Are you unusually clever?
How many of you are considered unusually smart, and yet have done nothing productive with your life? Do you ever wish you were a little more intelligent?
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I always wondered if people thought this as well. I wished I was intelligent enough to study engineering or science and get a job that pays really well.I know there are non tech and non science jobs that pays well as well but companies are heavily investing in those who are from a tech background and also they can do anything and get a job anywhere. I envy them at times. I used to crave to be "gifted" as a child. Intelligence can you get you far. It is valued in society for sure. Paired with the hard work and right circumstances, your cognitive abilities do in fact matter. I tried to master so many things and hated feeling dumb and worthless.
What are some unusual signs of high intelligence in a person?
But I've come to realize that if you're not the brightest crayon in the book, that's okay too. When I finally accepted that I am objectively just average, with shit memory and problem solving skills, the radical acceptance gave me a new freedom.
How smart do you have to be before you start wishing you were dumber?
A colleague of mine once shared something that changed my life. There are many kinds of intelligence. I've always wanted to be the brainy kind, the kind doctors are or engineers.
I'm not intelligent, witty, smart, clever or exceptionally thoughtful. It devastates me and I don't know what to do.
The title pretty much gives it away. I'm not stupid, but I am not very intelligent. I mean, I get things when they're explained to me. But say maths or physics? I give up. I just learn things by heart and reproduce them, that's how I got through school with rather good grades. But I don't know how to use what I learned. I see and repeat, like a stupid monkey.
I'm the person that doesn't have a real opinion, I can't think in a critical way. I don't have any ability to think rationally about stuff. When I read rather long or complex articles about politics or science - even when they do not require specific knowledge - I actually get headaches. I always thought I was rather intelligent because I like to read and write and I am oh so in touch with my emotions but that's serious bullshit. I don't want to be stupid. I don't want to be someone who has to read the paper and repeat an opinion. I don't want to understand things after ten people had to explain them to me. I'm not expecting anything from you guys, but are there any methods of.. you know, becoming more intelligent?
But the world also values creative types. And people who are kind but hold down "normal" jobs. Some of the world's greatest leaders maybe didn't have the highest IQ.
Do you feel less intelligent than you used to be?
I can't shake the feeling that I used to be a lot more intelligent than I am now. When I was younger I used to debate everything, attempt to write papers whenever I had a creative thought, and I relished in besting everyone else, I had the ambition to be the top of the world some day. Now, just a few short years later, I just feel satisfied living a normal life, with a normal job and a stable relationship. Attempting to prove my ability seems futile, there will always be better people, and if any of it gets anywhere it will be based more on luck and social connections than my ability, so why not just be happy? But I hate feeling that my mind is not as sharp as it used to be. Sometimes I wish some crazy comic-book tragedy would happen to me, taking away everything I have, to transform me back into having my old tenacity, before I get too old to change. Are you ever intimidated by people who are extremely intelligent?
I used to so upset, thinking I am some subhuman because I am not as "smart" as others and struggle with things other find easy. But I'm realizing it is okay. I still have worth as a human being.
Just Chatting
I always wondered if people thought this as well. I wished I was intelligent enough to study engineering or science and get a job that pays really well.I know there are non tech and non science jobs that pays well as well but companies are heavily investing in those who are from a tech background and also they can do anything and get a job anywhere. I envy them at times. I used to crave to be "gifted" as a child. Intelligence can you get you far. It is valued in society for sure. Paired with the hard work and right circumstances, your cognitive abilities do in fact matter. I tried to master so many things and hated feeling dumb and worthless.
What are some unusual signs of high intelligence in a person?
But I've come to realize that if you're not the brightest crayon in the book, that's okay too. When I finally accepted that I am objectively just average, with shit memory and problem solving skills, the radical acceptance gave me a new freedom.
How smart do you have to be before you start wishing you were dumber?
A colleague of mine once shared something that changed my life. There are many kinds of intelligence. I've always wanted to be the brainy kind, the kind doctors are or engineers.
I'm not intelligent, witty, smart, clever or exceptionally thoughtful. It devastates me and I don't know what to do.
The title pretty much gives it away. I'm not stupid, but I am not very intelligent. I mean, I get things when they're explained to me. But say maths or physics? I give up. I just learn things by heart and reproduce them, that's how I got through school with rather good grades. But I don't know how to use what I learned. I see and repeat, like a stupid monkey.
I'm the person that doesn't have a real opinion, I can't think in a critical way. I don't have any ability to think rationally about stuff. When I read rather long or complex articles about politics or science - even when they do not require specific knowledge - I actually get headaches. I always thought I was rather intelligent because I like to read and write and I am oh so in touch with my emotions but that's serious bullshit. I don't want to be stupid. I don't want to be someone who has to read the paper and repeat an opinion. I don't want to understand things after ten people had to explain them to me. I'm not expecting anything from you guys, but are there any methods of.. you know, becoming more intelligent?
But the world also values creative types. And people who are kind but hold down "normal" jobs. Some of the world's greatest leaders maybe didn't have the highest IQ.
Do you feel less intelligent than you used to be?
I can't shake the feeling that I used to be a lot more intelligent than I am now. When I was younger I used to debate everything, attempt to write papers whenever I had a creative thought, and I relished in besting everyone else, I had the ambition to be the top of the world some day. Now, just a few short years later, I just feel satisfied living a normal life, with a normal job and a stable relationship. Attempting to prove my ability seems futile, there will always be better people, and if any of it gets anywhere it will be based more on luck and social connections than my ability, so why not just be happy? But I hate feeling that my mind is not as sharp as it used to be. Sometimes I wish some crazy comic-book tragedy would happen to me, taking away everything I have, to transform me back into having my old tenacity, before I get too old to change. Are you ever intimidated by people who are extremely intelligent?
I used to so upset, thinking I am some subhuman because I am not as "smart" as others and struggle with things other find easy. But I'm realizing it is okay. I still have worth as a human being.
