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).)

But what is your own experience?

ETA It seems fairly clear to me that unless there’s something else at work here preventing it, it’s easy enough to use your intelligence to befriend other highly intelligent people, if that’s what you want. If circumstances had meant that you did badly at school, and didn’t get to university at all, I can see it would potentially be harder, unless you found another social context in which you found your tribe.

Why don't you want to disclose your IQ?

I think most people think about people they meet and people they know. I have a lot of thoughts about my friends. (Obviously I did not mean how people who post here think about me.)

My high intelligence is not that important to me, but I've often been asked about it, unfortunately. I prefer to talk about other things with real people and friends.

Hard to find even if you belong to a club like Mensa, specifically made for high-intelligence people?

At the bottom, surely? Wearing it at the top would be the equivalent of a human wearing a tie under their jaw rather than resting between their collarbones. See! I'm very intelligent 😏.

WHAT......is the capital of Assyria?

I’ve a very high iq and wonder what on earth this is about?!!!🤷‍♀️ lots of us are highly intelligent but we don’t go round crowing about it and putting up posts saying oh I’m so clever!

Oh, that never bothers me when it happens in the handful of things I'm notably above average in - I just use the opportunity to do something else until everyone is caught up.

A good teacher is always appreciated.

I'm still keen to know if you believe trans women are women.

How often do you encounter people who are more intelligent than you? How do you find it?

I have a MENSA level IQ. I used to take pride in it when I was young and thought it meant something. I went to university in my mid-teens. Now I know you can train yourself to do better in IQ tests and that some people have huge IQs but just don't do well in tests. I also know that autistic people tend to have spiky profiles across the areas so, while you can give them an average, it doesn't really mean anything if one area is 150 and another is 110. IQ is BS.

IIRC - I am not sure - there is something about that in The Psychology of Intelligence by Sonja Falck. She was also the one who taught me that very highly intelligent people commit slightly more crimes (white collar).

Interesting book although I don't agree with all conclusions.

More quickly.

You might be good at anticipating "which shape is next!" in the pointless iq tests but you don't write like a particularly intelligent person.

I bet you are at uws or something.

Are you using your intelligence and PhD to improve and benefit the lives of others

Can I ask what you make of the posts in Mumsnet such as " I can't get worried about men's issues " or " I don't really like men at all" .

Do you understand where the asker's are coming from in posting them ?

It is definitely a trait of a certain type of woman to "collect" degrees (look at me NOW, mummy)

My first thought seeing this thread, it's not that intelligent starting a thread claiming to be highly intelligent...just a thought. Let's see how this goes!!

How would you solve the SEN crisis in a way that helps all children in education?

I thought I started out by saying that I think it is often difficult to find people at a similar 'thinking level'. I have many friends but that has often been down to me being very good at keeping in touch.

Have you any common sense. I've met many intelligent people over the years. Specialists and degrees etc coming out the ears but their apparent ability to manage on the same plane as us mere mortals is non existent.

Do you think that you struggle to connect with others because of your high intelligence?

Or do you think it might just be because of poor social skills or a perception on your part that less intelligent people aren't worth the effort? Or perhaps some other factor?

If you do think that your high intelligence is what makes it difficult to connect with others, what do you make of the fact that some highly intelligent people don't experience any difficulties in connecting others of varying intelligence levels? What is it that makes those individuals different in your opinion?

Also, why do you think "being highly intelligent" has become such an important part of your identity? You must be very focused on that aspect of yourself to have started a thread like this. Why do you think that might be the case?

It's a little odd, especially as the OP hasn't actually shared anything interesting. Placing so much importance on 'high intelligence' seems rather emotionally stunted, imo.

Frankly, I think I'd rather spend time with Karl Pilkington (IQ of 83) than a random 'highly intelligent' person, though. Now there's a man with something interesting to say!

It depends on the collar..

Kirk or Picard?

I haven't been in academia all that long, I had another career previously, and have spent a lot of time teaching, so not many! Teaching often feels more interesting than producing yet another paper... I really like interacting with people, exploring concepts, ideas and the world and seeing people learn.

I’d like to ask about social interactions. I work in a field with a lot of highly intelligent people (a quantitative field of academia) and while I have never done an IQ test would say I am maybe “brighter than average” - certainly nothing special. The difference is clear when talking about their specialist areas, but socially when we are talking about current affairs, politics or life in general I don’t “feel” the difference. Do you feel difference in intelligence in normal interactions and how?