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I am a 23 year old female with a IQ of 76. Ask me anything

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I just found this video by him.

It perfectly encapsulates what I'm talking about, when I say motivation is a part of intelligence. A raw IQ of 150 is functionally useless, and letting that potential go to waste is... really dumb.

This guy Mark, is motivated to attain gainful employment so he can sustain himself, and is trying to improve his intellect in the meanwhile, which demonstrates a intuitive wisdom most people lack.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah that's him...

I've been working on my motivation it's hard but I give myself goals. I would love to have a higher IQ somehow.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I watched a few of Marks videos and I'm not convinced he is as stupid as he believes himself to be, just read the comments on his videos.

Through my life I've been told by people I'm smart, which gave me an ego, and lead me to being an asshole to people I deemed less intelligent.

Later in life I began to resent the association, and I almost reflexively deny any assertions that I am anything other than slightly above average.

As aforementioned, getting stuck on how intelligent you are is the wrong metric to evaluate your personal worth. I wish that instead of being told I'm smart, that people praised me for my effort.

For example, if there was a word I've wrote which you don't know the meaning of, look it up - that's a very simple way to improve your vocabulary, which helps to improve how you navigate your own mind.

I feel that encouraging growth is far more important than telling someone they have some kind of innate talent, and it's something I live by.

If I can offer one resource for you to study to "have a higher IQ", it's learning about logical fallacies.

To put it simply, people are stupid because they fail to recognize flaws in their own thinking. With the link I've given you, click on each fallacy and try to think of a time when you've committed that fallacy.

It can be a bit wordy, so don't worry if you don't entirely understand the definition. Try to infer the meaning by reading the examples in bold at the bottom of each fallacy.

Even very intelligent people are not immune from logical contradictions, so don't be disheartened if you begin to recognize you've got some bad habits.

And whatever you do, if you notice someone else committing these fallacies, keep it to yourself. Too many people learn basic epistemology (study of knowledge itself) and think they're capable of debating others by dismantling the other persons arguments by citing their fallacies. This is... (say it with me)... really dumb!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

This resource is also very helpful.

It explores biases which virtually everyone holds, and might be easier to understand than the other link.