@anon_271828 yeah thinking about this more it is conflating two factors- would you be happier if you'd had a more normal IQ all along, and would you be able to adapt to a 1 SD change in IQ given a lifetime of learning to live with your weird brain
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Tweet · Feb 15, 2023best guess, is your IQ above 130 / +2 SD? | do you think you'd be significantly happier if you lost 1 SD of intelligence?Reply · Feb 23, 2022@tszzl Which is perfectly rational behavior on their part, as abnormal IQ is negatively correlated w life satisfaction.Reply · Feb 15, 2023@anon_271828 I actually don't think my life would be that different +/- 5 points of IQ so I'm just optimizing appearance, and as a 5'9" woman, taller…Reply · Feb 21, 2022@TomNorian @tszzl @vers_laLune Abnormal is abnormal, if not intentionally hidden. You don't expect someone w IQ of 50 to be normal.