How IQ and Intelligence Affect Our Life (or Not!)
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2024
- A high IQ apparently strongly predicts good grades, a good career, and even health and mortality and stuff. For my father intelligence was all that matters. Ever since my brother Charles was diagnosed to be a gifted child, all he talked about was IQ and intelligence research. #learn #IQ
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This story is amazing, because it has a lot of subtle elements that match my personal experience.
The father (who represents the scientific consensus on IQ, because his mathematical interpretation of IQ graphs is perfectly explained) is presented as authoritarian and abusive, rather than calm, rational, and informed. It is, and was, impossible for he non-genius son to accept IQ information without taking it personally, and becoming resentful.
The female teachers who administer the IQ tests are portrayed as callous and out-of-touch, even though they CORRECTLY explain the scientific consensus on IQ by stating that you can't raise your IQ score more than about ten points. Like before, it was impossible for the non-genius son to hear this IQ information without taking it personally, and becoming resentful.
The non-genius (older) son is presented as the hero of the story for BOTH refusing to open the envelope AND learning to forgive his abusive father.
However, whenever an abusive father exists, the most logical conclusion is that he abused all of his children in some way. So if the non-genius (older) child is a victim of his father's abuse then so is his younger, genius brother!
There is no heroism in rejecting valid scientific conclusions about IQ, especially when you lose empathy for your younger brother. The older brother's resentment prevents him from saying things like, "My little brother was so young and vulnerable when my father started abusing him. It was my job, as an older brother, to protect him - but I was too focused on my own pain to even try." Or, "I cannot undo my past failures with my younger brother, but I can make an effort to understand his side of the story WITHOUT judging him, so he can hopefully stop being depressed and find love."
Still, if the story was written to highlight how normal-intellect people come to resent intellectually smarter people, then it did a really good job.
Hi David, you really did a great job analyzing the video. Thank you for sharing this. Yes, it is a very complex and emotional subject. And for once, as kind of an experiment, we tried to show the emotional side of it too, and not only the factual one.
I wasn´t always sure we did the right thing by bringing in the emotional side, but after I read your comment I am very glad we did. It´s great to see how it triggers reflection and discussion since this is the only tool we have to deal with facts. Facts are always seen through our personal eyes. An open discussion is an opportunity to get a glimpse of something else. Thank you so much!
@@sprouts Hi!That reminds me what my mother did with my brother.She has narcissistic behavior and she used to tell to my brother that I was a good student and he wasn t.I feel so bad about that.That video brought tears to my eyes.It wasn t my fault.I was a little kid trying to find some love ....He must felt so bad back then.. I m so sad...:(
Second Birth this video was heavily centered on the older’s brother point of view, and to some it may even seem that the message of the story is that smart people will suffer in different ways that will make up for their blessing in the form of high intelligence. The commentor was saying how this video is biased to those with lower intelligence, and neglecting the point of view of those with a higher IQ.
The sarcasm in this comment hits hard
@@robintownsend2158 Who did sarcasm here?
Please explain o wise god..
My IQ tells me this probably isn't a real story.
@@namanchahar2558 said the guy with a pic from win 7
Then your IQ missed the moral.
@@namanchahar2558 why must the IQ be lower? Only cause he/she's more skeptical? For me being skeptical is a character of thinking much.
Doesn’t mean it’s a bad story
Edit: for all you people who are so concerned with whether or not it's true, does it really matter? People lie all the time and you have a 50-50 chance of guessing it. Sure, let's just say it's fake and get over with it if that makes you so happy. The point about stories and things in general is to learn things and you're supposed to take this story as a note to not let certain things stop you from being happy, especially if it's not major. Why do you care so much on whether or not it's true? Even stories that are "based on a true story" have exaggerations.
I'm pretty sure it isn't.
Moral: IQ doesn't matter.
Now here's 5 IQ questions. Good luck!
Bro, he's not saying us "don't measure your IQs!".
I learn a little more about the concept of inteligence, the way that it's measured, about what it implies (and what it doesn't) and, much more important, that the IQ is not related with our happiness at all.
So nobody should be afraid to do some IQ test, cause the results will not determine your future.
Edit: When you simplify an idea so much, at a certain point you change it. So you can't summarize the full video in "the IQ doesn't matter" (well you can, but is a wrong idea).
@Fabiano Vieira Yeah he doesn't deserve to be happy because he's not the main character
@@mariguana7918 And he's not the main character because his intelligence separates himself from pretty much everyone, and not nearly everyone can handle this separation with grace, dignity, and respect.
@@victordanielhaussmannlopez3610
Yes, that is the message. They even forced that message by making up a stupid story.
I think measuring IQ is important but whether you can accept you inborn gifts is another matter. The benefits of measuring one's IQ include choosing one's career, have an idea of one's social capability, create more receptive environments for our children.
Let's say you have an IQ of 90. You have a low chance of attending college so it's better that you prepare yourself for work. Let's say you have an IQ of 140. You may need help with socialising, and there should be proper channels for you to do so.
Research like this shows that hey, I'm not a genius, but I'm like 50% of the population, or vice versa. It also shows how much your opinion may weigh against others, and how incapable most are in mentally challenging decisions. It destroys the belief that everyone can be a genius, and proper action must be taken to have us fully accept our abilities, and fully use them
When a parent compares one sibling to the other that is when they have FAILED as a parent.
Or when they compare you to other children or frequently make comments about your "low iq".
People compare anyway, it is inevitable. When you fail is when you start to judge. Everyone is his/hers own person.
Even though for some it is natural? Anyone can compare, but letting one know of such comparison seems like the folly
@@samuelokampo30 the thing is thinking its normal is like a women thinking its ok when her husbend is abusing her because they "love eatchother" dont fall for this stockhome syndrom-ish relationship to your mom and dad just beacause you guys think its ok when its not it lowers self esteem along with other mentally crippling things especially to those suffering mental illness. stay safe out there and take care of yourselves alright and dont be afraid to get profetional help.
