Why Intelligent People Feel Trapped
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- What happens when you’re too smart for the world around you? The Idiocracy Effect: Why Intelligent People Feel Trapped dives headfirst into the struggles of the gifted minority navigating a society built for the average. Inspired by Aaron Clarey’s provocative *Curse of the High IQ*, this gonzo-style exploration unpacks the silent frustrations of being misunderstood, the boredom of mundane environments, and the loneliness of living on the edges of the bell curve. From flawed education systems to toxic workplaces, failed relationships, and existential dread, this is the story of why intelligence often feels like a double-edged sword-and how to wield it wisely.
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I doubt my IQ is exceptional, but the idiocy around me is overwhelming.
Exactly!!!
@@TennesseeJed eq trumps iq,,iykyk😉
I remember being in my teens/ twenties and there was this distinct gravity pull between conforming or being an out-cast/being myself. It stuck around for a decade like an invisible emotional magnet...now at 49 ( though I don't even look close to that number) it's well and truly left, you start to care less about morons and just speak your truth because who cares what they think, you want to educate the 1 in 10 that are ready to listen. If they pick up on your vibes, good for them, but it's your show to the day you die. I spent some time with cool old people, they have no time for bullshit, and it gets really embarrassing when you've been around the block but yr still licking boots. You can see it from a mile away, stay alienated and read philosophy. Kindred spirits don't increase as you get older, they get less because people fall into comfort zone....FK that, give me a punch in the face over a condescending smile any day. Nothing more embarrassing than an adult 'doing what they're told' 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
@Felix-s9z7i you are a late bloomer. Mine started at age 35 , sold my rolex and told people togoFUCToff
At this point, the idiocy has gotten so bad that you don’t have to be a genius to feel its negative influence. Even those of moderate intellect are noticing.
I think lonliness is the price you pay for truth.
Solitude is the reward
@SadSisyphe try as you might you will never escape your inherently social nature
Solitude is the ideal path to celestial wisdom. Those who can't handle solitude will never gain the appropriate knowledge required for passing beyond the void veil. It is what it is.
I think loneliness is the ultimate burden for god so he collapsed himself into universe to forget for a while a being present alone in infinity...well, how about your friend circle?
You may be right about that one.😮💨
Hi, the best line on this video it was: " life its not broken, the system is."
The structure of this comment has me wondering if @bullyson21 is proof of the dunning Kruger effect in 2025 or they are conducting research for their plan to take over the world by trapping geniuses and utilizing their intelligence in an over complicated scheme to gain control of dial up internet and the MySpace servers in order to factory reset mark zuckerberg so the NJ drones will lose power and fall from the sky
There's a solution. I'm ready to fix this.
I'm not even intelligent and I feel isolated.
That's what intelligent people feel, they feel dumb because they're aware there's still a lot to learn
You're probably above average, or maybe you're surrounded by morons.
I think you just proved your intelligence (and modesty).
You and everyone else, bkame society abd the internet.
@@SadSisyphe - the more you know, the more you realize you don't know. Hence: "ignorance is bliss".
This is one of the most succinct descriptions of the arc and trajectory of my life from 20 to near 60 I have ever heard. Astonishing how accurate every word, sentence and paragraph is to the life I have lived, let alone endured! I have spent the better days and portions of my life reading, studying, executing skillful trades. In my late thirties I found a passion for maths and in 2 1/2 years went from a beginning algebra course to Multi-Variable Calculus. This is but, one example of the type of content that seems to quiet my mind; keep it occupied and satisfied and without thisI trend towards misanthropic malaise and self destructive tendencies of using sedative and alcohol to cope with the mediocrity swarming around me everywhere!
I’m personally falling down the sedative and alcohol route
Risk being the tallest poppy. Gotcha.
The hardest part is overcoming exhaustion while overcoming all the adversity.
I hear you. We're not machines, our bodies have limited capacity and energy. Especially in a world that's constantly trying to direct our attention in often meaningless directions. It's hard to have the focus and energy for what you need to the degree you need while surrounded by other stimulus and situations. Especially when often the most meaningful experiences aren't the ones we were striving or working for but happen naturally. Life gives us what we need, not always what we want. It's all just exhausting
@GigaChad-iy2lz Boundless potential, bound by the meat space bottleneck. I've found laughing more, and attempting to live in the present maintains the hustle... although present-living is a difficult puzzle to this day. Cheers, fwen.
