Yes, you can call me an asshole - a thread on IQ

This is one of the best observations about people that I have ever read. And I don't say that lightly. I am constantly learning, and trying to teach myself new things. I have an insatiable curiosity, which baffles everyone around me. I often am asked, "Why do you want to waste your time learning that?". If someone actually bothers to ask me what I am doing at the moment. I find that most people only care to be entertained, and beyond that, they are not curious about anything.





I can very much relate to your story. I could read fluently at the age of four, and found school to be incredibly boring. I have spent a good portion of my life dumbing down my speech and knowledge to interact with those around me. I have recently decided it is too much effort
and don't really care to interact with people that much anymore.


Thank you OP for a very interesting thread.

Normally I enter these threads because I expect to see someone with a slightly above average IQ complaining about people. I do this because it's a sort of self confirmation bias for me that stupid people are everywhere. I mean everywhere. It's unfortunate that we focus on issues such as 'social justice' when we have so many unintelligent buffoons wandering the streets. It's not even their fault. The school system is a train wreck, at least in the states.

It's important to remember that intelligence is on a bell curve; that most of the people here aren't going to be on the high end by the simple law of averages. It's just a simple fact; it's sort of like those aptitude tests they made us all take in school. I didn't personally think about it until many years later but as nice as it was to hear I was in the top 98-99% for percentile for every single subject was great for me but ... that meant that the vast majority of my peers were underneath that value.

Moreover, intelligence confers SOME advantages but also some serious disadvantages. As the previous poster mentioned, social intelligence is ... a whole different animal. It's ironic to me that he posted about going to trade school. To me, that was the most intelligent choice and I was sitting at a 160 IQ when tested at 17 by a psychologist. My social intelligence is mediocre by comparison and I envy those who are so easily able to adapt to social situations.

A further example of these difficulties:
When I was going to school as a kid, sitting at the top of the class of the gifted class - I was a crap student. I hated the work. Everything came easily to me, so I didn't want to do homework. I got kicked out of the gifted program for literally refusing to do all the extra homework. I told them to simply send me back to the regular classes. The same thing happened at virtually all four schools I went to. Sure, sounds like bragging to say you have a 160 IQ but honestly it causes more problems than it solves. I bombed out of AP algebra II out of spite (it was my third high school and third time taking it and I simply didn't like the teacher ... gave her the finger and dared her to fail her best student and she did). In the end, I took trade school to avoid dealing with collegiate bullshit and to get out of a nasty school (long story).

Nowadays I'm making 100k+ a year doing top tier systems engineer work after 20+ years in the industry. I could have probably done more with my intellect but I make enough to be satisfied, I mostly enjoy my work, and my career generally puts me in contact with higher intelligence people on a day to day basis.

The funny thing is I have no disdain for the unintelligent personally; I have sympathy. I've done sh*t labor jobs and been 'working poor'. It's a tough life for everyone. What bothers me are the dunning-kruger types as mentioned previously. I've no problem with people being honest about their intelligence - the fact is we've all got skills and abilities and strengths. I cannot, however, personally abide a liar.

./rant

Anyways, to the OP - you're not alone out there. It's a tough life and we've all got our roles to play. That goes to everyone - own your strengths and harness your weaknesses. Some of you are capable of doing things I could only dream of (like changing my brakes or framing for drywall). Don't be afraid to 'look dumb' - just be an expert at what you're good at.

This past weekend I made $500 hitting a diesel injection pump with a hammer. Guy about fell over when it started. Then he wanted to argue about how much the job was worth. "You hardly did anything!"

I told him "you said you'd give me $500 to come out and get this thing running. So I figure it's worth about $500."

People...

You are conceited, and arrogant.

Why do you "Need" to go anywhere and inform strangers:
1: that you're objectively intelligent
2: that you're objectively more intelligent than they are

rather than just demonstrating your intelligence through actions that show it? Why do you need to tell others about your superiority to them?

If you're so intelligent, then you know the psychological reasoning behind such actions, don't you???...

If you're so intelligent, then you know that the approach you took is certainly not in the best interest of open communication from both sides, don't you???...

right smart guy?

So, I was scrolling through Facebook the other day looking at reactions to the virus (mostly "Oh no, my trip to the Canaries has been canceled. Can I rebook for two weeks from now?)...

And I noticed that, from my perspective, only one in fifty people had a rational or intelligent reaction to information about the virus.

