How would you cope with this scenario?

[Anonymous]

Let's say you are significantly more intelligent than 95% of all people you come into contact with. How would you cope with most human interactions feeling pointless because it feels like you are communicating with a toddler?

[BoopBoopBeep]

Go to a local mensa or triple nine meeting. If you're smarter than 95% of the people you're around you then you're not very diverse who you hang around. The guy who calculates missile trajectories may no absolute zero about regenerative AI and they both know nothing about weaponized viral pathology. You can be the smartest person in the room and still learn about a subject from someone else. Triple nine had an interesting paper on the social awkwardness of the "barely qualified" mensans because they were just smart enough to get in but not smart enough to "function" in society. Can't say I agreed with 100% of it but it was a good read and made some good points. I'll see if I can dig it out for you.

[HappyWoman34]

That must be hard. We’ve got a few geniuses on both sides of my family. One was a second cousin who became a scientist in the USA and the other is my dad. My dad enjoys people though. But I’ve noticed all his friends and my mum are quite bright people. I’m somewhere above average but not a genius, so I don’t have your issue. I think you need to go out and find your level. Go to university, go to meetup. com events, talk to people on here. Etc. maybe you just haven’t found your tribe yet. But people won’t just come to you. You need to go out there and actively make it happen. You don’t have to like everyone and you can’t feeling isolated as a result of being really smart. I get you. You’re not being an arsehole. You just mean you feel alone and like you haven’t found many others like you that you can relate to. I understand because my parents are really smart and I’m just smart enough to sometimes feel like I’m not like most people.

[rosemilk]

i wouldn't be communicating with them because i hate talking to people anyways lol

[bededazzle]

you would be wrong in the first place to claim to be 95% more intelligent than other people. intelligence can’t really be measured in general, though of course it’s possible for specific skills. the person would have to challenge their mindset or be very arrogant and lonely.

[HelpfulWoman]

This isn't difficult because of an aspect such as sympathy. I'd not need to be an asshole about it.