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		rabidrat on Dec 10, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Where Do the Failed 0.1% Go? (2015) [pdf] The key here is "meaningful". I'm not sure about 145 talking to 115, but I can imagine that 115 talking to 85 would be downright painful. We would just not care about the same things.

scandox on Dec 11, 2016 [–]

Thought experiment: you're the last two humans. You've an IQ of 115 and the other person has an IQ of 85.

In my imagination a hell of a lot of that difference would become meaningless within the first week or so.

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