I once went looking for where Nimrod became an insult, and the only likely thing I could find was an episode of Looney Toons where Bugs referred to Elmer as "Nimrod, the mighty hunter" in derogatory tone.
I mean I don't know about you but even excluding the empty ones, the median room I walk into doesn't have 50+ people milling about in it.
I think anything above 90th percentile would probably still qualify as being the smartest in the room more often than not. The real question is do we tend to rate that metric too high?
Also true. I guess if you include the individual's room selections I suppose being the smartest in the room becomes as much a proxy for how much you interact with the general public Vs insulated groups of your peers, as it does for intelligence.
Isn't 85 IQ the average black person? Being in the same room as a black person wouldn't be all that rare in America (or even in some parts of Europe, nowadays).
120 isn't midwit range. 120 is often being the smartest one in a room.
Huh.
To blow your mind further, a midwit Nimrod would be a slightly above-average intelligence but extremely cunning and quick hunter.
I once went looking for where Nimrod became an insult, and the only likely thing I could find was an episode of Looney Toons where Bugs referred to Elmer as "Nimrod, the mighty hunter" in derogatory tone.
Yeah... like almost every insult, it's started to see increasing use as "dumb and/or gross person," but it isn't really a synonym for retard.
If you’re in a room of jeets maybe. 120 isn’t even in the top 2% of IQs.
I mean I don't know about you but even excluding the empty ones, the median room I walk into doesn't have 50+ people milling about in it.
I think anything above 90th percentile would probably still qualify as being the smartest in the room more often than not. The real question is do we tend to rate that metric too high?
Depends on the rooms you’re in. In my experience being in a room with an 85 iq is infinitesimally more rare than an 120 iq.
Also true. I guess if you include the individual's room selections I suppose being the smartest in the room becomes as much a proxy for how much you interact with the general public Vs insulated groups of your peers, as it does for intelligence.
Isn't 85 IQ the average black person? Being in the same room as a black person wouldn't be all that rare in America (or even in some parts of Europe, nowadays).
Yes. At best that kind of thing suits you for middle management.
I feel even worse about that.