the audience will be like "Hey, what's up with that? Those are very different things." I don't happen to think IQ tests are a very good measure of intelligence, unless being intelligent is being good at taking tests. And IQ changes over time. It's not something you're born with, and then it follows you around like this gray raincloud telling you how smart you are. So if you commit yourself to lifelong learning, I thi...
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Welcome to the first installment of "Ask Joe Stuff"! [music and dancing] Ok, let's get started. whysharksmatter asks "Is it REALLY okay to be smart? Is it also okay to NOT be smart? Half of people are below average intelligence." Average intelligence is set by the median of scores on an IQ test, which the statistics students in the audience will be like "Hey, what's up with that? Those are very different things." I don't happen to think IQ tests are a very good measure of intelligence, unless being intelligent is being good at taking tests. And IQ changes over time. It's not something you're born with, and then it follows you around like this gray raincloud telling you how smart you are. So if you commit yourself to lifelong learning, I thi...