Cant agree more
The fact that he didn’t open it just pissed me off
Me three
Me four
Me seven
ZombonicHD I wish he opened it later after his success
Where's me six?
Him: IQ doesn't matter and i'm not jealous of my brother
Also Him: I dropped out of college and my brother's a depressed virgin.
@Kostas anagno He says that he started his own company though. It doesn't make you a "fuckup" to be depressed or to not have met someone you love yet. It's just life.
@UCGF6Wooe63kubuZ6szZZgQQ And? He's still petty about his brother.
Well, he just stating what happen. Not that he is petty.
@Kostas anagno LOL, a failure? He far from that. He started his own company, and family. And living a fulfilling life. His brother is also successful, becoming a professor. The only difference is he is not content. Maybe because he is not longer the special genius people used to treat or he is genuinely alone.
OOOOOH SHIT
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
bro...😭😭😭😭
Well.. That happens in india too, in fact..... All over the world
@@joohwii4339 I know right! You need 300 IQ to figure out that this is a sarcastic text meme joke! Hahaha!
@@nerdomatic2489 that means I'm more genius than Einstein?😯😯😯😯
Wow! I never knew that! Thanks for saying that it c h a n g e d m y l i f e
5 seconds to answer a question? I can barely do that when someone asks me my favorite color.
"So in short, IQ doesn't define your worth as a person. What matters is your character :) Also my brother's a depressed virgin and here's an IQ test bye"
I don't believe IQ is a good measure of intelligence, but if you truly believed that your IQ score doesn't matter, then you wouldn't be afraid to open the letter.
Physics Videos by Eugene Khutoryansky ok Eugene
What you believe is irrelevant. What matters is the predictive power of the metric, and IQ is very good at predicting life outcomes.
@@ashleigh3021 is it tough? I googled a little, the answer is only "kinda".. In short, it's one if not the best predictor there is. But then it only explains about 10-14% of future success. So in a field that very uncertain, it's at least something, but that's all there is.
@@ashleigh3021 not really...
@Clever name fair enough, but it's already more than you do tough :)
tells a story about how you shouldn't worry about your IQ, then at the end tells you to do a short "IQ test" and put it in the comments lmao im done
im that 0.1%
on the left side of the chart
No, you aren't if you were you shouldn't have commented this, you should have typed "anyone who like this comment your parents may live 100 years"😂😂😂
@@shashanksingh8823 lmao but it a joke bro
@@shashanksingh8823 you are one of those people with 0,1
After his father finished lecturing him on the importance of IQ, he should have replied, "I don't get it . . ."
@skorn youre not the boss of me, now.
I would simply ask him about his IQ.
No he should have asked what about 0.01% of people with 200+ IQ lol (if it even exist)
@@mbk0mbk 0,01% would have an iq of 155-160 or more. 200+ is much much rarer. Like one in a billion.
What do you mean by that?
Him:, I dont care about IQ.
also him:, let me waste five minutes telling you how I aced that test giving correct answers and later tell you my brother is a depressive professor.
Laura Palacio also gave us a iq test to solve at the end 🤣🤣🤣 9:00
@@isomiddinjonabdusalomov6752 probably grabbed the most difficult questions in the entire test as well
Story is a story, let him do whatever he wants.it might be true who knows.
@@sussysinsis2450 yup his story. it might be true.
be it true or not is a dick move to his own brother.
who btw could also suffered from his father's expectations. who knows.
You forgot he's still a virgin! ;)
The official answers to the tests at the end:
1- Batman
2- Batman
3- Batman
4- Batman
5- Batman
The answer is always Batman
@Siddhant Mishra Nah,
I'm Batman
Bahala na si Batman.
Taking notes over here 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
hello Albert
His father sounds like a redditor
For real.
This guy is clearly not over whatever he had against his brother and father.
No, he really doesn't care about his IQ.
I’m not either
Uh, can you elaborate?
Htoo Doh oh it’s not a big deal, just both of my parents treating as if I’m incapable of making my own decisions because i was diagnosed with autism at 14 even though I had an above average iq plus them being extremely emotionally abusive and turning me into an emotionless husk of a person. Why I refuse to talk to them now that I’m older
@@kukajin9560 The first part was sarcasm?
lmao was expecting some message at the end, but this was all to stroke the dude's ego.
"My brother never found love and is now depressed, while I have a great family" lol ok buddy
Tbh it sounds more like a story of awful parenting rather than IQ.
These are the type of older brothers that you dont want to have
Yeah that was a bit fucked up and felt like he was bragging
He says he didn't want to compete with his brotherthen says "my brother is depressed and I have everything he ever wanted lol"
@@flaviusbelisarius7517 Yes, that is messed up.
And this is perpetuating the myth that gifted people are more likely to get depressed, which is wrong.
I took an intelligence test when I was about 55 and I did open the envelope.
I found that I was in the top 2% and qualified for Mensa, but the real benefit for me was that it helped me understand myself better and feel more comfortable about being me.
I was identified early on and that info was in my school records. Every time I was in a new school, the new teachers had an expectation of me to score A's across the board and when I didn't they didn't take it well. I imagine it made them look bad but I had one teacher in particular in the 8th grade take me aside and chew me out for my grades (which, while not tops in the class, were above average) forgetting that I was new to the school and was trying to figure out how to fit in. For my own kids, I've always explained that IQ isn't a measure of what you know but how adept you are at putting logical conclusions together with the info you have. It's more like mental gymnastics than a proof of knowledge. Insofar as school goes, hard work will ALWAYS win out over natural intelligence if that intellect is married to slack work habits.
Do the 5 question quiz then.
according to a lot teasts, my IQ is somewhere around 140-150, does it make me happy? Nope, it brings me a lot of anxiety and it's hard for me to understand other people and for other people to understand me, especially when I see some things, traditional to my country (Ukraine) as pointless, people think I'm stupid, but if asked for argument, it's alys "evryone knows that", "it's always been like that"
Yeah every damn person on the internet has an IQ above 2 times the standard deviation, lmao grow up
*All of my best friends are at a class at grade 9 called “Creme section”...