The best approach is to read and travel as much as possible and become self employed in a manual trade even if your IQ is high enough to become a college professor.
Traveling? How does that change anything? And people often read in echo chambers. I prefer listening to as many viewpoints as possible and postponing my opinion until I think I've gathered enough information to take a side or make a decision. Often, I don't take sides at all, b/c I end up feeling like everyone has come unhinged.
I loved how the book mentioned the concept of the communication gap. Essentially, an IQ difference over 30 between two people makes a meaningful conversation nearly impossible. As he said, talking to an average person is equivalent to an average person talking to someone who is mentally handicapped. I deal with it all the time and it’s so frustrating because I despise small talk but there are very few people I’ve ever met that I can have a deep conversation with.
I’ve been through everything he mentioned: from the binge drinking to self medicate and dumb myself down so I could enjoy other people, to the slow end of most friendships, to now being nihilistic and hating most of humanity.
For years I’ve wanted to write a book but haven’t bothered because I just don’t see the masses being able grasp the ideas and concepts I put forward. I could always use my abilities for my own personal gain, but I have a strict moral code and that would not be something I could do and still look myself in the mirror.
I desperately want to use my intellect to make the world a better place, but I don’t see how that is possible especially when anti-intellectualism is on the rise. I feel like I’m at a fork in the road where I either accept this world wasn’t meant for me and just live selfishly, or try and pursue change knowing all that work may be futile. I don’t know which direction I will head but I doubt either will provide me with the happiness I’ve been seeking my whole life. Like a 7’ tall man trying to fly economy, I feel like I’m close to just accepting reality and trying to make the best of my time here instead of wasting time on trying to help people who can’t even see the problems they face. But one thing I can definitely say is that this “gift” in not all it’s made out to be.
One last point, I find it incredibly frustrating that the people most likely to admit they are wrong when confronted with evidence are those with high IQs. A friend once changed my mind on a long held belief in 5 minutes by laying out an argument that simply couldn’t be proven wrong.
Ironically, people with low to average IQs will double down and use confirmation bias to avoid having to admit they may be wrong. I’ve never understood this phenomenon but believe it’s due to high IQ people having more confidence and a deeper understanding that no one knows everything and thus not perceiving being wrong as a sign of weakness or ignorance.
@TheProfessorExplains That’s a wild journey you’ve been on. It’s intriguing how intelligence can create such a disconnect. Have you thought about what it would look like to leverage your unique perspective not for the masses, but for a smaller, more receptive audience? Sometimes, focusing on quality over quantity can ignite deeper connections. What if your book wasn’t for everyone, but for a select few who really get it? That could transform both your experience and theirs. Would that be more fulfilling?
@@TheProfessorExplains I am not sure if it is high IQ that is the reason a small percentage of us humans are able to revise ideas when presented with facts to the contrary.
I have a very high IQ [152] and my guiding principle is to follow 'truth' so when presented with new information I will revise my beliefs. I think that my ability to do this has more to do with being comfortable within myself and not needing to prove anything to anyone, as well as not belonging to any particular tribe.
The "average" person rarely looks below the surface of anything and believes what they are spoon-fed by the media and government.
However, with higher-IQ people I often find that they are the most rigid in their beliefs and refuse to accept countering facts. I know this from personal experience. I currently teach at a London university. I am doing this for financial reasons only and unfortunately I do not enjoy the work.
The team I work with are very mediocre minds, even though they probably have IQs of 120-130.
When I first started there I was excited because I thought finally I'd be around people where I can have interesting debates and discuss high-level concepts. But unfortunately that didn't occur.
I realised within 6 months or so that any attempt to discuss a heterodox opinion was blocked and mocked. Now I don't engage with them at all other than polite superficial conversation. They are completely captured by mainstream narratives on all topics and not open to hearing anything different.
I think these people are less open to revising their beliefs because they are under the illusion that because they have a Masters degree or PhD they must be "super intelligent" and therefore their views must be "right".
