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  74% of participants also think they dream less while sleeping than average.
  79% of participants also think they have sex less often than average.
  82% of participants also think they are a worse dancer than average.
  79% of participants also think they are more privileged than average.
  79% of participants also think they are smarter than average.
  78% of participants also think they are less extroverted than average.
Things we readily admit together because it's funny and makes us seem more human, or likable in some way.

  28% of participants also think they are less honest than average.
  34% of participants also think they are less kind than average.
  26% of participants also think they lie more than average.
  31% of participants also think they had a worse childhood than average.
  35% of participants also think they are more important than average.
  29% of participants also think they are less progressive than average.
  30% of participants also think they are less polite than average.
  33% of participants also think they are worse at keeing secrets than average.
Things most of you are afraid to admit because it makes you feel guilty of being a bad human.


Some of those questions should also have a “I don’t have a slightest clue” option.

On top of that I think there might be selection bias going on.


There is a pattern. It looks that cerebral introverts (or well: nerds) are more likely to answer these questions.




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