I was always considered "bright" in school
almost skipped a class but parents were against it
never studied for tests, skated through school and university
IQ probably somehwere between 125-128
but so fucking what?
now Im in a competitive field and I have to work just as hard as anybody else to be successful
nobody has ever cared about me being smart in the real world?
all they care about is competence and experience
so when we consider that intelligence brings massive drawbacks (lots of smart people are unhappy, struggle with mental health, feel disconnected, etc.)...
what is even the point of intelligence?
is it all a meme?
Is intelligene a meme?
Cooper Gomez
Jordan Harris
It's a good tool to have but it's useless if you don't have either high conscientiousness or high creativity.
Also intelligent people usually have a shitty instinct so you need to learn to use your reasoning to compensate for that, if not normies and even imbeciles will end put better off than you just by using their guts.
Intelligence is a blessing but too little intelligence with no framework is a curse
Alexander Murphy
>125-128
See this chart , ngmi.
Jayden Wilson
so Im the big boy wojak? 5 IQ points would make a difference?
desu I feel like most people are just dumb, but Im not very smart at all. just not as dumb as them.
so maybe that stupid meme is true
fugg :(
Colton Baker
Don't overestimate numbers, iq is an imperfect system for measuring intelligence even if it's the best we've got. Your iq might be worthy of 135, of of 115.
Chase Butler
I guess what Im asking is are there notable benefits when you are REALLY smart? like 130+ I guess
because Im definitely "bright" but I just dont see the benefits. I could coast in school but in the real world I have to work hard just as anybody else.
Eli Baker
If you are doing a job fit for your intelligence of course you have to work as hard as everybody, because everyone doing your job is just as smart as you.
Jace Myers
It has a lot to do with intuition vs sensing, which is based on how your mind functions, asians tend to be more sensing as human calculators, but often lack the intuitive sense of inventing.
Sensing (S)
>Paying attention to physical reality, what I see, hear, touch, taste, and smell. I'm concerned with what is actual, present, current, and real. I notice facts and I remember details that are important to me. I like to see the practical use of things and learn best when I see how to use what I'm learning. Experience speaks to me louder than words.
Intuition (N)
>Paying the most attention to impressions or the meaning and patterns of the information I get. I would rather learn by thinking a problem through than by hands-on experience. I'm interested in new things and what might be possible, so that I think more about the future than the past. I like to work with symbols or abstract theories, even if I don't know how I will use them. I remember events more as an impression of what it was like than as actual facts or details of what happened.
Isaac Wright
then what is even the point of intelligence?
I have friends who are dumb and happy, they just kinda weaseled their ways into high paying jobs as well
Jace Foster
>tfw too intelligent to leave my neet cave