I am highly intelligent, ask me anything

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Using standard IQ scales/assessments I am highly intelligent. I have also done some research into high intelligence. Being highly intelligent has advantages and drawbacks. Ask me anything :-)

(Just to preempt some comments: No, I don’t think intelligent people are better human beings than other people. I think qualities such as being kind are more important for example. No, intelligent people are not always ‘better for society’, there is some evidence, for example, that really highly intelligent people carry out proportionally somewhat more crimes (white collar). No, I don’t look down on less intelligent people (sometimes I envy them), but it can obviously be a bit difficult to connect if you have very different frames of reference. No, intelligence does not have any direct links to social skills (positive or negative).)

It is more or less only exams that pave the way for education at the next stage in the UK!

Good perceptive point.

Thanks for answering.

Perhaps you could benefit from working on your communication skills around this area in particular, so that you are able to put things across in a manner that doesn't accidentally come across as arrogant?

It is actually perfectly possible to tell people that they've got things wrong without sounding arrogant or patronising.

I don't think so tbh

Where's Madeline McCann?

Honestly, no need for rudeness.

Are you a member of Mensa?

I'd say I'm not surprised about the fact that to many people it is most important to push others down, to try to diagnose them, to try to find holes in what they've said etc, to say 'funny' things etc. That is often the case when intelligence is discussed (using any definition) and it is yet another indication that it is still not ok to discuss/talk about intelligence without making people annoyed/provoked.

There have been very interesting questions too, very interesting to hear from other people in academia for example, whether they agree or disagree.

OP you seem to be sidestepping any queries on emotional intelligence, or how you view the importance of EQ (lower than, equal to, more important than IQ?). What worth is IQ without at least a matching EQ on a personal level (not just for you but the population at large).

No.

The most intelligent person ive met was useless at putting together IKEA furniture and didnt have a scooby when it came to resolving any house maintantence problems.

Are you like that too?

A lot of very intelligent people have no common sense. I suppose they are too preoccupied with data to acquire any.

How are you with practical skills?

I teach people maritime courses and find very intelligent people sometimes struggle with the fact that a lot of our calculations are using predictions therefore predicting when we will arrive.

The practical elements (on Water)of what we do,I find intelligent people really struggle with

Yes, I think there has to be a balance. Both systems have issues. The UK/English total focus on results from an early age, few subjects studied, much harder to get a university education if you 'fail' when you are 15 etc is hugely detrimental to so many young people who need a bit more time/had mental health issues at the time of their GCSEs/had family issues etc. There must be ways to 'make it' even if you aren't ready when you are 15.

People aren't trying to diagnose you, that's a very simplistic reading of the contributions here. Many of us have first hand experience with highly intelligent people and there is undoubtedly a strong association with autism and ADHD. This is not to mean that all people who score highly on traditional IQ tests also are neurodivergent.

You haven't connected very well with your 'askers' and in fact do not come across as a particularly bright spark but then that's probably because you are communicating and not problem solving (are you good at problem solving?).

Being able to analyse thing on the fly can be very helpful but it is the ability to emotionally connect to situations in the moment in real life that is equally important otherwise you will always feel out of step with the world.

What makes you think that Mensa is 'full of people who are unhealthily preoccupied by their own ability to score highly...'? Some probably are - there are annoying people everywhere - but this probably says more about your lack of understanding that people have many different sides and the IQ is just one (often very small) part of it.

I’m no intellectual but I’m bright enough to know this is just a daft wind-up thread.

I don't think it means fuck all - there are links - but it definitely does not mean everything.

Lack of understanding

Here we have it. And you re complaining people are putting you down. You really, really need to work on your communication skills. Should be a top priority.

How much do you earn and how old are you?

Were your parents highly intelligent? Did they value education?

And you will probably read this comment as putting you down

Such an unpleasant response to an obvious question. I'm sure many of us were wondering why your standard of written English wasn't better.

Amazing how every thread is an opportunity for the gender critical lobby to gather and start throwing rocks

I've definitely given it some thought, but I don't think my thoughts would be valuable enough for anyone to use as a reason to think in a certain way. Others can explain this/debate this much better than me, so what is the point in me offering my comparatively probably very basic understanding?