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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago (3 children)

To be somewhat fair, that is a very confusing way to present a score worse than 50%.

Who are precisely the people we need to simplify things for.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

I mean... He didn't even read the percentile number correctly. How do you get an off by one error reading a number

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

That's a great system, keeps everyone happy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The concept of IQ tests is always under fire (for good and bad reasons) so showing results in this way might keep the people in the bottom 50% from getting mad.