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[–] water_and_shade ago 

1) Sure, the variance isn't shown. Error bars are important, and large error bars would support your claim, but given that all we know are these averages, the average for less intelligent people is clearly above their actual skill, and the average for more intelligent people is clearly below their actual skill.

2) I'm not saying this is causation; clearly studies like this only demonstrate correlation.

3) That would be interesting to read about :)

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[–] AdHomonym ago 

I would dig out the rest of the data, but i'm a lil too busy to put it together. So, I can't back it up...

Just a warning to people to be wary... Every journalist fucks this up! It's super easy to misinterpret, because it fits our conception of know-it-alls... but there are just as many know-nothings who are smart enough to keep their mouth shut.

It really is, its on the blog I linked to. It makes sense too. No one labors under the illusion of being good at baseball when they are out on the feild and failing.