Meaning they are the most efficient and smartest in the high school campus.
The gap between my grades and theirs are unbelievable, whenever I hang out with
them, I feel like I don’t belong with them anymore. I feel out of place, this led to my
depressing thoughts of never being good enough or acceptable anymore, it also led me
into losing self confidence... So I isolated myself from them... I would always see my best
friends hang out with the smart ones. I became really suicidal because of this... But
because of this video, I didn’t drown myself. Thank you so much!* ❤️
If your friends don't value you for who you are they are the bad ones and you don't need the company of such people anyways so don't worry mate! It is always difficult to find genuine friends. Even the people you see being friendly might just be staying together to increase their reputation that they are friends with someone smart. These friendships break the moment they discover the other person has nothing to offer them. I am sure you will find great friends in life who will value you for who you are instead of for grades(which usually do not measure intelligence at all and often measures the ability to mug up). So most likely you are a good student and the way the tests are designed is bad. Also there are 8 other types of intelligence such an spatial, verbal, musical, natural etc which you might be very good at!
"I refused to open the envelope"
*Then everyone clapped*
I DIDNT, I was so exited to see the results
Then*
[Everyone liked that]
Your "than" is genius
@@banu0245 second language
Parent: "Why can't you be more like your brother/sister?"
Me: "Simple. I'm not them."
Yeah, these pare'ts are the worst! They say "why can't you be more like him/her" and then to him/her they say "why can't you be more like *your name* or *other sibling's name*", just to take everyone down. 😧
Why be a duplicate when you can be an original.
@@LbMeKing Because noone wants orginal homeless person. People prefer you as a copy of another in any way "valuable" person. People who become doctors dont become ones because they invented everything they know. They needed to copy what others did. They wont be an exact copy sure.. but most things we do we copied from someone else. People who do sth for the first time without copying it are usually eighter considered idiots or geniuses. Of course you can also do sth in an unnoticable way so that you are the first person to do sth but noone rly cares...
Seems like a simple answer from an adult perspective.
@@maciejkleszczynski9808 Oh shit, I had no idea that not being gifted implies eventual homelessness. Thank you for the enlightenment.
Hi. I really liked the story along with the art. Since you have asked the viewer to post his/her answers to the 5 IQ questions given at the end of the video, my answers are:
1. 2cm
2. Yes
3. 4 trips to the store
4. Cupboard
5. 256 since each number from 1 to 6 is in its 'to the power 4' form.
I'm a psychology student so I enjoyed it even more. Thanks for sharing this video! 😊
Can u please explain how to find the answer of 1st questions
Hi @@vishalkalotra7631
So to find the volume of any cuboid, you have to apply the formula length × breadth × height.
V = l×b×h.
In other words,
l × b × h = V
In this case we have the volume, length and breadth but no height.
Thus, following the formula:
l × b × h = 64
8 × 4 × h = 64
32 × h = 64
h = 64 ÷ 32
h = 2
Therefore, h = 2
Or
8 × 4 × h = 64
h = 64 ÷ 8 ÷ 4
Let's work it in order
h = (64 ÷ 8) ÷ 4
h = 8 ÷ 4
h = 2
To cross-check our answer, we can multiply the three factors, and if we get 64, we're right, otherwise there's an error.
So now let's try
8 × 4 × 2 =
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damn I had them all except the 256 one... I knew it was obvious but my brain doesn't like math.
I'll try to remember that for next time since I must have seen this same question so many times.
Got the same answers except for 2cm.. Been 8 years since I was last inside a classroom in school, forgot the formula to complute height lols ✌😅
NO the second one is false
Exemple: some boys are smart people and some smart people are girls does that mean some boys are definitely girls?
NO!
"It doesn't matter how smart I am, but I am very wise!"
Intelligence and wisdom are two different things.
maciejl20 that’s the point
He should have questioned about his father's IQ
Yogesh HM great question
@@RazorM97 your fucking IQ is zer0
прекрасный бабочка the said that at the beginning of the IQ chart presentation, minute 1:16 his father i meant, is so focused on the IQ crap, precrasnia babochca
прекрасный бабочка yea I know how to read Cyrillic ;)
argun sina that's impossible. Only sponges can get an IQ that low. I'm a human so I do not
The kid who walked out before the IQ exam,he grew up to be Albert Einstein
evidence?
@White Templar lol why cuz he was Jewish?
@@theangrycheeto no because he stole other inventions and claimed them as his own.
@White Templar YOU ARE A FRAUD
Everyone is calling each other a fraud
"Knowledge is wealth, but our life is ran by our decisions." -said someone
Pov: the dad's IQ is lower than the one of that boy's (not the brother's)
I guarantee you the average IQ at MIT is not 145
richhobo1216 probably close tho. Definitely 135-140 on avg
@@rijulranjan8514 The amount of people at MIT has no relation with the average IQ of the students. People with low IQs get accepted and people with high IQs get rejected. I think 120-125 is an average estimate for the average IQ there.
I know people at Oxford university with 120-30 IQ.
richhobo1216 but it would show how only a select few people are admitted. Maybe the avg iq isn’t 140, but it has to be at least 130.
@@rijulranjan8514 Their selection process isn't based on IQ so the exclusivity of the college doesnt mean anything
Anyone else just wanna know what his IQ score was in that letter?😂
Why didn't he open it?
cuz he doesnt give a shit
@@stefancristian4324 I would say that he used to give quite a shit, but he suddenly learned that this high level of concern was self-limiting. And while he personally benefited from not opening the letter, he only learned to develop empathy for his father (who caused so much emotional heartache for him), but no empathy for his genius brother.
@@davidolsen8291
I know but Ive said it shorter
Less than 140 and more then 110
Ok the dad liking how his son is intelligent makes sense but why did he have to be rude to his other son
He was diagnosed big gay and his son gave the disease to him.
