Superintelligence is free now — stop using IQ as your confidence anchor
zack_overflow · x · 2026-10-28
Developer zackoverflow reflects that superintelligence is now accessible to everyone, yet we still anchor self-confidence in raw intelligence. "I can't do X because I'm not smart enough" may be obsolete — being the dumbest in the room is exactly why you should attempt X: you see what others miss, and dare what others deem impossible. Intelligence was never the bottleneck; you just had to be dumb enough to try hard and long enough to get lucky.
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