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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

95% is a little low for a genius.

At 95%, you are the smartest in a room of 20.

Depending on if you are talking about ordinary or extraordinary genius, depending on which measure you choose ordinary genius is in the 1 in 10k range; and extraordinary genius is 100 to 1000 times rarer 1 in a million to 1 in 10 million range.

If you are sitting in a stadium of 50k, and you are the smartest person. You are still likely not and extraordinary genius.