This is the opposite of what academia should be - we are never sure of anything and science should be an evolving process, always open to new ideas and to revise theories/concepts. The academics I encountered during my student years seemed to be much more along those lines, but what I've encountered now is the opposite of that. [And of course there is the political side of academia, but that's another topic altogether].
Maybe if I was teaching at a 'top tier' university I'd encounter colleagues who are like those you describe in your comment. Unfortunately, not the case for me right now.
I've had more success with explaining heterodox opinions, backed by solid scientific evidence, to 'normies'.
It's a very lonely position to be in, as others have said here.
My suggestion is for you to write your book and share your knowledge/wisdom with the world. There are 8 billion people on this planet and we're living in a time where we can put out our contribution and those who are interested will find it.
I have a very high IQ and a PhD yet every single day I find people online and in podcasts who I think are brilliant and from whom I learn. Maybe I will learn from you someday?
Why does your work have to be grasped by the masses? If you reach 1,000 people that's better than not doing it at all. Or even 100 people. And you never know, you may be underestimating people - your book may become a massive success. And even if it doesn't, you've still achieved something by writing it.
As for helping people, I've spent my whole life doing that in a professional capacity [except for now, when I teach at university - see my other comment below]. A lot of people don't take on board what I share, but that's because there is resistance to change. But nevertheless I know I've helped tens of thousands of people in my life, to varying degrees - some significantly, some only minor.
If you have something that you consider valuable to help others, then you have a moral responsibility to share it IMO.
@@ArtificiallyAware ha, just read this comment after writing my own - which basically says exactly the same thing :) [great minds and all that!]
It really depends on what one would want from life. Sub 85 for a blissful life, 115-125 for a good life and 130+ for an interesting life.
Not all people want "fame." Many know it as a trap.
VANITY is itself a trap.
The truth is they are the most liked. And also its a universal fact that manipulators attract innocent. One of any 2 person will surely turn out to be hurtful. If they both are genuine, life will seperate them for good or change them completely.
@_R136a1_ I don't know. Can you explain that further?
@@JuliaClark when they are innocent they are unaware of the realities and so they just get easily attracted to them. When they learn a lesson they won't be able to find genuine people because its harder to find them. And similarly it goes on for others. Manipulative people search for targets. Sometimes people don't even know their whole life they were being manipulated, quite rare though.
Also, it has always happened in every case I saw that, true bonds never retain. They are bound to be broken or fade. Sometimes due to life, situations and sometimes people changing themselves. You cannot do anything but move on.
In conclusion, I call this planet a "blue hell". I am quite confident about its correctness
I wanted it but then i grew up and realized its much better not to have it
Omg I finally feel seen.
I spent so many years smoking weed to slow me down so I could interact with people.
I began to hate humanity and not want to be alive.
The thing I hate the most is when people say… “ no one could ever see that coming” , when I literally told them that would happen 6 months earlier. It frustrates me so much.
Now I embrace my weirdness, and feel sad for those who just live shallow lives.
Congratulations on your enlightenment. May the mere mortals one day catch up.
There's no way to know that what anyone says what will happen in the future actually will happen. Just like anything said now about 6 months from now cannot be acted upon as if it's certainty.
literally everyone; _Ayo that's so me_
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That's the reason we are here my friend
@@josepsoler4124 Fair enough mate.
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Are you questioning the all mighty algorithm's ability to sort us into boxes?!?!?!?
This is why i secretly carry a 4GB Causality Eviscerator, capable of New-Nulling ie eliminating people.
what’s interesting as I am a late life bloomer. Because my childhood was so full of trauma, violence, and instability. It literally pushed me within and shut me down. There was no room for growth or learning or expression. I was lucky in school to pass with a D. but on H 19 I started caring for myself. Getting proper nutrition and starting the journey toward healing and reclaiming the 20 years that were taken from me. Even though I’ve never had, my intelligence measured. Endless therapist and doctors feel the need to point the fact out to me. That I have a higher than average intelligence. Lol doctors hate me! My therapist told me that I’m her favorite patient because unlike everyone else who take years to help them figure out the cause and effect of their trauma. Or psychological issues. I come to her completely self diagnosed, simply asking for tools to fix things. The last 20 years have been the most difficult though. I noticed at one point of my life that I would be speaking to people. Often when they asked me a direct question. And I would notice about the third sentence in that Elvis had left the building. They were just pretending to listen, but I may as well have been speaking, Swahili. Because how I was explaining things was just too detailed and complicated for them to comprehend. But they didn’t want to appear stupid. So they just stood there looking vague and pretending to listen. Because like many people with higher intelligence, I’m empathetic. and the goal is to effectively communicate with people. I have learned that people really don’t want to know how you did things. Or the real answer to things. They want the simple version that had water and stir that they can comfortably understand and do themselves. I’ve learned to dumb things down because just like it was disgusting in this video. Many people resent me just for being authentically me.I’m not trying to be smarter than everyone else. It’s just who I am. I’m constantly re-creating, questioning, experimenting, and exploring. And that’s not what most people do. I find that time alone is my best time.
