Is it normal that i find the is it normal community to be noticeably intelligent?

I belong to a number of communities and websites across the web. One thing most of them have in common? The majority of members are complete idiots or flamers. Now, I know this site is moderated, but even the silliest comments are fairly well-written and thought out here... usually. Maybe I'm just in a good mood! LOL IIN?

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  • …Space_Ghost?

    Perhaps you are in a good mood, but this made me smile. ^_^

    There's quite a number of brilliant users here. Which makes sense because the site's main focus is to ask and answers questions, and I'd imagine most of the ones who can answer them would stick around, while some of the less informed users would lose interest and move on; leaving the more knowledgeable ones here. That's just my theory. :P

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    • "There's quite a number of brilliant users here. Which makes sense because the site's main focus is to ask and answers questions, and I'd imagine most of the ones who can answer them would stick around"

      Never fear, Tommy is here.

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    • Koda

      Hey SG, I think you're probably right.

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    • DannyKanes

      That's a good theory, Spacey :)

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  • Who_Fan4Life

    I've got to say, after being here for a very long time, this site's overall IQ points have raised considerably!

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    • Koda

      It's rare a site's IQ will go up. Most other sites I've belonged to I've left because the community gets "watered down" so to speak. One of the problems is that people are starting to use the internet earlier and earlier in life, so a lot of the communities have a majority under 16 years old.

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  • Justsomejerk

    In comparison to yahoo answers.

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    • Littlebadgirl

      Oh, there is a huge gap between IIN and yahoo. That's for sure.

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  • dirtybirdy

    Why won't this pencil make words?!?!?!?!

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  • anti-hero

    We is just gud like that.

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  • kingsleycrowne

    I think there are alot of users in this community who really enjoy the site and are devoted to it and do their up most to bring out their best on all correspondence within the site. That's probably what you've noticed.

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  • Koda

    Guys, this post is undead... yesterday it was rejected, so I guess I have myself a zombie post! Unless there was a glitch yesterday. Thanks for all the comments guys!

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  • DolphinAngel

    DOLPHINS!!!

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  • ccjigsaw

    Hmmm. Well I'm glad you have had mostly positive run ins. I've seen a lot of dumdassery myself. And yet I keep coming back.. for some reason *Sigh*

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  • beehappyy

    Because people who ask questions or worry more often are more likely to be of above average intelligence ;)

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  • AbnormallyAwesome

    I hate all the smart and witty people here. They make me feel dumb. I'm going back to Youtube and be king.

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  • dappled

    Maybe we're not. Maybe because we're reasonably good at upvoting good answers, it looks like good answers are more prevalent than they are. Although if I had to say from personal experience of the site, I think IIN users most often have three figure IQs (which puts us above average). I'd be surprised if more than about 10% of IIN users had double figure IQs (which puts us significantly above average).

    Although, I did write a sneaky poll here once which, on the face of it, was about people's IQ score but was secretly about whether people lie about them. I referred to this:

    http://www.iqcomparisonsite.com/iqtable.aspx

    I got a good number of answers and it was pretty easy to work out expectation (even for a very talented group). It was then easy to map the expectation of wrong answers and factor it upward until I had the most probable answer. My best estimate was that more than half of people lied about their IQ. Even if we are a talented bunch who are 25 IQ points over average (very unlikely, as a 125 IQ or above occurs in less than 6% of people), then still just under half of people were lying about their IQ.

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    • Koda

      Interesting...

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      • dappled

        Just looked back at the post since a lot more people have voted and the results are even more biased now.

        As a side note, apparently people are most likely to lie about things that aren't immediately self-evident (i.e. you can't determine someone's IQ without testing) but men who do online dating are apparently most likely to lie about their height. Strange, eh?

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        • Koda

          They also tend to lie about... other things methinks.

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  • NotStrangeBird

    Me rite stuff here. Me smaht.

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  • diaperwolf21

    The geeks, nerds and weirdos come to IIN to vent thier angers and secrets. We Are IIN!!!!!!!!

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    • Koda

      Well, I'm sure no geek, but I'm probably a nerd, and definitely a weirdo. XD

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  • IDiGAFi

    It's funny how this post comes right after "What's your favorite Pokemon?". Still I think the OP makes a good point.

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  • alv1592

    I agree. But there's a difference between ignorant and dumb, and one can be very intelligent but ignorant. I've noticed that about a couple of people here. The comments are well written, with proper spelling, grammar and punctuation. I just hate what they're saying.

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    • Koda

      But you must admit, it's much easier to swallow bullcrap that you don't have to decipher first. (:

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    • Littlebadgirl

      I don't think I'm among the people pissing you off, but I'm pretty sure I'm one of the intelligent but ignorant people. My bad.

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      • alv1592

        Well I've never talked to you before so you're forgiven haha

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  • EccentricWeird

    It's the fault of the mods for deleting anything remotely funny.

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    • Shackleford96

      Well that's just not true. There are plenty of funny posts they let through.

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  • boston12

    people are stupid

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    • disthing

      Compared to?

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  • coolio75650932

    ▲▼▲▼▲affles

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  • That's because I'm the smartest motherfucker here,but my time to be on here is limited.They should make me KING of this shit.Sorry.

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  • Ldizzy1234

    I bet you were in a great mood! :)

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  • bananaface

    I've thought about it too, and I also think there are some clever people here. Quite a lot of them. That's why I like this place, it's
    interesting. There are users who are idiots, but I don't pay much attention to them. So my view probably isn't very accurate, really.

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    • Koda

      That's kind of how I feel... Maybe my internal censor is just working too well here lol

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