[quote]Skrom wrote:
If you’re extremely intelligent and your specialty is English, how do you explain that short story you posted a couple weeks ago?[/quote]
A first attempt.
I used to think I was smart. But after a couple years of university so far, I feel like I’m just getting by. Hell, I’m happy with B and C grades. 
(BSc. Computer Software Engineering)
On a side note, did anyone from this site graduate in this field? I’m anxious to hear about job experiences and whatnot. 
[quote]Imen de Naars wrote:
Just go to college, you’ll know smart people. If you really are fixated about this stuff as I was, write down the names of the people in the top 2 percentile of the admission test to the college you’re going at, and try to befriend them. That’s what I did, out of curiosity. Yeah, I was in tht 2 percent.
However, keep in mind that after 2 days of hanging out with them you’ll be bored as fuck by their intellectualism, and you’re going to hang out back with your old “dumb” bros because, in the end, going out trying to catch pussy is what counts for the fun, not talking about philosophy.
Philosophy books are good only to impress girls and to get nice grades.
Swearing matches, that’s what smarts are for, and witty comebacks. None of the bullshit that people try to teach you, like working etc.
Now, rest in peace.[/quote]
… This is a terrible waste of intelligence you self-proclaimed gifted prodigy. Do you eat 6000 Calories a day and Powerlift while you make the 98th percentile and “get pussy?” Or do you leave it for the summers off?
That was an obvious exaggeration just to make the point.
Besides, each person talent’s is his own, and therefore he/she is allowed to waste it as he/she pleases, don’t you agree?
Also, if you notice, I said that pussy is what counts for the fun, not that pussy is the only thing you should focus on in life.
Learn to read?
[quote]CaliforniaLaw wrote:
KombatAthlete wrote:
Can anybody else share any insight they might have about this, either from their own experience or someone you knew?
Most people are really stupid. Ponder this: 50% of people have an IQ of 100 or less. An IQ differential of only 10 points can make it almost impossible for two people to communicate.
Based on the logical reasoning present in your posts, I would say you’re easily in the top 2%. This means you will find it almost impossible to communicate beyond the most basic level with almost 90% of all people. Frustrating, 'eh?[/quote]
A “normal” persons logic would think the above was correct. However I remember watching a program about a guy who’s IQ was over 200, wasn’t autistic or had any other sort of condition but was able to converse with people about everyday things and lead a normal life. His reasoning was that although he knew he was highly intelligent, he didn’t want it to filter into his everyday life.
Hehehe read this post before you respond whatever you read previously in this thread:
Yep, it’s the same asshole in both threads.
And my high school years worked out more than fine. As I now prepare to end my school career, I couldn’t be happier about these last four years of my life. I made a very wide group of friends and am very close to a few of them.
But let this thread teach you something, something very important that I think a lot of people don’t realize. People at the upper-end of the Bell Curve may be brilliant but they are deviants, psychological outliers who are dissimilar to a large majority of people. Being very smart also makes you very weird. You can sometimes manage to compensate for this, but sometimes you can’t, and it takes its toll. For example, J. Robert Oppenheimer, the genius who brought us the atom bomb and saved (or killed, depending on how you twist it) millions of lives, grew up without any close friends and hardly left his house/dorm. He had ferocious bouts of depression. In essence, he lived in a bitter and cold isolation from many of the people whose lives he saved. And this scenario results, in part, from attitudes like those displayed on this thread.
I’m saddened to hear that you apparently didn’t learn much in high school.
So you still think it’s more likely that you’re operating on a higher plane of consciousness than simply having a lack of communication skills? Oh well, you’ll grow up someday. 
And congratulations on your SAT score. But keep in mind that you’re not the first person who’s posted statistically deviant standardized test scores.
Humble yourself on your own terms, or someone else will do it for you on their terms.
[quote]KombatAthlete wrote:
Hehehe read this post before you respond whatever you read previously in this thread:
Yep, it’s the same asshole in both threads.
And my high school years worked out more than fine. As I now prepare to end my school career, I couldn’t be happier about these last four years of my life. I made a very wide group of friends and am very close to a few of them.
But let this thread teach you something, something very important that I think a lot of people don’t realize. People at the upper-end of the Bell Curve may be brilliant but they are deviants, psychological outliers who are dissimilar to a large majority of people. Being very smart also makes you very weird. You can sometimes manage to compensate for this, but sometimes you can’t, and it takes its toll. For example, J. Robert Oppenheimer, the genius who brought us the atom bomb and saved (or killed, depending on how you twist it) millions of lives, grew up without any close friends and hardly left his house/dorm. He had ferocious bouts of depression. In essence, he lived in a bitter and cold isolation from many of the people whose lives he saved. And this scenario results, in part, from attitudes like those displayed on this thread.
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Being truly wise is far superior to being intelligent. Since you are far above the mean, I hope that you will learn compassion for those who don’t have the good fortune to be born into your circumstances. Tricking them, exploiting them, abusing them is beneath the dignity of high intellect. Make the world a better place for you having been there.
[quote]Headhunter wrote:
KombatAthlete wrote:
Hehehe read this post before you respond whatever you read previously in this thread:
Yep, it’s the same asshole in both threads.