Parents play favourites.
"CLEVER PEOPLE ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN INTELIGENT PEOPLE "
**iq test begins**
Me: *screams in second language English*
@@rameenaayan3248 wow, so cool... I really wanted to know that, you know? I truly thank you for your very useful information and I am sure everybody does as well. You are such a good man, dude. If you're going to start a religion I will for real support you!
It's my 4the language 😔 these Americans don't know our struggle
Me too haha I could bareley understand it at first so i had to think longer than 5 seconds each
same
@@MaoDev thank u habibi 💕
Moral of the story: he is jealous of his brother.
his brother didnt choose to be gifted, i wonder if he ever helped his brother with interpersonal skills
@@temarithebadass9276 I never said persons worth is determined by how gifted they are. Yes, not everyone is gifted but does that mean we should jealous of gifted people?
@@temarithebadass9276 obviously everyone wants the benefit of being able to do things but everything comes with a cost. an extremely gifted person would also like to have friends. i think he should take that iq test again an learn to deal with it now that he is successful.
And cares abt iq
He is longer jealous tho.
5:50 this is the easiest question ever
Yeah even u can solve this.
@@shahriarshakil6265 lmaoo
What's the answer😂
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Stopped at the last part before the IQ questions is the best decision of my life!
Why doesn't this have more likes? Awesome one haha
Then he went to Vietnam, became ping pong champion and married the girl of his childhood... the end.
Alter Ego of Forrest gump
Well yes Jenneeeey
And his friend who loved crabs died
@@user-vl7uf5lu6x shrimp, not crabs
@@thevirtueoflove3935 ah yes
It doesn’t take a over 40 IQ to figure this is a clickbait
but 40 IQ is pretty rare you know :D
@@svenjaaunes2507 40 IQ is rare not "over" 40.
i love clickbait
An*
:)
Zero
It probably does....
Kind of a sad story. My parents were obsessed with IQ when I was growing up, and they knew that over-stimulating a child will increase his IQ. It worked, but as a result I was not smart enough to be in the "genius" class, while at the same time being "too fast" for the normal kids (If I wanted, I could reply to any question any teacher asked before he could even finish it).
I spent most of my time in school in isolation. The first years were very painful because it was involuntary. But hey, at least it prepared me for the cold world. And college was a lot easier than school, so one thing for the other I guess.
i had to take an IQ test when i had to go to a psychiatrist due to depression and aggression problems. i always knew that my mom, my dad and my sisters are in the top 3% of the world and when it was my turn to take the test i was scared. i wanted to be so much better than my sisters and i was convinced, my mom would treat me as less, if i wouldn't be as smart as the rest of the family. i started to cry on the way to the psychiatrist and told my mom about everything i was worried about. she assured me that it would not be the case and she was right. also, my parents don't want me to know my results until i'm 18 and i can make my own decisions.
Thank you for sharing Elisabeth. I think that is quite wise by your parents! All the best to you!
@@sprouts thanks so much ❤😇
so who else was yelling "open the damn letter"
He was scaaaaared af
He didn't need to.
facts
Well said
@@pgtv14 agreed
5:42 “counting to the 12th letter of the alphabet would take way too long”
idk man it took me 3 seconds but we’re running of time so let’s use process of elimination instead
lot of smart people in comments
Hes not smart. I can count it quick too,idk why he needed to use the 'process of eliminations'
It really is not that hard.
A B C D E F G H I J K *L* M N O P
I somehow kept in mind that m is the 13th letter
@@klarab4333 M for the Masons and number 13 is very important to them
I didn't look at the qustions.. thanks for uploading! :-D
I needed this story. Thank you
"i decided that iq doesn't matter and I didn't open the envelope"
meanwhile
*here they are 5 iq questions for you*
hahaha your name " I'm pabo" seriously it gave me a laugh💜💜😂😂sorry for my bad English . borahae 💜💜
@@kimtaetae1037 boutta change it tho I'm tired of hearing the same response everytime. glad that it made you laugh
@@user-cr5ui3wq6y no it's unique👌 i like it that's why I laugh💜. do what u wanna do .it's your life. don't bother what others say. love from Pakistan🇵🇰💜💜
The dark reality is, he realizes how much it does matter (to him) and in an effort to protect his peace of mind, he convinces himself it doesn't, soothing his soul with willful ignorance. The Blue Pill.
People who didn't care would've just skipped the questions and took his story to heart.
I feel like this video is very hypocritical
“I m not competing with my brother but you saw how I turned out so much better than him at the end?”
“IQ doesn’t matter... *a few seconds later* ... You wanna know your IQ? Here’s a test, good luck”
A lot of people will manipulate their morals to fit what they want to be true.
@@wibmors793 basiccaly
Well he didn't necessary turn out better. Everyone just has a different path and a high intelligence has many negatives too such as finding love.
@@888records fax
That part was just trying to carry out that people with high IQ don't necessarily live a fulfilling life or it doesn't mean that all aspects of their life go well.
Very motivational video presented in an amazing way. Loved it
Well, this made me feel dumb., but whatever, it's fine.
That was a nice story.
Just because your brother is a genius doesn't mean you shouldn't be interested in knowing your own IQ. That reasonning seams pretty weak to me.
If he looked at it today, it probably wouldn't hurt him as much. But to be honest, I don't see how it would help him more knowing for sure he's inferior, than just not caring at all.
Hes just a kid back then. He scared to know his iq.
If you consider the whole story, the reasoning is pretty strong. The majority of his life has his father boasting about IQ making him feel inferior for not reaching the quota his brother did.
Him not opening the envelope signified his defiance to not be a slave to it. To not be bound by a number because of an exam. Because he started to believe in himself to be more than just a number his father would've given him.
What would knowing your IQ ever did for you? Make you realize your smarter or dumber than everyone else.
The same variable can apply to strength. You can be weaker or stronger than the general average. Although you can work your ass off to make yourself stronger than possible you'll never surpass the guy with good genetics.
