The Intelligence Paradox

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The Intelligence Paradox

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The ultimate scientific paradox! This meme brilliantly illustrates the Dunning-Kruger effect with a bell curve of IQ scores. On the left side, we have people with lower IQs confidently declaring "I'm so smart" (classic overconfidence when you know just enough to be dangerous). In the middle, average folks are sweating bullets because they've learned enough to realize how little they know. Then on the right, instead of returning to confidence, the truly intelligent person is humbled by the vastness of knowledge, thinking "I can't even hope to begin to comprehend the wonders of the universe within my lifetime." The smartest people aren't the ones bragging about their intelligence—they're the ones paralyzed by how much they don't know! Einstein would be nodding in agreement right now.

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