A genie appears before you and says you must choose to be very physically attractive, but slightly below average intelligence, or very intelligent, but slightly below average attractiveness? Which would you choose, and why?

  • tetris11
    9·
    1 month ago

    I am the most intelligent person I know. So naturally I would choose intelligence, because christ do I need perspective if that’s what I actually believe

    • Anticorp@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      I am definitely not the most intelligent person I know, but I’d put myself at well above average.

      • tetris11
        1·
        1 month ago

        well, since I’m humble, I’d probably put myself at well above average + 1. Or +2.

          • tetris11
            2·
            1 month ago

            average + 3 then for me, if I may be so humble

        • Anna
          1·
          25 days ago

          You should put it as within 1 sigma/standard deviation. With high probability on positive deviation.

          • tetris11
            1·
            25 days ago

            Nah, I’m at least 3 sigmas on a very (very) narrow curve, placing me at average+2

    • Anna
      11·
      1 month ago

      You might wanna check on Dunning-Kruger effect.