That's when I remembered that only around one in fifty people have an IQ over 130 and realized I was essentially watching forty-nine dumb blondes run into a horror movie forest while the one guy stayed back at the cabin to rig the truck ignition and drive his ass out of the movie.

Ordinarily, average people only slightly irritate me, but in a crisis they become painful to watch and interact with.

I'm highly considering cutting off contact with them nearly entirely at this point to avoid the developing migraine.

.....

As for my own IQ, I score around 130 on a bad day and too high to measure on a good day.

I learned that it's more about social anxiety over performance than anything. Ordinary people have this unrealistic expectation of genius. They think we get everything right the first time and just instantly know all the answers. They don't realize that actual analysis is a process and that it often takes looking at all the data points, and not just one, to come to a conclusion.

When I went in to test knowing that they were expecting that from me, I worried over each question and what it would mean to their perception if I got it wrong - and that slowed me down to 130.

When I went into the test not giving a damn (yeah, I have those days too), I scored too high to accurately measure, i.e. I aced the IQ test.

......

It's led to an interesting life.

On one hand, I had to start paring back my language by age eight because none of the other children (or many of the adults) could understand me. They complained that my words and sentence structure were too complex and long. I regret bending to them on that. I miss the language. It also meant I spent a lot of my life faking dumb to fit in.

On the other hand, it granted me access to a lot, including Yale. I lived in their library stacks for years just absorbing everything I could. The think tanks were divine. I mean, genuinely divine. I loved those moments I had a chance to interact with other thinking people and I could actually see the cogs working in their minds instead of the usual series of roadblocks that most people have.

.......

Which all brings me to this point.

I may not have very many years left on this planet. Why am I spending it with idiots? It's difficult not to. After all, they're literally everywhere you turn, but I think this is the turning point in which I need to part the moronic seas instead of swimming in them.

Thoughts?

And, yes, I expect a bunch of low IQ people to come in here all butt hurt and offended. After all, they're everywhere. You'll have to excuse me if I do not engage. I'm just too bored with that shit now. There are only so many times an adult can play peekaboo before they have to take a very long break.

You sounds very angry.

Have you considered yelling at your dog for pooing on the carpet?

How does that work?
ten years and my dog is still shitting on the damn carpet.
i yell at him to go outside, but he just won't listen! Every time. Right by the vocking door.
How do you get dogs to listen?

That's when I remembered that only around one in fifty people have an IQ over 130 and realized I was essentially watching forty-nine dumb blondes run into a horror movie forest while the one guy stayed back at the cabin to rig the truck ignition and drive his ass out of the movie.

Many days, I see mouth breathing, slack jawed dumbfucks walking around in a daze and I wonder: Who tied your shoes for you? That's usually when I look down and notice that the idiot is wearing socks with sandals.

"Too high to measure" is quite a leap from 130. This most be one of those 130 days.

Thank you for answering a question I almost posted earlier.

"who actually prefer input and want to build and create ideas together."

These are the people I am seeking. I know some.

#1 - you need to be smarter than a dog

Eh, my problem was that I thought people became more prosocial/eusocial as their intelligence increased. Once I found out that this was absolutely not true, then stupid people didn't bother me so much as long as they were nice. On one side, stupid people don't have the capacity to understand big ideas. But on the other, smart people aggressively defend intellectual turf, whether the ideas that are situated there are outmoded or not.

Kind of a toss-up. Also, average people are better-looking. So there's that.

Dogs are smart bro. He opened the door once, so i know he can do it.

What's number Two?

Number Two is what your dog is doing on your carpet.

Libraries.
Think tanks.
Brainstorming.
Creating.
To me these are equivalent to "casino, strip club, penis cake, Patron, weed" to other people.
Gosh I miss the good old days, I had a batch of unusual brilliant friends. RenFairs, music, LASFFS meeting in LA, radio shows on Sunday morning, real conversation, great stuff.
Best to you.

So, I was scrolling through Facebook the other day looking at reactions to the virus (mostly "Oh no, my trip to the Canaries has been canceled. Can I rebook for two weeks from now?)...

And I noticed that, from my perspective, only one in fifty people had a rational or intelligent reaction to information about the virus.

That's when I remembered that only around one in fifty people have an IQ over 130 and realized I was essentially watching forty-nine dumb blondes run into a horror movie forest while the one guy stayed back at the cabin to rig the truck ignition and drive his ass out of the movie.

