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am_Unition  ·  3846 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Average Americans Think They're Smarter Than the Average American.

You know what?

Fifty percent of Americans are smarter than the average American, by definition.

The article doesn't cite sample size, so I have no reason to think a +/-5% error is unreasonable.

Unfortunately, Americans' overblown self-confidence isn't something you need to convince me of.