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I would like to stress that "high achiever != intelligent". And the choice to "walk away from this as best as you can and go about your life on your own terms"
by kurofune 4y ago
I would like to stress that "high achiever != intelligent".
And the choice to "walk away from this as best as you can and go about your life on your own terms" is mainly a money issue and not one defined or solved by intelligence.
- fao_ 4y agoYep. A significant fraction of MENSA are in fact "underachievers" -- due to mental illness or poverty or something else. source: several relatives are members
- OkayPhysicist 4y agoI'd imagine there's also a strong selection bias there. It's not like being intelligent automatically makes you a member of MENSA. You also have to want to be a member of a society that uses IQ tests as a selection criteria. I'd imagine that self-selects for people who are intelligent but insecure about other facets of their life.