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Originally Posted by AcGold
very debatable, many high IQ individuals have difficulty in life. With higher IQ comes more cognitions, more emotions, more thoughts and more pressure. There are a lot of incredibly intelligent people that never amount to much and a lot of 110 IQ people that succeed over them because in some situations a high IQ can be an obstacle.
Anecdotal I know: smartest guy I ever knew had a 175 IQ. Accepted full scholarship to Harvard out of my high school, he went on to become an alcoholic drug addict carnie. Then he became a hobo riding the rails for a while, not sure where he is now. His intelligence was insane, wouldn't study for anything got 99-100 on every test. Wrote high school papers that got published in scientific journals. Disappeared into the ether.
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IQ measurements are pretty inaccurate at the tails, but point taken. I would never go so far as to say everything is easier for people with high IQs. I tend to believe that a general mix of different cognitive levels - instead of US-style cognitive stratification - creates the most beneficial type of civic society.
Any scale of human value based on IQ is worthless and disgusting.
That said, to downplay the benefits of higher cognitive abilities is a mistake.