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What’s it like to have a high IQ? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

My highest IQ I scored was 135, the lowest 115.
Do I get to part of it?
The IQ tests themselves are not great tools of measuring intelligence but it's the best we've got. And I'm glad people here realize that.

Well...I currently feel like I'm the dumbest one among friends. I've got ADD, so I lose concentration a lot and my friends don't seem to have that, while they have high IQ as well.

It's also good to see that you know that IQ is speed of measuring thoughts, because I don't think the current physicists have got it correct at all and fail even on a basic level of natural philosophy/science, but they certainly can whip up complex equations faster than either of us can.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

It's like having all the correct opinions

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

If I were smarter I could likely answer this question. I never tested for it but for anyone younger out there since its a general test and it normalizes for age I think the younger you take it the better for a high result but its good to do it while your still studying general things. So like in the US like the summer after two years of college as your courses are going to get to specialized at that point. Maybe after the first year or if you don't go to college just after high school.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I’m asking this partly because I saw someone else asking the same question but about low IQ.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You wouldn't understand.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Hahah! Living up to your aristocratic origins, I see.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

My situation is I have an ability to recall a lot of really old information and some of it seemingly mundane. I can also synthesize all this together to make a good decision quickly.

This is basically what learning is, but it's a broader base I can pull from and the process is just faster.

I don't do well with forcing specific information to be cataloged. This means I wasn't a great student in classes where you needed to just remember things (eg history).

The other thing I've got going for me is being able to visually see things in my head. It might be memories, but it's also things for solving problems like this https://www.intelligencetest.com/questions/visualization/medium/3/8.html

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bad. Do not recommend.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How come?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I find most people boring. Even people who are initially interesting can become boring once I spend a lot of time with them.

Most people also don't seem to realize just how royally fucked we are (USA). In this case I think ignorance would be bliss, since I can't do much to make things better.

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