Above average intelligence in Bitcoinland? Hummmm, I don't know. How many people here have fallen for scams like Pirateat40 pulled even with other people screaming at them "it's a scam you fucking idiot"?
People can be academically smart, but socially naive or stupid and make poor decisions etc. I know some pretty slack people who've got degrees.
very true, a while back i've read up on research that proves this, some people with very high IQ 130+ have been found to fail at a basic social level (naivety, poor decisions, not questioning the status quo, etc).
yeah, intelligence is relative.. this is what i've come to realize. there are many different levels off intelligence. you could be street smart but not book smart, or book smart but not street smart. some people associate good memory with intelligence, but memory is not everything.
i think understanding bitcoin is not for the common person though. it's too confusing and takes too much time. most people could probably understand how bitcoin works, but it's too time consuming so they dont bother with it.