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

First, I screen everyone that I meet. If they do not score over 130 on a certified IQ test I simply refuse to interact with them in any way.

If they score over 130 but under 160 I have my dog act as a liaison in my communications with them so that I don't have to sully myself by interacting with lower life forms.

If they are over 160 I will listen to them at least once. If they do not disagree with me on anything then I will include them in my privileged circle. Otherwise, I do not waste my time with them.

I hope that helps.

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

There are Letsrunners with high IQs?

Every time someone posts that joke in this thread, their implied IQ is n+1 SD below the mean, where n = number of times terrible joke has been posted before you blessed us with your wit.

Azaleas wrote:

Every time someone posts that joke in this thread, their implied IQ is n+1 SD below the mean, where n = number of times terrible joke has been posted before you blessed us with your wit.

Thank you for your genius. But I am still looking for that one high IQ Letsrunner.

EPO.

Dunnonuttin wrote:

Letsrunners with high IQ's? Ummmmmm....

Ignoramus Quotient

I come from a smart and motivated family (we all have IQs 140-165, graduate degrees, etc.). The two biggest problems I run into with people are:1. Girls I date who feel that they can't "measure up" to my standards when they meet my family and friends and what they do. This leads to insecurity on their part and ends up fracturing the relationship down the road, no matter how hard I try to mitigate those feelings.2. I honestly feel that everyone is an idiot (especially in my med school classes), although I am very good at hiding those feelings. What frustrates me most of all is how "helpless" and "unmotivated" everyone around me seems to be. I like to surround myself with people who would rather stab themselves than use excuses.Have I had meaningful relationships? Yes... but eventually #1 happens or... I get fed up with #2.

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.

Most of the people you're around should be pretty close to you in IQ. Family, friends from university, or people at work are probably within 1 SD of you. If you are around complete idiots you are doing studies or work way below your capabilities. You may be confusing intelligence with certain personality traits. It's possible to be highly intelligent and enjoy watching the Kardashians more than reading Schopenhauer.

I've never taken an IQ test, but I was always in the top 1-3% for standardized test. In the past I was able to be more outgoing and confident when I had a core group of friends with similar IQs. It's not like we discussed nuclear physics or anything, on the contrary most of our time was spent goofing off. There was just a little more cohesiveness. On the other hand, there are people in this IQ range that I CAN'T STAND (lot of prissy types here).I've also always had friends with average "standardized iqs", although they often stood out from my high iq friends in other ways (more creative, more life experience, street smarts etc.). I think it's good to have a balance. The key I think is to just surround yourself with positive people you find interesting. That's all there is to it really.

I know of one study where the smartest population wasn't as successful in the traditional sense, but it wasn't out of social incompetence. They just had different goals from most people, there were more idealists and fewer realists who aimed for monetary payoffs. The almost-as-smart population had a wider variation in the distribution -- they had more of those crazy people with a chip on their shoulder who wanted everything in the world.

As for dealing with people who aren't as smart, it doesn't really matter too much unless you work in the same field. If your partner specializes in a different field from you or has different interests, it's easy to learn things from them. Dumb unmotivated people are harder to relate to.

If you work in the same field as a dumber person, that can be a problem. Especially if you're on a team with them. It's hard to get along with someone if you're better at them at *everything*.

What you say is very wise and mostly true. Now that I think about it, the personality traits are what I'm mostly interpreting.However, in my defense the issue is that medical school is a crossroads for both "brain surgeons" and primary care. (According to our general licensing examinations, the former score 1.5-2+ standard deviations above the latter). Some people will be educated in the hard sciences and engineering, whereas others have backgrounds in Hispanic studies and history.

bristol runner wrote:

Most of the people you're around should be pretty close to you in IQ. Family, friends from university, or people at work are probably within 1 SD of you. If you are around complete idiots you are doing studies or work way below your capabilities. You may be confusing intelligence with certain personality traits. It's possible to be highly intelligent and enjoy watching the Kardashians more than reading Schopenhauer.

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.

You are an idiot, I can't deal with you.

I have a friend who aced Step 1 and matched in rads but decided to go into primary care because he felt the long-term relationships he could develop with patients would be more beneficial and fulfilling than taking the more prestigious, higher paying specialty. Plus, he didn't really want to be around self-important narcissists every day.

I found this article about med school culture interesting

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03310.x/full

people in med school generally overestimate themselves since

it is perceived by the general population that they are the

smartest people. However, medicine largely has more in common with carpenters (surgery) than truly intellectually

demanding professions such as physics and mathematics.

Doctors make a hell of a lot more money than physicists or

mathematicians so in that sense they are smarter people.

But hey, so do people on Wall Street.

Nobody with an IQ above 125 would be replying to this thread. Except me.

I typically have an IQ over 130, but lately have been rockin' a huge deficit based on brain cramps and cerebral malfarst, etc. I wish I could tell you, man, becuase I have a hard time communicating with less than brialiant people, but you know, I just treat them like average people and don't sweat the small stuff. Irie, man!

That's truly, truly admirable. I commend your friend. I have absolutely nothing against primary care physicians, and see their jobs as one of the most important. Medicine needs some of the best and brightest at the gates, like your buddy.My comments were more focused on the fact that med school is a crossroads between varying levels of academic backgrounds. It just so happens that the smarter people TEND to go into specialties that pay more.

bristol runner wrote:

I have a friend who aced Step 1 and matched in rads but decided to go into primary care because he felt the long-term relationships he could develop with patients would be more beneficial and fulfilling than taking the more prestigious, higher paying specialty. Plus, he didn't really want to be around self-important narcissists every day.

I found this article about med school culture interesting

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03310.x/full

What exactly defines a "truly intellectual demanding" profession? One that requires problem solving, research, and a multidisciplinary approach? That's medicine, you idiot. The people who have hard-science backgrounds, however, make the best doctors in my opinion. I actually think that the intersection of mathematics and physics (engineering) is more intellectually demanding than either since it requires application.

That you equated a career that requires the most required post-undergraduate education of any out there shows how little you understand. You are so ignorant that you're unaware of your ignorance.

Medicine in some of the more demanding specialties actually is analogous to engineering. How do I know? Because I graduated from the top engineering school in the world with two degrees and I find ways to apply my background every day. (Especially in research). And guess what? Medicine is intellectually demanding even with the limited scope that I currently possess.

High IQ is something you lose when you get older.