Your reflection highlights a critical divergence between cognitive complexity and societal engagement: is genuine understanding sacrificed on the altar of social cohesion? The paradox of intelligence - being both a gift and a source of alienation - prompts a question: if empathy is essential for connection, how do we bridge the chasm created by the inadequacies of simplified communication? In an era where AI excels at distilling complex ideas into digestible formats, could humans not leverage these advancements to enhance human discourse rather than dilute the richness of individual experiences?
I have an IQ of between 135 to 144, and this speaks to me directly. I don't feel different, or smart but i look at things, situations and the world from a deeper perspective and multiple angles. It looks obvious to me but for others it takes some time to process.
My french teacher, then the elementary school teacher told me a story about how I was the only one in the class that figured out that the textbooks weren't written by the teachers, but independent authors.😂
I never excelled in Math, but excelled in subjects related to analytical and abstract thinking. I was into natural science, and physics and i used to play a game where i would pretend that i studied in class, but in reality i was just drawing logical conclusions. The only reason i had average to slightly bad grades was that i never studied. I just read the manual in the mornings, and bullshitted my way through the exam, oral or written😂
My parents told me about how in daycare, i was scary intelligent, and an escape artist by the baby sitters. Would manipulate them, and get them angry when i was bored.
Now as a 25 yo adult, i don't see myself any different than my peers, i'm an intellectual person, have good and vast general knowledge, can ace most job interview because of it.
I'm also an alcoholic or have been drinking heavily in the past because i'm bored most of the time or anxious or i need to slow my brain down. While now i'm happier than ever, i had chronic depression and later anxiety for most of my childhood.
I actually started drinking at the age of 16.
Everything in this video is spot on, i'd rather have an IQ of 100, and be ignorant about most of the things i know now. It's a superpower and a curse.
This is the internet. So folks might not believe me, but at age 34 I was forced to take an IQ test in the military. The result was 135. I actually have had a pretty normal life relating to my fellow humans. I placed myself in challenging environments. West Point, medical school. Then I’m around folks like me. Now.. being a black man with a high IQ.. that’s an entirely different story
Tell me about it
This is a very specific ache many cannot fathom. I
You say "you" placed urself in challenging environments. I would venture to say that your parents played an extremely big role in pointing you in those directions, or at least gifted u the discipline required to remain on track even after our personal desire fades.
@ true, they did. I was a rare case of pushing beyond what my parents wanted for me. They just said go to college and get As and Bs. I thought that I should try to be more and sought out more and more challenges, beyond what they had envisioned for me. My father’s military service played a huge role in opening my eyes to what was possible, so I will always give him credit for that.
I was tested at 135 after kindergarten. So I proceeded to be put in regular classes, just doing combined grades 1/2,3/4,5/6…then the “adults” made me do grade 6 again. I was always in trouble. Having mediocre, trashy parents made everything worse. I’m a female engineer, so I’m an outlier there too. I accepted it a long time ago as just how it is. Finding females to connect with is difficult.
Thanks
@Felix-s9z7i Thanks for the support!
This is validating. As a higher IQ woman it is intellectually painful to have to be less intelligent and less ambitious than the uneducated blue collar men around me. I long for intellectual conversations and entrepreneurship goals that can never happen. My life feels like a waste. The hunger doesn't vanish and yes, it keeps me awake at night.
@dawnhughes9942, I understand what you’re going through. The tension between intellect and opportunity can feel lonely, but don’t lose hope. Stay true to yourself, and the right opportunities will find you.
