Are you a 20%er?

[Irving]

I work with engineers and have an optimistic view of "average". my wife works with the public and is pretty sure most people aren't very intelligent.

Do you work with engineers outside of the narrow scope of their profession though?

[Little Dutch]

Do you work with engineers outside of the narrow scope of their profession though?

Nope. And, with a few exceptions, the people I work with aren't interesting enough to do anything with outside of work. Weirdos, man. But smart weirdos.

My normal group of non-work friends consists of home builders, forest service guys, and mechanics. There's some nurses and other medical field people in there too. They are all pretty smart though. I don't have any software friends.

[ray1970]

I mostly hang out with stupid people because it makes me look really smart.

[Bailey Guns]

My momma always told me I was a fart smeller.

[spqrzilla]

The bell curve got squashed on the left.

[Irving]

You're closer to something than you think Ray. Check out this video about Zipfs Law and the Pareto Principle.

[Zundfolge]

So, I had this theory that roughly 60% of people are below average ....

[MrPrena]

The bell curve got squashed on the left.

You're closer to something than you think Ray. Check out this video about Zipfs Law and the Pareto Principle.

Pareto? Bell curve?
Both u is top 20%

[Irving]

Are you saying I'm toward the edge of intelligence?

[MrPrena]

Top 20% of what top 20% of people calls it "bell curve."
Normal people just say "high iq dude" or "mensa man."