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).)

Sounds intelligent to me. School performance not reflecting your actual intelligence.

I'm thinking - with the very long tongue? Perhaps they could do it for each other.

Steven Hawking should have just kept shtum and not bothered anyone?

The lady giraffe would tie it for him

Very true.

I have a feeling that this OP might be the same as the one below, just trying on a slightly different persona. If not, though, OP, you two should definitely talk to each other! You might get on like a house on fire, or the competition might be too much.

www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5485795-aibu-to-find-it-incredibly-frustrating-that-there-are-basically-no-resources-in-the-uk-for-people-like-me?page=1

I find it a little odd that you would spend your time writing here if you don't find it interesting. Something is clearly making you stop and read and then write. Why don't you do something more useful with your time? I would, in your situation :- )

Do you believe I.God or are spiritual? Please explain your answer

I put very little time and no absolutely no thought into any question I answer. No need. That's because my high intelligence means I have predicted what the content of the last post will be end of this thread before the thread even started.

Let's see if I'm right. I will keep the answer to myself for now if you don't mind.

Oh, that thread was very entertaining! 🤣

Yes, in many countries that is a strong trend.

Actually, I think these days there is more focus on multiple intelligences and social integration.

Do you try knickers on in shops?

In many countries there are all sorts of trends.
It's certainly not applicable in the UK.
Don't make sweeping statements like this.

There is some research done on education for example where the 'best position' to be in is to do better than average, but not super well.

What do you mean by 'best position'? I would say that describes me - I'd say I'm more intelligent than the average, am certainly better educated than the average, but I can't say it's done me much good.

Mind you, I have an extremely intelligent sibling, and he's not had a lot of real success either. He can synthesise large amounts of information quickly, reads voraciously, makes connections and is 10 steps ahead of everyone else and I can certainly sense his frustration when he's in conversation with others less intelligent than him (most of our family, inc. me). I feel for him, because I think he's a lot less happy than those of us with more modest intellects. He knows plenty of very intelligent people and I suspect he really enjoys the conversations he has with them, but I suspect his interactions with many people are just tedious.

My ex was of way above average intelligence and it frustrated me he didn't do 'better' things with it. I often wondered if our conversations bored him and I felt inferior to him on an intellectual basis. He turned out to have done some extremely awful things and I now feel vastly superior to him in moral terms!

But what i wanted to ask you, is if you could provide some examples of conversations where you're bored, and what you'd like to say, versus what you do say.

Contribute to what?

I'm not sure that there's a link to intelligence and being liked either.

I'm enjoying everyone else's responses too much!

And I'm also hoping you might, one day, answer my question about whether or not you believe transwomen are women. I genuinely am curious about that!

That had occurred to me too. And was that poster the same one who was bothered that Boring Barbara was going to attend a kerrazyparty animal Meet Up because the OP had entirely different social personae, separate dress styles etc for each different social context, and BB showing up in the ‘wrong’ setting was going to wreck her chameleon thing?

Here's the OPs original post in the style of a Geordie, which some may find more relatable.

Aye, alreet. Aa’m proper brainy, like. Gan on, ask us owt ye fancy.
On the usual IQ scales an assessments, aa come out classed as highly intelligent. Aa’ve had a canny bit of a read up on it an aall, just te see what the crack is wi high intelligence. It’s got its perks, like being able te clock things quick sharp… but it’s not aall champagne an clever clogs vibes. There’s downsides an aall.
So aye, fire away, ask us owt 🙂
An just before anybody gets their knickers in a twist:
Nah, aa divvent think clever folk are better humans than anybody else. Bein kind counts for way more in me book. Ye can have aall the brains in the Toon, but if ye a divvy wi people, what’s the point?
Nah, clever folk arena automatically “better for society” neither. There’s bits of research showin that some of the really high-IQ types end up dabblin in more white-collar crime, proportion-wise. So it’s not aall halo an harp music.
Nah, aa divvent look doon on folks who arena as academic or whatever. Sometimes aa even envy them, like. Life can seem a bit less tangled up. But aye, it can be tricky havin a proper natter if yer frames of reference are miles apart.
An nah, intelligence itself isn’t tied straight te social skills. Ye can be sharp as a tack an still awkward as owt, or average as they come an smooth as silk. They’re different kettles of fish, like.
Reet. Your turn. What d’ye wanna knaa? 🧠✨

That's exactly what's happening. Plus drawing in experience of supporting additional needs together with traits such as ASD etc.
It's very complicated and I find it surprising that he/she/they would make such a simplistic and sweeping statement.

I see what you mean - I meant questions like 'do you have a cat'! I should have been clearer perhaps, apologies, and actually removed that example when I commented to not single anyone out.

I don't think highly intelligent people are all socially difficult, but there is definitely a stereotype of a small but significant number of highly intelligent people who often lack social awareness or emotional intelligence, and struggle to read the room. These people are often socially awkward. Starting a thread like this feeds into these stereotypes, hence, why you are getting questions about emotional intelligence, which you seem to be struggling with.

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@Pineneedlesincarpet - thank you - now it makes sense.