Letsrunners with high IQs, how do you manage to deal with average Joes?

Just sayin dude wrote:

Joenavubs wrote:

You're right.

Do I sense some sarcasm?

Nope.

Average GI Joes wrote:

For anyone on here with an IQ of 126 or above (95th percentile) do you have any problems dealing with people? Have you found it difficult to find people you can have meaningful relationships with? I don't think I'm particularly intelligent and yet I still find myself thinking most people around me are complete idiots. I just wonder what it's like for the brilliant people out there.

I applaud you sir for starting a thread that will no doubt get 100% of Letsrun readers to respond. I'll let you Letsrun people decide what I mean by that.

Flagpole wrote:

I applaud you sir for starting a thread that will no doubt get 100% of Letsrun readers to respond. I'll let you Letsrun people decide what I mean by that.

Oh, aren't you clever!

IQ around 135 here, yes tested. I normally find "average" people boring, unless they have some talent I find interesting. They probably find me somewhat weird when I want to discuss more abstract stuff than normal everyday things. Everyday things just bores me.

oh my goodness...maybe all you high iq snobs should live on an island together so the rest of us plebs do not bother you. you'd probably think my retired fireman father was a dolt. he is surely not mensa material and not all that well read behind his high school education. but i can tell you this, he is hardest working and most honest person I have ever met. also, he fixed everything--and I mean everything-- in our house on on our cars whenever they broke or needed work.

i'd rather be around honest hard working nice people than arrogant brilliance anyday.

G_D

genetic dysfunction wrote:

oh my goodness...maybe all you high iq snobs should live on an island together so the rest of us plebs do not bother you. you'd probably think my retired fireman father was a dolt. he is surely not mensa material and not all that well read behind his high school education. but i can tell you this, he is hardest working and most honest person I have ever met. also, he fixed everything--and I mean everything-- in our house on on our cars whenever they broke or needed work.

i'd rather be around honest hard working nice people than arrogant brilliance anyday.

G_D

Which posts are you replying to? Because I thought this was about developing social relationships with people with very different IQs. And also, several posts have said that as long as someone has some sort of high skill and work ethic, then IQ is irrelevant.

My IQ is 161, according to a moderated MENSA test and I don't see myself different from anyone else.

Certainly if I'm a genius, its never been apparent in the real world.

I smoke pot. If I'm gonna be with some real dumbies i'll do some crack.

I'll add that there are plenty of idiots with high IQ's.

Good post, and I can tell that you have intelligence that has little to do with your I.Q. or SAT scores. Humility goes a long way in relating to others, and you have that my friend!

I'll reply to this thread. I've never had my IQ tested, but on any test with known percentiles, the lowest I can remember scoring was in the 90th percentile, and I'm usually 95 or higher, which I find a little odd just thinking about since I knew many people in my advanced classes in high school who seemed smarter than me, but I also went to a good high school I guess. I also scored 5s on the AP calc and AP physics tests in high school, the only AP classes I took. I had good teachers though and largely credit them. I am graduating in May with two science degrees and plan on going the Ph.D. route, though I considered becoming an M.D. and even a teacher.

Anyway, a lot of people in the general public seem pretty stupid to me, which I know sounds terrible, but it just seems like very few people are capable of critical thinking, which is probably what I mainly equate with intelligence. People with poor memories also irritate, and it seems like my memory is far better than most. I can get along and enjoy most people though, as long as they're not drama queens, but I've found the only time I really feel intellectually at home is when I'm in a room with a bunch of other science majors or scientists. I have a hard time enjoying myself if I have to be around "normal" people for more than an hour or so at a time. I often times just keep my mouth shut because I frequently hear people say ignorant and just plain wrong things, and I've found most people tend to get angry if you correct them, no matter what pains you take to do it as politely as possible. Because of this, I often feel isolated when I'm in a group of Average Joes. I try to keep the topics limited to every day things like the weather, sports, what people did that day, etc, because those seem to be the only topics everyone can talk about on equal terms.

All that being said, I took a machining class in high school with a bunch of guys I would have normally labeled as knuckle-draggers, and by the end of that class my opinions had drastically changed as most were substantially better than me at machining. Almost everyone is either good at something or has the potential to be good at something. It takes a truly dull, lazy, and apathetic person to be below-average at everything.

