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Who cares about red flags in people. What are your green flags (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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[โ€“] 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Actually intelligent, reads books, sense of humor, actually listens.

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  • [โ€“] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I love my ereader but I miss the days when you could actually see what someone was reading. It was like a book recommending a person

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Someone reading a book doesn't mean the book is good.

    I have a book written by a mentally ill person I met, just because I wanted to have more insight into his mental state.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago

    "good" book is highly subjective. It depends not only on your tastes but also on your general mood while reading it. Same for film and art. I saw the Mona Lisa in person and was completely unimpressed.

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  • [โ€“] 11 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    How do you measure actually intelligent?

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  • [โ€“] -3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Have you heard about IQ Test.

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The flawed metric racists use to claim they are somehow superior?

    There is a reason why it isn't standard practice and only covers certain topics. It can measure some general knowledge, but is in no way indictment to the actual intelligence of a person.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago*

    Yes I know the origins of IQ Tests and how it was used for justifying eugenics in USA and how Hitler got inspired by it. But I ment it as a joke to the original comment asking how to measure intelligence. And anyway who believes in a number on piece of paper we all only believe in how much upvotes we can get on Lemmy.

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