Re:The Trouble with High IQ
by markcmyers on Saturday October 28, 2017 @12:42PM
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Mensa members are a small subpopulation of Americans with high IQ, so it's a stretch to conclude that high IQ is the problem. To me it's more plausible that someone seeking to boost self-esteem and social status by joining a weird organization tends to be a more troubled person than intelligent people in general.
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Re:The Trouble with High IQ
by projectramo on Saturday October 28, 2017 @12:58PM
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Good point.
Waiting for the follow up study that a low IQ and medium-IQ are also correlated with having problems.
It may only be a coincidence, but I do have high IQ and exactly the kinds of problems they mention in the article. I'm not American or a member of Mensa. I have Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and inflamatory reactions to certain foods. I also have high anxiety. Strong emotions or stress can be overwhelming enough to give me gastritis or even ulcers sometimes.
Welcome to the human race. We all feel that way at times I would tend to believe.
I’ll second this. I have the same as you - autoimmune issues that cause hypothyroidism. Stress and anxiety that debilitates me at times. Not American, not Mensa too.
Just anecdotal but at least there’s two of us :)