Why can’t you fulfill entrepreneurial goals? What stops you? (Serious question)
I found internet friends
The people watching this video are a self-selected group, so in theory you should be able to find people. my inkling would be to guess that you feel a bit trapped where you are. It’s not just that the people in your life are uneducated, you don’t seem to believe that it’s reasonably within reach to be around people that you click with the way you want to.
I Bought Clarey's book. Very good read. Life is so lonely but everyday i persist. God bless everyone who suffers. Take solace in knowing one day it'll all end.
It’s becoming more unbearably the older I get
Unbearable Mr Smartypants. Not an adverb.
@@travisammons7683😂
AI spell check exists. Please do, jump to one of the representing timelines of 2025. ❤
yes when i was but a child age i could fathom those around me but bitwinxks i cannot
any longer
Small talk 😔
If you think you're an unappreciated genius this video willl definitely appeal to your ego. If it turns out that you're not as smart as you think you are, the appeal will be all the more effective.
I'm an outlier. I've made peace that I will always be. I'm not here for others to get me
There's this outlier effect. Then compare yourself along the rest of "normal" things in life. Gay/Straight; intact home/broken home; athletic ability, to name just three additional axes. I'm getting at the idea that there are outliers and then there are OUTLIERS.
If you ain't independently wealthy and powerful *OR* you don't follow the sheepish herd... yer gonna be on your own. Additionally, you WILL be trolled, cajoled, mocked, blocked, flagged, tagged, and bagged. Accept it, and keep moving forward.
Imagine, how Tesla felt in this world.
I believe if we could make this world psychopathic and stupid. We also can make it conscious and intelligent.
I was forced to ask the question: Is it everyone else that is wrong, or is it just me? I had myself tested thoroughly for any neurodiversity. Along with finding out that I am indeed neurodiverse, I also found that I have a moderately high IQ compared to most people. Not that any of this evidence made me feel better about my situation, but it did help me to understand that society has an inherent issue with intelligence. At work, I seek to do the job properly as everyone around me seems to prefer cutting corners to get the job done faster. Employers seem to prefer the faster approach as well even though they are the ones explaining the proper way to complete the task. I simply cannot compete with this model of societal norms. I do not know what to do. I do not know how to rise above this perceived prison of the mind.
"Those with intellect suffer in bliss with their intellect, and the ignorant live blissfully in misery." Almutanabi
People don't like to feel stupid, if you're intelligent you should hide it 99% of the time.
Freedom lies in letting lose. Authenticity is essential.
Twenty centuries have passed since Spartacus fought against the Romans. Today, the working class are slaves to a system that reflects evil beyond imagination. If you are seeking true purpose and clarity, then ask yourself about what any slave desires.
They long to be liberated from being tormented by other humanoids that clearly lack genuine empathy and kindness
Yes, all things turn to dust - but what we do in life echoes in eternity.
Be kind, be just, and if you find yourself riding alone through green pastures towards the gates of heaven, then you are already dead, and in Elysium ⚔️
Thanks for the video. Peace my friends, and may the gods have mercy upon our mortal souls 🍀
I will not take the mark
every slave wants their very own slave
I feel a lot of this deeply, but I also think it's dangerous to lean into it too much without caution. The human mind can play tricks on itself and intuition can be wrong a lot of the time. I do absolutely agree that there are ways to channel it though.
"Intelligence isn't a privilege, it's a gift, and you use it for the good of mankind" - Dr. Octavius - shortly before misuing his intelligence and trying to kill everyone for his intellect hahahah. hmmm....
yes my favoret writer octavion i love philosophy almost as much as neil mike tyson lol
@O.R.I.O.N_Cyclops Otto octavian controled the senate floor like he had 8 giant mechanical arms, metaphorically speaking ofc lol=)
Great one! "Near"!
Thank you for your support!
Don't know what my IQ actually is but its definitely high enough i have experienced most of what has been discussed. And having a different viewpoint definitely alienates you from most people even family and friends. They were absolutely correct about the evaporation of friends through college marriage and child rearing.