It all boils down to talent. No matter how good you are, someone will always be better than you.
Not wanting to know your IQ is just like not wanting to bother being in a competition. Everyone is good at something. Beating yourself up by thinking your dumb would only limit your opportunities.
What's the point of knowing something as inevitable an IQ? What would that change?
It wasn't just the fact that his IQ was inferior to his brother's that he was scared of. If he opened envelope he would've found a future job that "suits" him and his IQ and that would have effect on his future. I think that's why he never opened it.
Schrödinger's cat 🙀?
I interpret not opening the envelope as not caring about the results. Que Sera..
I can't believe I've wasted 8 minutes waiting him to open tge freaking envelope
@Angelica W i like frogs
doppio vinegar Ring. Ring. Ring.
@@lordzamasuvegetablackfusio9773 Moshi moshi ah...bossu
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@@legobatman2440 Moshi moshi. WAIT A MINUTE who are you!!you're not the boss!!how did ya get my number ! !?
I really liked this video! I am a high school math teacher, and usually start the year by telling my students that there is a very good chance that they are more intelligent than I, but I most certainly surpass them in wisdom.
The comments I read seem weird and harsh, but I like the message here and what you took from being in a very unique situation of having a genius brother.
IQ is the best metric applicable within social science, and can be a huge predictor of life success...but after a certain score, probably around 105, a person’s conscientiousness, interest, and motivation become more important in predicting future success.
1. 2
2. Yes
3. 4
4. Cupboard
5. 256
Thank you for posting this. Great comment, and ironically, I wanted to make sure I got the last one right so I could feel smart! Lol
2:32 Okay but, I graduated university and still have trouble reading the map...
I graduated with a 4.0 from a top US college and I can’t read a map to save my life. In fact my sense of direction is horrible, I use a GPS everywhere I go
@@dathunderman4 Wow! Good for us going against all odds and graduating university with IQs of 55-70! 😁
The brain ahs many different areas capable of many different types of intelligence. It's normal to be really smart for some things and have kinda funky skills.
lol i love how the video is about the unimportance of an IQ score, and then proceeds to give us an IQ test!
LMAO
Same
Is anti inteligency propaganda , be fool hate the curiosity
make the inteligency sounds like a nazi eugenetics program, not people who have a deep curiosity and try hard, yes someone borns with advantage but is prove that is not all
You know you are not a very smart person when you believe that the iq test give actual results while it has been proven to be just another quiz with no real meaning.
IQ Test???? Baahhh... Gives me headache >_
After watching video I decided not to answer the IQ question 😂😂
"It takes wisdom to do the right thing."
I don't believe there are people acted like me :D
Me too 😂
😂😂😂😂😂now that's called humour
Me too 😹
Great conclusion. Yeah, I remember when defining someone's potential, success and future was strongly based on IQ tests. However, as time passed by, this way of thinking has changed, now we are more focused in Emotional Intelligence, EQ.
I think that it doesn't matter if you are gifted or not, what really matters is to know what you really want, how can you live and manage yourself in the world to be happy, and not caring about the labels society gives nor let others decide about your life (as long as you respect others of course).
One thing is to have talent, high IQ or a high capacity at something, but another thing is how it is nurtured and how are you developing in other areas different from your speciality.
What the elder son did was more important: he though for himself and outgrew his father, something that many outgrown adults haven't overcome yet, still caring for their parents' opinion. However, it is still not late as long as one is still living.
Thank you Ace for the great comment! I can very much relate to what you say, about IQ vs. nurture / self-development. Thank you for sharing!
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When I was in the 1st grade I had difficulty reading. To the point where my teacher actually called me stupid in a parent teacher conference. A series of events led me to getting an iq test and good news I’m not stupid, I had an iq of around 107. But it was explained to me that there are two different skills they test for. In simple terms a reading and math/logic section. In the math/logic I had an iq of around 132, but in the reading it was something like 86. I was also diagnosed with dyslexia. Luckily, I had parents and teachers that helped me and pushed me. Idk if I would have ended up where I am if she didn’t call me stupid, or if my parents just blamed her teaching and said nothing was wrong. I eventually developed reading techniques and with hard work I excelled through grade and high school and graduated with a BS in material science and engineering.
that's awesome, I had something similar, i had horrid handwriting and average marks, below average marks in math, there's a test in every school called the science olympiad and all 95+% scoring students take it for "fun" i won that solely by attempting the IQ test part I took multiple IQ tests recently and im 130-140
Him: "A high IQ apparently strongly predicts good grades, a good career, and even health and mortality and stuff."
Also him: "My brother has IQ over 145, and is a depressed virgin, IQ doesn't matter guys."
Well the IQ matters, for survival. Because of the evolution theory we can understand how IQ matter in the face of survival. Because you are so much smarter and better at solving problems you can also survive with debilitating chronic and or acute illnesses, either mental and or physical. But in today's society it might not work out being smart, and being able to solve problems, because today you have to go to work everyday to stay in a job and you have to be consistent everyday with everything. Well what if you're sick half the time, can't sustain a job or social relations because of the illnesses your genes has carried with them on top of the high IQ, your IQ might work against you instead of being a benefit. Having only high IQ might have worked to survive up to this point but now you need to stay healthy (never be sick), look good and be smart to do well in any kind of work, and most people that have high IQ has some kind of mental or physical illness that they struggle with on a daily basis impairing them from being able to achieve the job that fits their intelligence making them depressed and self destructive because of their unhappiness with their lives
Dogs are happy too, maybe depression is the preferable state of mind?
@Conexus X18 Planetary dysphoria.. quite common!
@@alaapdhall8541 wut. Is dat Engrish?!
@Conexus X18 you just need to start listening to Sadhguru on youtube and read his book - Inner Engineering. Trust me you'll feel better.
And then the high IQ kid became a supervillain. The end.
