13. It's Nice to Be Smart, But It's Smart to Be Nice
Pick Me Up, I'm Scared.
Madeline Pendleton and David Roberts
4.8 • 783 Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2021
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Madeline & Kenna talk about IQ tests, eugenics, and the effects of stress on your brain!
PATREON:
https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared
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https://www.verywellmind.com/history-of-intelligence-testing-2795581
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Pick Me Up, I'm scared. The podcast. I'm your host, Madeline. And I'm your co-host, Kenna. |
| 0:28.9 | Okay, today, Kenna, I wanted to ask you, who is the smartest person you know? |
| 0:34.3 | Oh, that would be you. Oh, stop. That's what you're supposed to say. |
| 0:39.8 | It's you. |
| 0:41.1 | It's not. |
| 0:43.3 | I was thinking that it's really hard to just pick one person because we're also good at so many |
| 0:48.2 | different things. |
| 0:48.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:49.4 | I mean, I think that like people want to want the answer like Stephen Hawking has the IQ of blah blah |
| 0:57.0 | blah and I'm like I don't know I don't believe in that type of smarts I feel like I I know people |
| 1:03.0 | who are smart at different things are people who are really smart at like social situations |
| 1:08.8 | I know people who are really book smart I know people who are really book smart. |
| 1:12.0 | I know people who are like really smart at like getting things done and productivity. |
| 1:19.5 | And then, but I don't know. |
| 1:21.8 | I don't really, I tend to think most people are equally smart. |
| 1:25.7 | So maybe I'm the wrong person to ask, |
| 1:29.1 | except for you, you're the smartest. |
| 1:37.6 | I appreciate that, but I am, in fact, very stupid all the time, and I pride myself on that. |
| 1:39.6 | No, but I agree. |
| 1:44.9 | It is hard to try to pick a person you think is the smartest because so many people are so good at so many different things. |
| 1:47.2 | Like when I think, like a thing I always say is that Sarah who works with us and Chris, my |
| 1:52.2 | boyfriend, I'm like, these are the two smartest people I know. |
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