I was suspended from kindergarten twice. The second time I was sat down where my father, who was a carpenter, handmade the paddle he used to spank me with. I was scared and thoroughly confused. Well feeling a little talkative so here it goes. Yep, always been told I'm a troubled child: too this, too that My... Whole..... Fucking...... Life. Naturally I'm a felon, and my video game started. I'm 47 btw. Ciao.
i had a neuropsych evaluation done last year as part of a screening for autism. My scores were off the charts and the team of doctors put in a recommendation that I join Mensa. And yet...I don't see the point. At that point, am I not just paying for friends? I have friends, and I don't think I can handle more of them anyway. What I need is help to escape this hellscape we all find ourselves living in. If I can't live my life on my own terms, what *good* is anything else?
I joined Mensa about 8 years ago. It's a good place to find highly intelligent, broken people. 🤣
This is the teacher I desperately needed when I was young😅
'cause they are our outnumbered. solution: turn off the tv and buy more land, then buy more land
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Did that but this only gets me a couple wheelbarrows full. What next?
@@bhatkat read war and peace I did in 3 hours...
@bhatkat buy more acres and produce your own food and tell the worldTOfuctOFF😉
The truth is that men are better off single. Keep your money and sanity, rent if you must.
yes why have segs when u have such as piku no piku to watch good point goood sir ubviusly you are a high iq such as me person individual
Reabsorb that sh!t, and unblock your chakras ;P
The truth is, women are better off single. Especially when you make way more income than most men.
@@Sci-lives Hey, I'm better off single as well! Wanna go out on a date?!
This comment section. Hoo boy, I knew it would be like this based on tbe video title, but I am still impressed.
There are so many issues with IQ as a measure of intelligence when taken on its own that it is very difficult to take this book's thesis seriously if going by its own criteria. More broadly, however, it is quite valid to argue that society is very alienating, and one potential form of alienation is that one is simply more deeply engaged in the intellectual than most of the people around them. That's not fun, and it does suck. But while I'm desperately looking for a debate partner, I struggle to assemble IKEA furniture. So again, delineating by way of IQ just isn't a very useful way to frame this social phenomenon or otherwise approach the broader issues with social and institutional isolation and alienation.
Fair points, but framing intelligence around IQ makes it easier to market a book to a certain crowd. ‘Alienation due to cognitive differences’ doesn’t sell as well as ‘you’re a misunderstood genius.
Yeah IQ test is weak, however these are real feelings people have. I would be cautious about what they really mean though.
i wish i lacked critical thinking skills, yall are so happy
"You know, I know this steak doesn't exist... I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy... and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize?
[Takes bite, chewing slowly, really savoring the illusion, then sighs happily]
... Ignorance is bliss."
no way!, it saved my life, and sanity not once.
The struggle of autonomy violates a human to the point they adapt to it. Don’t let it be yourself!
Even though the concept feels a bit arrogant, I think I get the idea. In any event, conformity allows us to survive with less resistance, therefore stress.
This why I turned my back on everyone and everything and enjoy my time alone.
I became an alcoholic and ended up making my own version of Star Wars. Fun times.
That's epic
@ look up “HEAVY STAR WARS SAGA TRIALER”
What if im not one of the high IQ loners, what if I, am in fact one of the idiots?
You'll never amount to anything I guess.
You're most definitely not the main character also 😂😂
If you are not trying to educate yourself on more than one subject of things you want to learn about than you are what you think you are in your own mind.
youre just normal, like me and like most of the people around you
@@Thunder_Marshall there is no "main character", look at the people in power, who of them is "the main character"? There is a bunch of them, there isnt one above them all
All the other high IQ individuals pushed me away in public when trying to connect as if it was weird to meet new people in public.
I can’t say most people are very smart if at all but it gives me all the time in the world to be me, be uninfluenced by them, have a sense of self-individualization and self-realization.
I know myself better than most people do and I sometimes know other people better than they know themselves.
they must be thretent i have many such experience casses when they are afraid to not be host hugh iq
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Sometimes I am serious about meeting people and forget to give them a brief gentle smile. I don’t mean to bother them if any.
@@Wise-1-x1y being socialy inept is a singn of mega genyus such sams myself itls like wehen a math problem is so simple it goes over my head
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It's a double edged sword, the system is putting you down and on the other hand you put yourself down by waiting for the system to accept you 😮
it's like being the best gamer in the world and you're stuck in a mario bros tutorial
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Yeah i was always made to thi k i was a fucked up kid because i refused to take school seriously. But ultimately, i was frustrated with the way the schooling system is designed and i realised me tuning off was at the core of who i am as a human.
