Anyone here with an extremely high IQ?

[OmCheeto]

I've had various Mensa tests over the years and they always said I had an IQ of 161 and asked me whether I wanted to take a higher level test, which I declined. What I didn't know until much later is that 161 is the highest possible score on their standard test (at least here in the UK) and that they can only refine it further by a different test.

I do think that in most cases in my experience IQ strongly correlates with a general form of intelligence, especially in being able to make sense of complex real-world problems, but it does not necessarily correlate with success. I'm sure that this is partly because more intelligent people are aware of far more potential problems in life than less intelligent ones, and may have less confidence as a result; that certainly applied to me.

This reminds me of a post I made a few weeks ago:

I had a discussion with my boss a while back, trying to determine the origin of our differences, and we discovered that we had totally different thought processes. He thinks in terms of black and white, and I think in terms of infinite shades of gray.

His process of thinking was very efficient I decided, for certain things. But...

I consider my boss to be way more successful than I am. And my inability to interact with my fellow humans resulted in my demotion from management to regular staff last month.

Make so and so stop looking at me. She won't stop looking at me. What are you going to do about this?

Om's response: blank stare, and complete bewilderment as to how to solve this problem.

To my knowledge, you can't solve stupid.

 

[RabbitWho]

Sorry to hear about your demotion Om. The good news is that EQ is something people can work on, whereas IQ is supposedly fixed (I don't think it is.. but anyway).

I would say that the 56 year old was the one that really needed better inter-personal skills, not you.

It's not easy to deal with people by any means, but it is something you can learn if you apply yourself.

 

[Darth Frodo]

inb4lock

 

[micromass]

This seems like a good time to lock.