Randy Oldman wrote:

My IQ is 161, according to a moderated MENSA test and I don't see myself different from anyone else.

Certainly if I'm a genius, its never been apparent in the real world.

The problem with IQ tests is that there isn't enough of a standard for them. If you are to believe this chart:

...then you, with a reported 161, are in the VAST minority, and you would be in the genius (exceptionally gifted) level. Unfortunately for me, I hear of people boasting of scores above 150 frequently enough that it just can't be so, and while I don't know you personally, I have the opinion that either you're lying or you are not remembering correctly, or most likely, the Mensa test is flawed or doesn't follow the same standard as the IQ tests mentioned where anything about 140 is described as genius or "near genius".

Here is another chart:

On it you will see 160+ as the highest level (on the chart) and it labels those people as Exceptionally Gifted or 1 in 100,000. Are you 1 in 100,000 or more? I'm highly skeptical, though someone has to be, so perhaps you are.

That would be correct!

Joenavubs wrote:

Flagpole wrote:

I applaud you sir for starting a thread that will no doubt get 100% of Letsrun readers to respond. I'll let you Letsrun people decide what I mean by that.

Oh, aren't you clever!

Truth. It probably is a rare occurrence, but not difficult to believe if you knew my nuclear family personally. (If you truly want more details I can share them, as I don't lie, even on this stupid message board). In terms of regression, my sister is lower than my mom, I'm above her, and my dad is another 10 points on me. But honestly, IQ means nothing compared to work ethic. (It would be like having running talent but never training).

The person who spoke about a whole high-IQ family was describing a situation that, to my mind, is quite rare but entirely possible.

Well, I only run ~80mpw and certainly have no income since I'm still in school. If I hit that 5k time I'll let you know, ha!

I love LetsRun. Everyone runs 100mpw, has a 14:00 5k PR, and is a blue collar worker making $100,000 a year. Now I find out they all have an IQ of 150 too.

To Macromolecules:

Wow, that was harsh. That you used so much ad hominem in your reply to my unwittingly feeding a troll proves your last point. (About your personality flaw being to stereotype people harshly based on limited information). Choosing medicine as a career was an independent decision for me with no prompting from any friends or family. I wanted to apply scientific knowledge while also helping people one on one. It just so happened that there's a career for that. My parents could probably give me a trust fund, but instead I'm on 100.0% loans. In terms of ego, I think that actions speak louder than words. I've never had an argument about intelligence before.

Not only am I a runner but I own 5 Apple products. That makes me like the top 0.1% smartest LRC folks here. I deal with the bourgeousie (look it up) by pretending to be much dumber than I am and when it gets too irritating, I sip my Grande Mocha Latte from Starbucks. It is hard but I am a compassionate man.

Jim Beam.

You should put your replies to quotes underneath the quotes. The way you wrote it is confusing and irritating to read. Sincerely,

Senior, Captain, and Number one Smart Guy

Joenavubs wrote:

Thereby demonstrating that you are severely intellectually deficient.

1) If engineering is "the intersection of mathematics and physics" then marathoning is the intersection of sprinting and middle distance running.

2) Engineering is for those who were not bright enough to cut it in physics (which itself is for those who were not bright enough to cut it in pure mathematics). Still a worthwhile pursuit but clearly not even close to being as intellectually demanding as theoretical physics or higher mathematics.

Oops. You got me. Here I am trying to communicate with someone with an unworthy IQ level.

Out.

You must still be a student. I know a lot of physicists who are "smarter" than me who make crap physicists. Same goes for mathematicians, I'm sure.

Registered Apple FanBoi #45322 wrote:

Not only am I a runner but I own 5 Apple products. That makes me like the top 0.1% smartest LRC folks here. I deal with the bourgeousie (look it up) by pretending to be much dumber than I am and when it gets too irritating, I sip my Grande Mocha Latte from Starbucks. It is hard but I am a compassionate man.

You spelled it wrong.. 'bourgeoisie'

Moron. (Making fun of people by pretending to be smart and not being able to pull it off is like leaving the house with your fly unzipped.)