And the same but disregarding IQ (which alone probably correlates with unusual-ness):
I don’t think those things can be separated that cleanly—I suspect there are certain unusual features of my mind that my IQ helps me work around, and would be more evident if my IQ was closer to 100 all other things being equal.
And conversely, some of the unusual-ness that can be attributed to IQ is only very indirectly caused by it. For instance, being able to work around some of the more common failure modes of the brain probably makes a significant portion of LessWrong more unusual than the average person and understanding most of the advice on this site requires at least some minimum level of mental processing power and ability to abstract.
Sure. They can’t be separated. But the feeling of (a)typicality can’t be quantified precisely either. This all is imprecise and only gains value from large numbers of respondents.
I don’t think those things can be separated that cleanly—I suspect there are certain unusual features of my mind that my IQ helps me work around, and would be more evident if my IQ was closer to 100 all other things being equal.
And conversely, some of the unusual-ness that can be attributed to IQ is only very indirectly caused by it. For instance, being able to work around some of the more common failure modes of the brain probably makes a significant portion of LessWrong more unusual than the average person and understanding most of the advice on this site requires at least some minimum level of mental processing power and ability to abstract.
Sure. They can’t be separated. But the feeling of (a)typicality can’t be quantified precisely either. This all is imprecise and only gains value from large numbers of respondents.