Yeah, I get what you mean. But intelligence only means you understand what the right thing to do is. It doesn't mean you do it. Making instant connections between things that seem unconnected may be defined as genius but it's wearing for the person who is forced into living with it. There's no switching it off.
Imagine having a car that only had one speed and that one speed was 190mph. Driving it would be a nightmare. You'd constantly be on your guard for collisions, you'd be mowing people down with your speed, you'd see too much, too quickly. That's kind of what it's like. It's not like having Google in your brain where you can just instantly look up whatever fact you want. It's like having ten Tasmanian devils in there. It's an effort of will just to keep the bastards from killing each other.
I know most people would give quite a lot for fifty extra IQ points just to see what it's like to consider the world connected in ways they couldn't begin to imagine. I'd give away fifty for free, although I'd miss them at times. It's no coincidence that serial killer IQs are generally on the high side. It drives you insane.
dappled, i wish i knew more people like you. and i have that experience. the most intense torture i've had is the inability to communicate with my own family. i've had some very low moments from simply hurting people, because of unintentional arrogance that spews from my lips. people constantly tell me i try too hard. they've no idea how difficult it is to speak in a way that isn't natural to ones self. i repeat, i wish i knew more people like you. i know you are smarter than me. knowing what i do about this pain, suddenly seeing a greater knowledge, do i forget the lessons and envy you? thank you, as well, for allowing me to ask, answer, and explore this question. i have a poll on here about what people live for. interestingly, a large percentage of people give the answer "to learn". so what is our desire? we certainly do not wish much for more knowledge.
i believe that thought is an exercise that is effective when done with consistency. this leads me to believe the same with emotion. and happiness shouldn't be different. but somehow, it is, and this confuses the most of us. i believe that a part of everyone requires inconsistency.
it is a chain of results. the more logical see emotion too irrational to effectively practice it with consistency. however, the logical rarely realize that emotion is vital to satisfy the required inconsistency previously mentioned. some people practice passion as it has been portrayed to them, to escape what negative results come from not knowing the answers.
I wrote you a long reply but it disappeared into the aether because my broadband had cut out just before I clicked the submit button. Kind of ironic on a post about communication problems. I'll see if I can remember what I said.
I spoke about having problems communicating from the age of four and how frustrating it was. I learnt as many words as I could in the hope some of them would be understood by people, but this still isn't the way people communicate. I then stripped down the way I talk to be a version of something I'd already translated once in my head.
People think I type quite primly and maybe a little too precisely here. I do it because I have to. It's the only way I can get things across. I understand how difficult it is to feel isolated because nobody appears to speak the same language as you. I thought they were choosing to misunderstand me as some kind of cruel joke. It made me so angry.
I almost replied to your other post to say my answer would be a cross between making the world a better place and learning everything I could. I still have a thirst to learn that is almost unquenchable, even though I know it gives further potential for linking things that would remain better unlinked. It's not knowing stuff that's the problem. It's connecting the stuff I do know.
Anyway, I'm glad also that I've had the chance to unburden a little about this too. If it's helped you even an iota to know that someone else goes through it, then I'm especially glad. After all, that's what we're here for. Well, most of us, anyway.
i understand you quite clearly. that's the thing, though. everything is linked, but it is not likely anybody will ever know "everything". i like to think of it like this; a tree has bark, but if you never learn that a tree has bark, though, that doesn't mean that the tree doesn't have bark. when we look for knowledge to feed ourselves, it's as if we are lost and trying to survive, then suddenly coming across a chest. looking this chest is like looking for knowledge. it maybe empty, but we look because of the chance that it might be full, and we do not want to passing it by only to find out it contained a map. not to mention, we normally don't have any other clues as to where we look next. we do not want to abandon potential, our problem is thinking that great knowledge is recognized instinctively, and so we continue to look for something that awes our minds. but great knowledge is only as impressive as the attention you give it. and the more you know about a magic trick, the less exiting it is.
it's actually very much like a magic show. we spend more time looking for the trick than at the trick. then when you finally discover the trick, it's not a big deal to you.
