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Re:Ask HN: At a peak of my dev career, I hate my life by fouc on Sunday January 30, 2022 @12:45AM (#30134437)
The real litmus test for high intelligence is if they were not anti-vaxxers and actively sought vaccinations.
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Re:Ask HN: At a peak of my dev career, I hate my life by shakkhar on Sunday January 30, 2022 @02:32AM (#30134858)
Honest question - was this sarcasm?
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Re:Ask HN: At a peak of my dev career, I hate my life by fouc on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @02:10AM (#30159506)
It's not sarcastic at all but I suppose it's sort of tongue-in-cheek?

Antivaxxers are probably not highly intelligent.. But they will think they are because of Dunning-Kruger effect.

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Re:Ask HN: At a peak of my dev career, I hate my life by dragonwriter on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @02:23AM (#30159563)
> Antivaxxers are probably not highly intelligent.. But they will think they are because of Dunning-Kruger effect.

DK is basically “people of all ability levels tend to see themselves slightly closer to the 70th percentile than they are”, not “people at the bottom see themselves at the top”.

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