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re: High IQ and social awkwardness
Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:38 am to Zappas Stache
Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:38 am to Zappas Stache
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They are on the spectrum.
Yep, not much doubt about it.
I deal with some of these folks, and they are very awkward doing simple things like basic, necessary conversation. It's almost emotionless.
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Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:44 am to OWLFAN86
You must be very socially competent.
These have the same meaning. Do you like to watch the tide ebb and wane? And where is your punctuation?
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width and breadth
These have the same meaning. Do you like to watch the tide ebb and wane? And where is your punctuation?
Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:44 am to mpar98
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High IQ and social awkwardness Why does this happen? Theyre so smart but so introverted.
Too much time spent honing their intellect, and not enough in developing social skills to get along and work well with others.
I find the same social awkwardness in many gamers too. Young people today really suffer mightly in their social awkwardness IMO, and mostly because they just don’t interact with their peers the way we did when we didn’t have anything like video games and social media to occupy our time with growing up. That’s not all of them of course, but there’s a very large segment of them that do. I find the same thing happens to people my own age when they become little social hermits. They get really weird. It’s because we are by nature social creatures, not computers, and need social interaction, even if it’s a damn soccer ball named Wilson.
Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:48 am to mpar98
I've worked with a lot of extremely smart people. Some are social retards and some are extremely social. I think it's a brain wiring thing separate from IQ.
Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:48 am to mpar98
idle chatter doesn’t interest them.
Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:51 am to mpar98
My big genious brain makes me sad all the time. My sad but enormous brain gives me constant awareness of my self and my intellectual superiority over others. I’m smart all the time but also unhappy all the time because of my bran
Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:52 am to BRIllini07
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Imagine being in 4th grade and fully understanding, and appreciating, the humor of the Nike memes floating around. If you then telling your 4th grade peers about them, you'd be looked at like a weirdo, but you're just a few years ahead on the intellectual development curve.
i'll go meta on this thread
imagine being 14 in 1997 making internet friends and discussing things online and trying to tell other 8th graders about social networking (8 years before FB was invented)
Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:54 am to RogerTheShrubber
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and they are very awkward doing simple things like basic, necessary conversation. It's almost emotionless.
just a little inside info
most highly intelligent introverts have memorized things to say in social situations to mimic what they've seen regular people doing
those are the non-autistic ones who want to seem normal. the ones on the legit spectrum can't even comprehend why you'd care to do that
Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:54 am to The Pirate King
quote:that isn’t why they are smart. They are smart because they can remember and apply the information
they spend that time buried in books
Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:57 am to mauser
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I've worked with a lot of extremely smart people. Some are social retards and some are extremely social. I think it's a brain wiring thing separate from IQ.
it's just situational. like if you have parents who are un/anti-social you're going to have a really hard time
if you're athletic enough to play sports then that's a great outlet to learn how to interact with people
i was lucky to be really good at sports and raised to play sports and having a social group in my gifted class who weren't aspy at all. i had to make a choice in middle school between those friend and my old best friend (who fits this thread to a T)
Posted on 9/7/18 at 9:58 am to SlowFlowPro
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This post was edited on 5/21/20 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:07 am to WikiTiger
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Much of my success in life is a result of being able to see the value in something before it really takes off.
that's basically one of the keys to establishing wealth. you just need to be VHS and not Betamax (that's the luck part of it)
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And yea, after much introspection and reading over the last few years, I realized I'm probably Aspy.
my ex gf called me autistic once
after a really shitty year where i haven't been able to keep my regular routine, i've been working on focus and i kind of think this may not be a part of the spectrum. introverted people get lots in their own mind. intelligent people have a lot of things going through their mind. successful people have the focus to complete tasks. combining these 3 things can make somebody seem like they're on the spectrum, but it can be turned off (unlike those on the spectrum)
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:11 am to SlowFlowPro
A great example of this is Christian Bale's role as Dr Michael Burry in The Big Short. Great movie, especially his depiction of a genius with Asperger's/autism. Best scene was Margot Robbie in a bubble bath sipping champagne, but Bale was great too.