Ordinarily, average people only slightly irritate me, but in a crisis they become painful to watch and interact with.

I'm highly considering cutting off contact with them nearly entirely at this point to avoid the developing migraine.

.....

As for my own IQ, I score around 130 on a bad day and too high to measure on a good day.

I learned that it's more about social anxiety over performance than anything. Ordinary people have this unrealistic expectation of genius. They think we get everything right the first time and just instantly know all the answers. They don't realize that actual analysis is a process and that it often takes looking at all the data points, and not just one, to come to a conclusion.

When I went in to test knowing that they were expecting that from me, I worried over each question and what it would mean to their perception if I got it wrong - and that slowed me down to 130.

When I went into the test not giving a damn (yeah, I have those days too), I scored too high to accurately measure, i.e. I aced the IQ test.

......

It's led to an interesting life.

On one hand, I had to start paring back my language by age eight because none of the other children (or many of the adults) could understand me. They complained that my words and sentence structure were too complex and long. I regret bending to them on that. I miss the language. It also meant I spent a lot of my life faking dumb to fit in.

On the other hand, it granted me access to a lot, including Yale. I lived in their library stacks for years just absorbing everything I could. The think tanks were divine. I mean, genuinely divine. I loved those moments I had a chance to interact with other thinking people and I could actually see the cogs working in their minds instead of the usual series of roadblocks that most people have.

.......

Which all brings me to this point.

I may not have very many years left on this planet. Why am I spending it with idiots? It's difficult not to. After all, they're literally everywhere you turn, but I think this is the turning point in which I need to part the moronic seas instead of swimming in them.

Thoughts?

And, yes, I expect a bunch of low IQ people to come in here all butt hurt and offended. After all, they're everywhere. You'll have to excuse me if I do not engage. I'm just too bored with that shit now. There are only so many times an adult can play peekaboo before they have to take a very long break.

So, I was scrolling through Facebook the other day looking at reactions to the virus (mostly "Oh no, my trip to the Canaries has been canceled. Can I rebook for two weeks from now?)...

And I noticed that, from my perspective, only one in fifty people had a rational or intelligent reaction to information about the virus.

That's when I remembered that only around one in fifty people have an IQ over 130 and realized I was essentially watching forty-nine dumb blondes run into a horror movie forest while the one guy stayed back at the cabin to rig the truck ignition and drive his ass out of the movie.

Ordinarily, average people only slightly irritate me, but in a crisis they become painful to watch and interact with.

I'm highly considering cutting off contact with them nearly entirely at this point to avoid the developing migraine.

.....

As for my own IQ, I score around 130 on a bad day and too high to measure on a good day.

I learned that it's more about social anxiety over performance than anything. Ordinary people have this unrealistic expectation of genius. They think we get everything right the first time and just instantly know all the answers. They don't realize that actual analysis is a process and that it often takes looking at all the data points, and not just one, to come to a conclusion.

When I went in to test knowing that they were expecting that from me, I worried over each question and what it would mean to their perception if I got it wrong - and that slowed me down to 130.

When I went into the test not giving a damn (yeah, I have those days too), I scored too high to accurately measure, i.e. I aced the IQ test.

......

It's led to an interesting life.

On one hand, I had to start paring back my language by age eight because none of the other children (or many of the adults) could understand me. They complained that my words and sentence structure were too complex and long. I regret bending to them on that. I miss the language. It also meant I spent a lot of my life faking dumb to fit in.

On the other hand, it granted me access to a lot, including Yale. I lived in their library stacks for years just absorbing everything I could. The think tanks were divine. I mean, genuinely divine. I loved those moments I had a chance to interact with other thinking people and I could actually see the cogs working in their minds instead of the usual series of roadblocks that most people have.

.......

Which all brings me to this point.

I may not have very many years left on this planet. Why am I spending it with idiots? It's difficult not to. After all, they're literally everywhere you turn, but I think this is the turning point in which I need to part the moronic seas instead of swimming in them.

Thoughts?

And, yes, I expect a bunch of low IQ people to come in here all butt hurt and offended. After all, they're everywhere. You'll have to excuse me if I do not engage. I'm just too bored with that shit now. There are only so many times an adult can play peekaboo before they have to take a very long break.

you spend your time on those?....

LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME - I am Not a MORAN

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