@@CoolioTops lmao
@@CoolioTops LMAO!! Wow, thx for making me laugh to that, now we are definetly going to hell. Lol
He strapped lazer beams to shark heads, because High I.Q lets you mount not just the device which shoots lazer beams, but the actual lazer beams themselves...because you can stop or warp spacetime with concentration alone?...
I mean shit, there must be some reason mad scientists and evil geniuses are a such a common idea lol
The End... **curtains emoji**
This story is really something, not only it right it telling the truth about ourselves and people around us...
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So hilarious how he makes fun of his brother for being a lonely and depressed
Guess it will always be your family and friends to hate on you.
ANDRES FELIPE MISAT I don’t think his intentions was to make fun of his brother
Where does he make fun of him, exactly?
he did make fun of him in a way but we don't know if it's intentional or not or is it true anyway the video is filled with personal emotion and had some true parts, but that doesn't mean he is right the storyteller that is
@@jude9876 it's how it is don't be bothered by it a lot of people don't know how to hold it in or control it, I mean power and greed are kind of the same speaking in the same regards of human emotions.
Stupid people: I AM SO SMART!!!!!
Smart people: *i am just stupid*
Drunk people: "I've been sober for 30 days thanks to A.A. and God" Sober people: I am diseased and I'll never get better and I'll always be an alcoholic...how can I help you stay sober? Keep coming back!!"
Are you calling me dumb for having self confidence? No wait.. you called me stupid.
That' called Dunning-Kruger effect
Me :I am so stupid
Also me: damn I am smart
What am I?
But I am actually a retard
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.
From a book. On 1st Chap. The 1st Verse of "The Great Gatsby"
By F. Scott Fitzgerald
BOOM! N
I have a mild intellectual disability this story meant a lot to me
I've seen Naruto FILLER that seemed more realistic.
Bruh Goku learning to drive was better filler than this.
bruh
Best comment ever
This made me chuckle
Nero Bruno 😂
A story about extremely well-crafted click-bait. 70% interesting made up story, 30% deliberate BS to create controversy in the comments section.
Lol you've IQ must be 150 then, since you can catch monetary benefit from making this video😄
Well the story is fake but it’s based on actual study’s, the sources are in the description.
Amen!
I don't think the intent here was to smear much. Maybe appeal to the satisfying, popular (and true) notion that IQ does not correlate with happiness, and that you can have a good life regardless of your IQ. That's quite a good endeavor. Not to downplay the importance of IQ in other areas mentioned at the beginning of the video, which are factually correct.
Aside from the alleged new assessment with empirical support that the video's subject took in school (will have to read the research on that one), the video did a satisfying enough job in painting a picture of IQ and it's relevance to our happiness. At least in the 11 minutes it had. This is obviously not a comprehensive video. There's state-of-the-art books summarizing the whole of the field for that, and even those can be unexhaustive.
@Teddy James not to flat earthers it's not :P they have no issue with it whatsoever
that's the problem
My teacher always said it's not about how clever they are,it's about how much willpower you have
I think the answer may be 256 for #5 because the distance between each numbers square root increases by 2 each time. So the distance starts off as 3 then 5 then 7 then 9 and finally 11. And the missing number is after 81 so we would take the square root of 81 (9) and add 2; then the next number after 9 is separated by a distance of 7 so the next number in the sequence is 16. After that all we would do is square 16 (16^2) and I think that’s the answer. But I may of missed something so just in case I’m sorry in advance👍
"when you are done, PoST yOuR aNSweRs iN thE cOMMentS"
After you JUST said you didn't have to prove anything to anybody.
haha
A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
How about a nice game of chess?
Exactly.....
You guys are such imbeciles on understanding what truly matters.
BaDum Tss
Now here are 5 questions from a real IQ test. You have 5 seconds each.
Me:slows down the video to 0.25 speed
That's proof, you're a genius!
iTry Why not pause the video?
RandomizedM that’s cheating
Pro gamer move
it takes like 4 seconds just to read the 3rd one
Is that only me who is going through the comments to actually know the answers..😅
Heres what I got.
1. We know the length of the package, but since tests like these seem to rely on trick questions a lot, the box is larger than the package. Therefore, we don't know.
2. Theres overlap between group a and b, and between b and c. This does not guarantee an overlap between b and c. The answer is no.
3. This should be 4 but I feel like theres a trick.
4. Art is on the wall. Cups are on the cupboard.
5. The series is n^4. 4^4=256
Digaddog For the first question, the answer is 2. It gives the length, width, and volume of the box, so you take 4 and 8 to multiply them which gives 32. The volume of an object is length times width times height, and since we have length and width equating to 32, the height must be 2 since 32x2=64
I was born healthy is what was told to me as a pre teen but for me it’s a different story I got dropped as a baby and who knows what my mom been doing while I was a fetus but throughout my years in school I believed my intelligence was declining and as soon as I hit high school i was a special needs student but my brain was growing at times i felt super focused and driven and was retaining a lot of information but most of the times it’s the opposite i now have a huge stuttering problem and feel slow because of environmental factors like lack of exercise and sleep also caloric deficit which I’m trying to fix so in conclusion don’t have a fixed mindset about yourself believe that you can develop new skills and strengthen your brain and muscles i learned how to ride a skateboard last month I’m still improving and adjusting on how I ride but always keep trying .
I know why I'm dumb, my parents weren't smart and my mother smoked while pregnant with me.
Well, this was a waste of time.
Why?
yeah lol
@@zazahead I literally learned nothing from this video
Not saying Im smart but these are common ideas for me
@@SedateGaming123 well good for you, then you learned atleast something about the life of the narrator
Just another pseudo intellectual loser who made a youtube video trying to profess to be wiser .
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Yeah, bullshit.
You fabricate unrealistic and emotional stories to smear people, who merely state scientific findings.
How you can post this emotional tirade against IQ and then pretend it's educational is beyond me. Judging from the comments, basically everyone thinks it's a true story. Shame on you.