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Yeah, I get what you mean. But intelligence only means you understand what the right thing to do is. It doesn't mean you do it. Making instant connections between things that seem unconnected may be defined as genius but it's wearing for the person who is forced into living with it. There's no switching it off.
Imagine having a car that only had one speed and that one speed was 190mph. Driving it would be a nightmare. You'd constantly be on your guard for collisions, you'd be mowing people down with your speed, you'd see too much, too quickly. That's kind of what it's like. It's not like having Google in your brain where you can just instantly look up whatever fact you want. It's like having ten Tasmanian devils in there. It's an effort of will just to keep the bastards from killing each other.
I know most people would give quite a lot for fifty extra IQ points just to see what it's like to consider the world connected in ways they couldn't begin to imagine. I'd give away fifty for free, although I'd miss them at times. It's no coincidence that serial killer IQs are generally on the high side. It drives you insane.
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dappled, i wish i knew more people like you. and i have that experience. the most intense torture i've had is the inability to communicate with my own family. i've had some very low moments from simply hurting people, because of unintentional arrogance that spews from my lips. people constantly tell me i try too hard. they've no idea how difficult it is to speak in a way that isn't natural to ones self. i repeat, i wish i knew more people like you. i know you are smarter than me. knowing what i do about this pain, suddenly seeing a greater knowledge, do i forget the lessons and envy you? thank you, as well, for allowing me to ask, answer, and explore this question. i have a poll on here about what people live for. interestingly, a large percentage of people give the answer "to learn". so what is our desire? we certainly do not wish much for more knowledge.
i believe that thought is an exercise that is effective when done with consistency. this leads me to believe the same with emotion. and happiness shouldn't be different. but somehow, it is, and this confuses the most of us. i believe that a part of everyone requires inconsistency.
it is a chain of results. the more logical see emotion too irrational to effectively practice it with consistency. however, the logical rarely realize that emotion is vital to satisfy the required inconsistency previously mentioned. some people practice passion as it has been portrayed to them, to escape what negative results come from not knowing the answers.
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I wrote you a long reply but it disappeared into the aether because my broadband had cut out just before I clicked the submit button. Kind of ironic on a post about communication problems. I'll see if I can remember what I said.
I spoke about having problems communicating from the age of four and how frustrating it was. I learnt as many words as I could in the hope some of them would be understood by people, but this still isn't the way people communicate. I then stripped down the way I talk to be a version of something I'd already translated once in my head.
People think I type quite primly and maybe a little too precisely here. I do it because I have to. It's the only way I can get things across. I understand how difficult it is to feel isolated because nobody appears to speak the same language as you. I thought they were choosing to misunderstand me as some kind of cruel joke. It made me so angry.
I almost replied to your other post to say my answer would be a cross between making the world a better place and learning everything I could. I still have a thirst to learn that is almost unquenchable, even though I know it gives further potential for linking things that would remain better unlinked. It's not knowing stuff that's the problem. It's connecting the stuff I do know.
Anyway, I'm glad also that I've had the chance to unburden a little about this too. If it's helped you even an iota to know that someone else goes through it, then I'm especially glad. After all, that's what we're here for. Well, most of us, anyway.
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i understand you quite clearly. that's the thing, though. everything is linked, but it is not likely anybody will ever know "everything". i like to think of it like this; a tree has bark, but if you never learn that a tree has bark, though, that doesn't mean that the tree doesn't have bark. when we look for knowledge to feed ourselves, it's as if we are lost and trying to survive, then suddenly coming across a chest. looking this chest is like looking for knowledge. it maybe empty, but we look because of the chance that it might be full, and we do not want to passing it by only to find out it contained a map. not to mention, we normally don't have any other clues as to where we look next. we do not want to abandon potential, our problem is thinking that great knowledge is recognized instinctively, and so we continue to look for something that awes our minds. but great knowledge is only as impressive as the attention you give it. and the more you know about a magic trick, the less exiting it is.
it's actually very much like a magic show. we spend more time looking for the trick than at the trick. then when you finally discover the trick, it's not a big deal to you.
That's a brilliant explanation