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:14 am to mpar98
So, what's the problem?
I don't like people.
Social settings, especially large ones, bring out the stupid in most.
I don't like people.
Social settings, especially large ones, bring out the stupid in most.
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:16 am to EZE Tiger Fan
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Social settings, especially large ones, bring out the stupid in most.
another example of intelligence + introversion
intelligence doesn't make you socially awkward. introversion does
introversion + intelligence makes you potentially incredibly awkward to normal people
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:27 am to WikiTiger
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This is pretty much the story of my life. I was on local BBS's as a kid in the 80's and back then I just so clearly saw the potential of the technology when most everyone just thought it was weird. And when the internet became more easily accessible in the 90's a lot of people had the same dismissive attitude. And similarly with cryptocurrency more recently. Much of my success in life is a result of being able to see the value in something before it really takes off.
And yea, after much introspection and reading over the last few years, I realized I'm probably Aspy.
FYI, you might also have ADHD. The symptoms can overlap quite a bit.
to op, sometimes people are socially awkward in groups vs being actually socially awkward.
Posted on 9/7/18 at 10:58 am to prplhze2000
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Try talking to a chick who only wants to talk about family crap and what her girlfriends do. Someone who is clueless about the news or current events
Even worse when said chick actually tries to discuss news and current events with you to try to engage conversation.
Like, yo, you are sooooo out of your element right now, please just stfu and go back to talking about shite I don't care about. It's easier to nod my head silently or occasionally utter an "mmhmm" than it is to pretend that I'm engaged by your sudden interest in my interests.
My wife does this and it seriously pisses me off. She's not dumb but she just doesn't have the same level of intellectual curiosity that I have. Talking current events with her is like trying to act interested when talking to a 3rd grader about states of matter.
Posted on 9/7/18 at 11:18 am to tigerfoot
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that isn’t why they are smart. They are smart because they can remember and apply the information
I didn’t mean that was the reason they were smart. I mean that is the reason they are socially awkward. High IQ people generally bury themselves in learning and books, and spend less time concerned with socializing.
Also high IQ people are often picked on in school and are further removed from “social norms” and development.
This post was edited on 9/7/18 at 11:20 am
Posted on 9/7/18 at 11:18 am to mpar98
People who are intelligent from an early age - 1. see people around them responding slower to processing information, and 2. feel the impact that takes place from their peers when they are mentally inferior to the more intelligent peer.
These are likely the core of not feeling as though they "belong" in a particular peer group, and don't fit in.
This may lead to being estranged from your peer group and becoming more of an introvert/recluse, and seeking non-interpersonal stimulation through the internet or books to gain knowledge.
I knew a kid in high school named George. This dude was a perfect SAT/ACT guy, no sports, dirty looking, and said in class he was not allowed to watch television. He could do shite in physics, and other classes that was amazing. He had an ear for all classical music and art as well. He was too evolved mentally for any of us douche bags in an all-male catholic school where testosterone was king. I took time to talk to him from time to time, and he was actually funny and pretty cool...just in a different way.
These are likely the core of not feeling as though they "belong" in a particular peer group, and don't fit in.
This may lead to being estranged from your peer group and becoming more of an introvert/recluse, and seeking non-interpersonal stimulation through the internet or books to gain knowledge.
I knew a kid in high school named George. This dude was a perfect SAT/ACT guy, no sports, dirty looking, and said in class he was not allowed to watch television. He could do shite in physics, and other classes that was amazing. He had an ear for all classical music and art as well. He was too evolved mentally for any of us douche bags in an all-male catholic school where testosterone was king. I took time to talk to him from time to time, and he was actually funny and pretty cool...just in a different way.
This post was edited on 9/7/18 at 11:19 am
Posted on 9/7/18 at 11:19 am to weedGOKU666
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My big genious brain
I've got some bad news for you...
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