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What do people with very high IQs do all day?

11.06.2025 04:30

What do people with very high IQs do all day?

Extremely rare. As far I can remember, I’ve only met about 5 or so people who look something like this. And that’s already across 3 very different countries.

I’ve read quite a number of times here on how, supposedly, difficult it is for high IQ people to communicate to the average person. Some of the smartest people I know are great communicators across a wide range of audiences. They’re as far as you can get from the pop culture stereotype of whose “speech” is just blabbering about very technical and obscure stuff.

Basically, everyone does what the average person does.

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It’s probably a boring answer, but it is what it is.

Of course, they work, but outside of work it’s not that remarkable. Some play sports, others play video games. They go to the gym, they shop, they do arts and craft, they volunteer, and so on. Many drink, socially. Yes, high IQ people have social life, contrary to the stereotype from the movies and TV shows. Many of them are probably better than the average IQ people.

This kind of bookish nerd?

Hello, I have a question about astral projection. I started to get interested in this a little while after my mum passed in april. I thought I may be able to see her and speak with her if I managed to achieve astral projection. Since this interest, every time i sleep on my back I go into sleep paralysis. However, I cant progress into astral projection because it is very scary for me as I feel like I'm suffocating when this happens. I panic and force myself to wake up. This only ever happened about once a year before this. It sometimes lasts a long time. This has happened about 3 times per week since my mum died, as mentioned on a previous post. I no longer try to go into it anymore(due to the suffocating feeling), but it still happens. I read that sleep paralysis is the pathway to astral projection. Why has this started to happen so frequently since simply taking an interest in it? Is this connected to the afterlife? I am concerned about it as I now cannot seem to stop this happening. Could it be my mum trying to communicate? Im asking due to more knowledge around this in this group.

Yes, high IQ people have hobbies that don’t involve books or computers (not that many actually read books a lot and use computers all day). Many are very articulate. Many are physically attractive, heck, many are downright sexy. Oh yes, they do have sex lives too (how do you think they have families? And yes, some do it recreationally too).

I work in a university and I’m surrounded by people who can make me feel dumb in 5 minutes by talking to them. The average IQ around here must be about 110–120 even after you count the staff and other employees that don’t study, teach, or do research.