1. 2cm
2. No
3. 4
4. Coffe
5. 256
Please reply if the answers are correct
@@Dilip1600 number 1,2,3 and 5 are correct. I'm not sure if number 4 is correct cause I don't understand English so well to understand these words exactly.
Dilip Dhali On 2 I said yes, I feel like you can argue t either way though. I’m not sure if a way that definitively says it’s one way or the other though. On 4 I said cupboard because art hangs on a wall (“stored”) so a cup is cupboard, a place where you keep it.
@@LbMeKing 2 in no . The key word is DEFINITELY
Having a low IQ is an unfortunate sign that one will be limited in what they accomplish in life. This is a hard reality that many try to refute, because while IQ is just a number, it represents genuine raw mental performance that translates into real world capabilities. When it comes to visualizing concepts in computer programming, you need a decently high IQ to wrap your head around the unique concepts faced when writing code as efficiently as possible and managing computer resources in order to run and troubleshoot your code.
With that said, IQ and the mental performance it represents doesn’t predestine where you’ll end up in life. There are tons of high IQ individuals out there that have ended up as serial killers or have toiled away at research that doesn’t accomplish anything significant. You can have an average IQ and still do SO MUCH good for the world, to the point where your name could wind up in the history books. Figures like Jesus Christ, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Gandhi, etc. didn’t do anything that required a high amount of intelligence, even if they did possess it. They merely had the courage to do something no one else was willing to do, despite being capable. You don’t need a high IQ to refuse to give up your bus seat. You don’t need a high IQ to understand the power of non-violent protests. Sometimes you just need the initiative to do something that no one else was willing, but capable, of doing in order to be a hero…
1: 2cm
2: Yes
3: 4
4: Cupboard
5: honestly don't know
2: no , it says "some" there is a chance of bargles not being chongos
Number two is NO. Number 5 is 256.
@@swayx3657 how do you know that 'somes'
Are the actually not the chogos
8f theres a chance of not being chogos then theres also for being bargels
And thats what the question about
Btw wtf does bargel and chonos mean
Never heard these words
FUN FACT: $10 incentive can increase your IQ results by up to 20 points
@The Dude i know right
That's called bribes. Some may not be book smart, but being street smart compensates for it.
@@TheDHEL13 na, as in no one bribed anyone. Two test groups, one with incentive one without. One with incentive performed higher on avarage upto 20 points. No one bribed for a higher IQ score
@@GeekOverdose
Very interesting, were these subjects being forced to take the test or did both groups write it voluntarily?
@@dtraindaimyo3377 man, somethibg like that, i didnt read into the details. I would assume, since its a modern day study, that no one is forced to do anything.
As a psychology student i can say this whole story is an creative writing assignment
*psst* quick fix the grammatical error in your comment before incredibely smart people will mention it. It's "a creative" not "an creative"
@@kjkh3104 k
Speaking of errors, “incredibly” has only one “e”.
I really hope this doesn’t come off as me sounding like a jerk... I just kinda figured since you were doing it, it’d be okay. I’m sorry I you get offended. That wasn’t my intention :(
@@georgehajnal2723 'forgotten' has double t :D
XD these replies are gold. Please do not edit em
I know I’m lack of intelligence but
Making this my recommendation broke ma hart
So, now that your brother is suffering in his life, turn your attention to him. Give him love and let him know you are there for him. There's a lot of suffering involved in a gifted person's life.
7:15
"It's almost impossible to improve your score by more than 10 points."
Clearly, you haven't watched Rick and Morty.
Ew I hate American cartoons
@@Ahmed-157 I'm from a 3rd world country and I don't watch trashy western capitalist propaganda
@@Ahmed-157 I just hate the name and the animation
@@cryo_life Boomer
@@cryo_life
You sound like a very boring person
*After claiming that IQ status don't matter, you were afraid to open your IQ test results. Also, after claiming you're not competing with your brother, you talked about how he is a smart guy without a woman in his life and you're the one with a woman in his life.*
*You need time to heal bro.*
The Other Side because he has bad IQ score. this is simple.
S LS yeah and he had the audacity to say “like many smart people he suffered from depression” like wtf why you gotta diss your own brother like that to the whole internet
He isn't disrespecting anyone. Highly intelligent people often suffer from depression, anxiety, low self esteem, and even have a tendency to underestimate their own intelligence. Having a "normal" IQ is probably better for you than being "gifted".
Paul-Napoléon Calland yeah but why expose your brother like that. If he really did suffer from depression I doubt he would like his brother outing him to the whole internet. I’m not saying he’s factually incorrect, he’s just morally wrong for that
@@BenjiM514 I can see your point. If he lives in a country like the USA, where your insurance can cost more if they know you suffer from depression, it's easy to understand why his brother might not want people to know. I suspect that names have been changed to protect privacy, and that they're deliberately "vague" about some of the details for the same reason. Personally, I was looking more at the moral of the story, because he's warning people against assuming that a high IQ means you'll have easy success (something that actually tends to lead to "imposter syndrome" in "gifted" people), so I read "dissing" more as interpreting his mentioning his brother's struggles as him taking potshots out of jealousy, and so missing the point he was trying to make.
Looked at the way you put it, it does raise issues that arise when commenting on someone else's life. For all we know, having only the narrator's point of view, his brother could just as easily be gay or asexual, or doesn't want marriage and children like his older sibling, rather than not having "found the right woman yet". And in contrast to the conclusions we might draw too hastily (the absence-of-relationship-and-children comment just before the "outing" concerning his depression could be a non sequitur), his depression is probably due, at least in part, to a lifetime of trying to live up to other people's expectations, rather than taking care of his own needs. All of which, as I'm sure you agree, it's his business to disclose or not, particularly on the Internet.
I loved this video. Thank you :)
However I don't fully believe that a damage is permanent but it can be however worked on, it's all about reading habits put in by parents, what you sow is what you reap so if the efforts that parents put in a weak child they all will reap the benefits in the future perhaps not up to MIT or PhD though it is possible but at least can very much survive.
