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What to Do with a High IQ?

by oumua_don17 on 3/2/25, 7:50 PM with 2 comments

  • by dlcarrier on 3/2/25, 9:03 PM

    Relevant Simpsons: https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/HOM%D0%AF

    Maybe I have an insufficient IQ, but I can't figure out what paper the site is referring to, so I may be missing something in the premise.

    IQ tests are mostly puzzles, which makes them susceptible to quite a bit of error, based on how practiced the subject is with puzzle solving.

    I would suspect there is a very strong correlation between being introverted and both enjoying puzzles and having difficulty with our extrovert-oriented society.

    Also, most of the population suffers from anxiety and depression, so it may have more to do with being human that scoring high on an IQ test.

  • by eschneider on 3/2/25, 8:06 PM

    This might sound glib, but figure out what YOU want out of life and optimize for that.