Call up Charlie, break out the matching suits, then 1 for bad and 2 for good. You've got this.
Call up Charlie, break out the matching suits, then 1 for bad and 2 for good. You've got this.
I can confidently say I agree with this. In fact, I'm going through the same thing. For those saying you are an idiot, just know that they are wrong. The smartest people are the ones who are told they are otherwise. I have researched and learned all about the human brain. What makes someone a genius and I've figured it out. You, my friend, seem to be quite the genius. Although I haven't quite figured out what to do now that I am considered a "genius", I can say that all you can do is things that challenge you, always ask questions, and never stop being curious. We're prone to learning, and quickly at that. Use that and you will be doing exactly what you should.
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Right, dude, the market does not scale directly with IQ. Solving academic physics problems will land you no money, no women, and no power. Plus, there are TONS of people like you. I have scored "equivalent" to 160+ IQ, and TRUST ME, I have met PLENTY of people smarter than me, and they are not all hyper-rich hedge fund managers. They have regular (intellectual) jobs and worry about liability and reputation just like anyone else.
The main thing that determines success after that equivalence is SOCIAL SKILLS. The ones who know social skills well, have studied sociology, are tall, grew up taking care of their mom, ... are the ones who do well. It is unreal how vast the difference is. Staying out of trouble, selling indulgences, and minding politics is what gets you ahead. Social skills. This attorney above is in the 1% of the 1% of elite careers, and his 165 maps to 14x IQ while his brother is 10-15 pts higher and a failure. Do you know what attorneys have? SOCIAL SKILLS. That is what the market is for. You should know that if you are so smart.
I scored 155 on the WAIS IV (standard deviation of 15) and went to Caltech. But thanks to attention problems, I dropped out and haven't done anything with my life. Some of my college buddies claim I'm smarter than them but they're making $300K to $1M a year at Google et al. while I'm earning a fraction of that at some no-name company.
I wouldn't get so hung up on your IQ. If you're smart, you're smart. But there are many critical ingredients to success and it's important to develop those as well. Even assuming IQ is an accurate measure of intelligence, it's generally better to be someone with a 130 IQ and good social skills than to be someone with a 150 IQ and poor social skills.
The OP has it round the wrong way. He doesn't "find out" he's a genius - other people do. If they haven't, he isn't - because geniuses reveal themselves through what they do.
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