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What's it like to have a low IQ? (lemmy.world)

submitted 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) by Justathroughdaway@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Zeppo@sh.itjust.works 21 points 13 hours ago

In my experience, people are generally unaware of current events and history. They don't understand basic math. They are very poor at critical reasoning and don't comprehend things like evidence or facts, so they're easily convinced by hunches or baseless claims prominent people make.