And my high school years worked out more than fine. As I now prepare to end my school career, I couldn’t be happier about these last four years of my life. I made a very wide group of friends and am very close to a few of them.
But let this thread teach you something, something very important that I think a lot of people don’t realize. People at the upper-end of the Bell Curve may be brilliant but they are deviants, psychological outliers who are dissimilar to a large majority of people. Being very smart also makes you very weird. You can sometimes manage to compensate for this, but sometimes you can’t, and it takes its toll.
For example, J. Robert Oppenheimer, the genius who brought us the atom bomb and saved (or killed, depending on how you twist it) millions of lives, grew up without any close friends and hardly left his house/dorm. He had ferocious bouts of depression. In essence, he lived in a bitter and cold isolation from many of the people whose lives he saved. And this scenario results, in part, from attitudes like those displayed on this thread.
Being truly wise is far superior to being intelligent. Since you are far above the mean, I hope that you will learn compassion for those who don’t have the good fortune to be born into your circumstances. Tricking them, exploiting them, abusing them is beneath the dignity of high intellect. Make the world a better place for you having been there.
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In other words; he should be using his powers for good, not evil.
I had to simplify things for our “intellectually challenged” members.
I said, “members”.
[quote]endgamer711 wrote:
Headhunter wrote:
That’s interesting, Zap. I don’t want to do a hijack though.
I await the inception of the Ayn Rand thread with bated breath.
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When is this coming because there is an essay contest for Atlas Shrugged for college students. I rereading the book right now.
[quote]KombatAthlete wrote:
Hehehe read this post before you respond whatever you read previously in this thread:
Yep, it’s the same asshole in both threads.
And my high school years worked out more than fine. As I now prepare to end my school career, I couldn’t be happier about these last four years of my life. I made a very wide group of friends and am very close to a few of them.
But let this thread teach you something, something very important that I think a lot of people don’t realize. People at the upper-end of the Bell Curve may be brilliant but they are deviants, psychological outliers who are dissimilar to a large majority of people.
Being very smart also makes you very weird. You can sometimes manage to compensate for this, but sometimes you can’t, and it takes its toll. For example, J. Robert Oppenheimer, the genius who brought us the atom bomb and saved (or killed, depending on how you twist it) millions of lives, grew up without any close friends and hardly left his house/dorm. He had ferocious bouts of depression. In essence, he lived in a bitter and cold isolation from many of the people whose lives he saved. And this scenario results, in part, from attitudes like those displayed on this thread.
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You’ll be smarter/wiser when life finally teaches you that regardless how smart you may be, there is an entire world out there you have to interact with and people pick up on small clues in your character and actions especially if they involve thinking you are above them.
There are more of them than you. You will not win if you outwardly approach life as if it is you against them or you above them.
You aren’t the only “smart guy” on this site or on the planet.
[quote]KombatAthlete wrote:
I hate to potentially sound like the cockiest person alive, but this is an Internet forum after-all.
Does anyone else feel like their unusually high intelligence makes them removed from society, in the sense that you feel separated from just about everyone else you know?
I have noticed this more and more about myself the older I grow (I’m in high school), and although it’s not a bad problem to have, it is a little troubling emotionally. It’s like I’m just not on the same playing field as everyone else.
Keep in mind that I have a normal social life and am atheltic so I don’t feel removed simply due to being wierd.
Can anybody else share any insight they might have about this, either from their own experience or someone you knew?[/quote]
Prof X,
I am very well aware of that. At the time of my original post, I was starting my sophomore year of high school, an awkward phase in anyone’s life, when social cliques and what not are all in flux. In hindsight, the sentiments expressed in my original post had less to do with whatever intelligence I may have and more due to social circumstances that occur in any boy’s life. Now, though, I enjoy a varied and deep group of friends and harbor no such angst.
I am not the kind of wanna-be-intellectual who walks around spewing five syllable words and radiating arrogance for miles around. I treat every human being I come in contact with, from the Domino’s delivery boy to the district superintendent, with the same level of dignity and respect. If you don’t believe me and insist I am air-headed d-bag who lacks the ability to communicate with other people based on a series of posts I made when I was fifteen, then I really don’t care. Feel free to judge my demeanor and general daily behavior through the Internet. It’s very impressive. More power to you.
Intelligence is not equivalent to rationality. One can possess good “hardware” while still suffering from defective “software.”
A lot of super smart people with poor people skills would fare a lot better socially if they put the same effort at improving those people skills as they do admiring their own massive intellect.
I haven’t read this whole thread so pardon me if this has already been stated.
But it seems to me if you are really really smart you would already know the answer to your question.
On a more serious note, as you get older you will start to wonder if you are really that smart at all. Especially when you see how life turns out for people you know 20-30 years from now.
I would say your question is a normal thing for someone your age to be thinking about.
Knowledge is power.
Power corrupts.
Study hard.
Be evil.
It’s possible that your personality type being one that drives you to post your SAT scores, announce that you are so intelligent, and start threads like this one is what removes you from society.
My dad is an average intellect who thinks he’s a genius. In reality he has a specialized education and apart from that is bordering on functionally illiterate.
I got a 132 on a test. It was a free online test though, but I think it still means something.
IQ is bullshit.