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Re:Ask HN: How do detect a crappy boss / toxic environment w... by ap22213 on Friday April 08, 2016 @01:37AM (#11452756)
An above average IQ is usually good, but not too high. 115-120 seems pretty good. Above that, I've found a strong correlation with either a) being a dick, b) having obnoxious social quirks, or c) being dangerously over-confident. YMMV
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Re:Ask HN: How do detect a crappy boss / toxic environment w... by thesz on Friday April 08, 2016 @07:20AM (#11453864)
"In their communication with me all these people have been civilized and polite, without weirdness or negativity. All in all the top scorers seem to confirm what has slowly been dawning to me over the past years: that, within the high range of intelligence, higher I.Q.s tend to come with a greater likelihood of being psychiatrically and socially normal."

http://iq-tests-for-the-high-range.com/statistics/iq170.html

Also, please read about IQ and rational thinking: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rational-and-irrat...

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