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[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

How the fuck does that graph even works?! Shows the very left of the graph, then says you're in the top? Doesn't make any sense. Edit : clearly I belong in the top 85% too. I guess I confused % and percentile!

[–] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 13 points 1 day ago

It says top 85%. In a room with 100 people the 85th smartest person would be in the top 85% but they'd also be in the bottom 15%.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

I am going to believe this is comedy gold.

[–] seang96@spgrn.com 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

85% of people have that IQ or higher. Maybe they do it this way so those that don't get it don't feel sad about the results?

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i hate how IQ tests use both percentages and percentiles for the results

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

I just realised that was my mistake yeah -_-;

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

Top 85% could mean bottom 15% (+-1%)