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Bad News for the Highly Intelligent
« on: December 11, 2017, 11:38:04 am »
Bad News for the Highly Intelligent

Superior IQs associated with mental and physical disorders, research suggests

    By David Z. Hambrick, Madeline Marquardt on December 5, 2017
 

Bad News for the Highly Intelligent
 

There are advantages to being smart. People who do well on standardized tests of intelligence—IQ tests—tend to be more successful in the classroom and the workplace. Although the reasons are not fully understood, they also tend to live longer, healthier lives, and are less likely to experience negative life events such as bankruptcy.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bad-news-for-the-highly-intelligent/

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Re: Bad News for the Highly Intelligent
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2017, 12:28:51 pm »
I have even worse news:  a shocking percentage of high-IQ people are just fools.

(Michael Savage likes to say that liberalism is a mental disorder, but I say it's a spiritual disorder--which goes on to cause a plethora of mental disorders.)