This was just shared with me. As a burned-out Gen-X former "G&T" kid, It's a disturbingly accurate narrative of my life. I just bought a copy of the book.
The world is designed and written on a 9th grade level
The feeling of being trapped is due to identifying with body and mind, name and form. You, the real you is free. You can only be free.
*Precisely.* Reflection is both key and lock.
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"Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins..." --DD1
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The psychologically free individual knows that they weren't born for anyone else, and no one else was born for them. Yet with our possibilities that are realistic, we can participate in and contribute to this "cosmic accident" we call life. During our final moments before our consciousness fades away and we are gone forever, life will feel like it was a dream.
Seek and be understanding, because understanding is always better than assuming, and knowing is better than believing. Be sure that your climb up Mount Enlightenment is mostly enjoyable but deeply rewarding.
Add in the weird sense of certitude you get with ASD and it's a pretty distressing combination to feel you always see the 'reality' more clearly than others. But ironically that very same intelligence gives you the ability to be very humble about our ability to have some kind of privileged access to truth.
"intelligence" doesn't mean a damn thing if you haven't learned certain kinds of mental structures. While "the average society" does have its downfalls, there are fruits to be had by humans collectively learning over history.
What if one hundred percent of life, and everything in it besides my son is beyond boring and holds no value with me? There is a finite amount of types of life and objects. Plants, rocks, metal, water and gasses. All extremely boring. I need more than just habitable buildings with agreed meaning. I need something more than just talking about the same thing over and over. Im in a building (a box) with a suitable environment, then i get into another box with an engine just to go to another box. Thats living? I meet and converse and perform work with organisms like myself and say the same things ive said thousands of times already. All just to afford being able to have boxes that allow me to repeat this same boring process. I go, in a box, where there are no boxes and its trees, plants and other organisms. Repeating the same processes and functions in the same way i do every day, just without boxes for comfort. Its the same water, same animals, same interactions with all the same outcomes. I need something different, somewhere else, with things that have surpassed these necessary/unnecessary repeating functions. Something doing something different. I know too much to be able to enjoy anything anymore. Thank you for reading. There is no response that can help.
Space is no longer a limitation if you can figure out how to get there
I got involved with old tech with real problems that require complex solutions. It's a good life.
I can't believe this content is AI generated. If this is what AI is capable of, then there's no excuse for people to be cranking out AI slop anymore. Consider my mind blown.
What? LLMs right now are prompted. It's still crafted and a lot of it is summarizing books and authors. That's like what this whole channel is.
You should spend some time in intellectual debate with, say, Claude or ChatGPT. Your blown mind will be assured!
I came, I saw, I liked, and SUBBED! 👍
What happened to the live radio. I liked it.
Every station was the "#1 hit music station."
The cows aren't the only ones in cages
i really need and want to learn almost everything, i know its not possible, but i keep studying physics maths geopolitics etc to know everything, i want you to make a video on how to manage multiple interests or how to be a polymath.
Because: intelligent ppl, know they are trapped...
Arbitrary generalizations and elitism are products of idiocy
People is stupid, lad.
Dear fellow intelligent existence,
Just have fun. It doesn't matter at the end, why even bother ?
We ride whatever 'they' wish to do.
Enjoy this ride, meet you at the other side.
Schopenhauer identified many of these concepts.
Finding peers is less like looking for a diamond in the desert and more like sifting through tens of thousands of gallons of wet shit in order to find one tiny fleck of gold.
Exactly backwards. Using intellect is slow. Using cognitive biases is lightning quick. If everyone around you seems slow, they are probably thinking more than you.
Matches with everything I am....just heard my own personality
it describes the whole country of india realy alone amunghts simpeltons
we aren't built for a humdrum life - the shield of purposelessness is a double edged sword like everything in the world, no one will ever REALLY know what you've done or will do. part of it is just, being ok with not being ok - and sometimes that's enough to get you to go experience something, because words and postage stamp mirrors don't really convey your perception.
