> Over time, I’ve noticed that my friends, split between the ‘quick-witted people’, and the ‘non quick-witted people’ seem to have similar levels of achievement. This is really a comment about distributions. If you select a skill, like math or career or whatever, and look at distribution quick-witted people vs the slow-witted people, then it appears that those distributions actually overlap.

Are you familiar with System 1 and System 2?

https://thedecisionlab.com/reference-guide/philosophy/system...

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the_arun 2 days ago | parent [-]

Not sure why this got downvoted but I too remembered System 1 & 2 thinking.

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some_furry 2 days ago | parent [-]

It's pretty normal for my comments to get downvoted on HN.

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Jensson a day ago | parent [-]

Likely your name attracts downvotes, most HN comments doesn't get any votes at all but likely you attract an extra downvote here and there due to your name.

	▲	some_furry a day ago \| parent [-]
		The sort of people who would downvote me for being some furry really ought to ask themselves, "Why do I reflexively dislike a community that is mostly queer?" Of course, I suspect most of them already know the answer.