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		siempreb on Aug 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: People with unusually high IQ, why are you still u... > The price of unusually high IQ is terrible loneliness. We truly are the outsiders. This is so true unfortunately. But success has almost nothing to do with being more intelligent as success depends mainly on luck.

ashildr on Aug 17, 2019 [–]

This is self selecting nonsense with a pile of no true Scotsman and a good dose of mawkishness, very transparently downplaying the work of successful people.

I wouldn’t want to know you, whatever IQ you have.

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