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Griff
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21 Oct 2007, 3:17 pm

beautifulspam wrote:
When a bright person fails at a task, others are more likely to ascribe the failure to apathy or contempt for the task or the person who assigned him the task.
What if you have them convinced that you're schizophrenic?

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When a dim person fails, others are more likely to ascribe the failure to stupidity and make allowances. "It's not his fault, he's just a little slow."
I don't believe in coddling the dim-witted. This behavior should be discouraged. It breeds Republicans.

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I don't let people at work know how bright I am. I would rather they think me dim than lazy, arrogant or disinterested
It's quite possible for a person to be all four, you know. There is a way to prevent this: don't coddle the dim-witted.



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21 Oct 2007, 3:58 pm

I've been underestimated 5 times for every time I've been overestimated. After all, I never got out and was living with my mother!



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21 Oct 2007, 7:34 pm

I get both pretty routinely. At some times in my life it has been more one than the other, but which has varied a lot. Right now I am overestimated online, underestimated on sight, and overestimated in situations where people have become convinced I am intelligent (because they equate academic-style intelligence, or what they imagine to be that, to all kinds of other things that it isn't).


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21 Oct 2007, 7:52 pm

Sometimes I do remarkably stupid things and fail at simple tasks around the house. It is not out of contempt, however. I want to do it well, and I freeze up if I am confronted with that "Oh, no! I'm about to do something dumb," situation. Yesterday, I did something really dumb. I was sitting on the couch, reading, with my leg tucked under me. When I got up, I found my foot had fallen asleep and twisted my ankle and fell. It hurt like crazy last night, but I'm feeling better now. It's still a bit bruised and puffy.