To the top 1% truly smart people the other 99% are dumb as a box of rocks. But exactly how fucking stupid is that 99% ?
Do you actually think that they think that basically everyone is that dumb?
Do you really think that there is a magical line dividing people who have a difference of a fraction of a percentage of mental capacity?
There’s quite a range within that 1%. Someone in the top .001% would see the average person very differently than someone at .999%.
If you’ve met 1000 people, on average the top 10 of those would be in this hypothetical 1%. But there’s quite a range in what those 10 people are like, isn’t there? If you think about the 10 smartest people you’ve met, they’re not all Stephen Hawking types. They’re not all sci fi/fantasy fans. They don’t all wear glasses. They don’t all build servers as a hobby.
So, to answer your question, the opinions of those 10 people on how smart the average person is will likewise vary greatly.
Not particularly dumb. The truly dumb as rocks people are probably about 30% - otherwise it’s usually just a question of knowledge specialization… if you can Encyclopedically recite every card in MtG then you’ll generally be looked down on but only because it’s not a monetizable knowledge.
About 74 stupidity units, give or take
Top 1% is IQ of 135 or higher. They probably get along fine with 115 and up. It’s basically on a bell curve, you can go look that up.