Bruh now i just wanted to know his is and he didnt tell :((
IQ doesn't matter than why were you so afraid to open the result?
he's in denial
The moral of the story is that he was able to let go of his resentment of his little brother for being more intelligent than him. Because if you dwell on things you cannot change, you become more and more miserable.
@@benderrodriguez8331 hes basically running away, he could get away from resentment without needing to do what he did. He was basically shaming his brother for being unable to be socially intelligent and calling majority of high iq peeps depressed.
Here made it simplier for you.
I mean, draw whatever conclusion you’d like.. That’s the conclusion I came upon, but everyone’s different. These stories are made to be ambiguous for a reason.
I mean Einstein has smashed more botty than y'all can ever could
Plottwist: The brief in the envelope gave a higher iq score than his brother.
Plot twist, it didn't matter what the final score was. ^^
If tat really happens, it goes to show iq test is not important (as the author proudly claims) or the test is constructed poorly and has poor validity. This is shown from his poor attitude esp towards his brother. Real high IQ people are never insecure of their intelligience and wont compare by putting down others
But that would be inconsistent with him getting average grades earlier in the video.
@CanarS so does high iq matter to you more, or grades?
@CanarS I like u😊
Unpopular opinion: I believe that intelligence is the most important of all traits or gifts someone could benefite from, because, wisely used, it can help you achieve anything that any other gift would proporcionate to whomever has it.
Example of a personal story: I had problems socialicing with people of my age when in highschool, specially with girls; so, I one day decided to treat the issue as a simple math, chess or any other rational area problem, where my intelligence would lead me to an acceptable result, if not an optimal one (after many failings, which is inherent to any of the above subjects), well, I studied how people joined themshelves into groups with others and what made them desireble to others. Observation, reflection and some reading helped me get eventually through, and, believe or not, after some sophist-tication of my speech (linguistic and non linguistic), I hipocritically managed to give people what they wanted in the right doses, and had contacts and girls to hook up with. Eventually, bonds naturally developed like in cheesy hollywood like movies where the main character falls in love with the girl she only had to fuck with for a bet or something, et voil ah! hehe
I'm pretty intelligence, have trouble solving some problems of my life, but I'm tremendously happy of having this intelligence on which I can rely most of the time.
Cheers, dudes!
Doesn't that apply to any situation. Hey great effort btw
How did you treat it as a simple math problem?
I strongly believe that our abilities are not fixed and we can improve at anything on which we invest our undivided focus, time and hardwork
“IQ is meaningless, heres 5 obvious questions so that everyone can be validated by their intelligence!”
Wow, that is just... do not do this format ever again. You laced this thing with a lot of toxic and misrepresented data.
I was really fascinated by watching the video and it did clear some of my doubts. kudos to the creator for making such a meaningful video!
btw answers are :-
1) 2cm
2)Yes
3)4
4)cupboard
5) I couldn't figure it out :P
Thank you so much!!
Is is the n to the 4th power so 4th one is 4x4x4x4 = 256
Btw he answer to the 2nd question is no.
1. Some 'A' are also 'B'.
2. Some 'B' are also 'C'.
Are some 'A' also 'C' with certainty? No, as it's entirely possible with the given information and the overall context that there are 'A+B' things, 'B+C' things, 'A' / 'B' / 'C' things only, as it's possible to not have 'A+C' things. Incidentally, if 'A+C' things do not exist in the given context, it's impossible that 'A+B+C' things exist. I'd love to represent it graphically but youtube comments are not made for that...
the answer
1. 2 cm
2. yes
3. 4
4. cupboard
5. 256
*My IQ tells me that the floor is made out of floor*
My IQ tells me to subscribe to you two because you're funny
{/^_^}/*'
WOOAH BRO THATS CRAZY
9000 iq level right here
Let me tell you the story of a intelligent man
Man with Alzheimer’s forgets he has Alzheimer’s, remembers everything. Genius
u r an epic gaymer, congratulations!
Hmmm
Nice
Is that a paradox
No, man with alzheimers forgets he is stupid, is now smarter than einstein
Interesting. I've delved deep in to philosophy recently and it's amazing how many proverbs we say to one another in our daily lives. "Grass is always greener on the other side" and "Wisdom in your years"/"Respect your elders"
Theres a good reason why these things are said and that is because the more time you spend on this earth listening rather than speaking the better off you will usually be. Anxiety is the ailment of the intelligent. and so is depression. There is something you are not getting because you can't relate to "the normal" person. I choose to be thankful but hate filled towards myself for these reasons. Some call it ADHD I call it the, spice of life. There is no defined path and everybody absolutely has their place on this earth. But the person that chooses to put themself outside of their comfort zone is most probably the one that needs the most support. They however will also be the unsung heros of the world. And for this, I love you. Hang in there, good luck and remember that you have a place here to.
We are all floating around on this rock in the vast void of space trying our hardest to live amongst eachother. It very likely has no meaning. But that doesn't mean you can't make an impact. Nihilism is a philosphical answer to this but your perspective on things is the problem. For myself Nihilism stems from the absence of self love. Get to know yourself but getting to know as many people as you possibly can.
God I hate and love it all at the same time. I wish I could live and die sometimes just to know the answers. It is a plague of the human condition.
"The best lesson learnt is the one you learn yourself"
Some studies have shown that it's not the # of correct answers you get but rather your persistency at getting the right answers that is the best correlation to success.
I know myself. I'm not really good at mathematics, so I skipped the IQ questions and went through the comments section.
Nah
I took advanced math classes and I still can’t subtract properly. I don’t even care lol I’m just not interesting in math or algebra
Rephraseit I just took the Weshler(?) IQ Test, and it was surprisingly a 116-125, yet I act incredibly stupid and am. It really doesn’t matter if it’s high or not, but rather, what you do with it.
So he took that whole test to throw it away?
900000000 iq
“It takes intelligence to do something right. But it takes wisdom to do what’s right.” I will remember this.
Does anyone know what is the name of the soundtrack of this video ?