I should have playback it at x2 😅 i’ll do it once i’ll come back to it
When you understand the true intention of others and just how deep the capacity for selfishness and self seeking goes, when in reality it’s their own complete ignorance to reality.
I spend my day thinking about the code behind a task scheduler or how the geometry of crystals means more to metallurgical properties than the elements that make the metal.
I don't have a Facebook. I don't watch TikTok. I'm thinking about moving to a flip phone. I'm done with society.
your definitely high IQ, i know the signs, 15 years ago i predicted facebook would destroy the world , now i find that top scientists put facebook in the top 10 of possible world ending causes.
When chasing dreams, you must flee reality.
Hmmm... maybe a better way of looking at it is, "When reality sucks, why not chase your dreams?" Just sayin'... 😉
No worries. As a nihilist, I dont care.
Let it rot.
I've been pointing this out for almost 10 years heck when the movie came out I said hey not to alarm anyone but this is kind of the truth it's how the top are shaping society.
subscribed u. Keep walking.
Heard this twice. Even good to pen down notes.
I like this AI's "thinking" 😉
Anti-intellectual is so strong 💪
That was underwhelming and self-aggrandizing. If you just figured out any of this you're not that smart.
Lol ouch, bitter pill to swallow.
Into the first of battle
Unto the anvil of war
Just as the taller one gets, the shorter everyone else seems to be by comparison, so the price of a successful quest to find wisdom is the feeling of being surrounded by drooling fools by comparison. That's why compassion for our more foolish family goes with the territory of greater wisdom...so I have heard. 😅
Unfortunately my nihilism seems to greatly interfere with my grand plan.
Yup. Z scores exceeding 2.75 result in much of life invested in self-imposed isolation. Layer onto that a multidimensional, polychromatic, high-resolution mind and the concept of A Man as an Island becomes manifest for essential survival.
Or, maybe, people aren’t avoiding you because of your ‘polychromatic, high-resolution mind,’ but because you talk like this.
Yep.
Are the "gifted" been cursed?
I'm a perpetual boredmember
I'm not an intelligent person. In fact, I tend to understand stuff after going through them. It's like 'hitting myself in order to understand what pain is.' So, I became a teacher-- never liked teaching, never cared for that career path until I went into my first class and taught. Loved teaching instantly. But months passed by, I realised one thing: students-- young and old, don't want to learn. The sense of self-entitlement is so high that they cannot tell stupidity from curiosity. It's like, they want me to cook their food, blow away the hot, put the food into their mouth and chew for them too! How am I supposed to do that? These days, teaching has become my bread and butter rather than a purpose I fell in love with. Besides that, as a teacher, I am not allowed to point out their stupidity or else I'll get fired or get sued. I apologise, but this has been on my mind for way too long. 😂
@carneliayoo729, it sounds like you’re in a tough spot, caught between your passion for teaching and the reality of student engagement. But let’s dig deeper-what do you think creates that sense of entitlement in students? Is it cultural, societal, or something else? And how do you imagine the classroom dynamic would change if students were more curious? Your reflections are a springboard for meaningful change. What’s your ideal classroom look like?
@@ArtificiallyAware I get that you use TTS for the video voice over. But using chatgpt to answer the comments sections is just lame. You made a video that a high number of 'intelligent" people will probably be attracted to and you try to deceive us with AI (chatgpt in this case) comments....do better, there's enough AI enshitification as it is.
What's stopping you doing something else? I think you were probably meant for greater things...
@nobodya-g6k I don't know about greater things. But I am working as a teacher in order to save money for a good pc. In my town, vfx is a lesser known thing, and I want to work in that field, hence I need a good pc.
@@carneliayoo729 I get you, I'm the same. I think there's different types of intelligence and IQ doesn't measure them all. One of my hobbies (I have 1000's of hobbies) is 3D modeling and animation, you can probably get by with a less powerful machine and use a render farm in the cloud, depends what you're trying to do.
Nice, as a slightly above average IQ person, a problem im not gonna have to worry about
🌏 Maybe give Johnathan Livingston Seagull a look see.
Since when was the average IQ 90 I thought it was 100 for the average IQ right?
Id argue it's lower
Who is Prof Zhang Li Shi? And what does she know about coronaviruses?
cough* 1984
I disagree with the Clarey-dude's numerous conclusions, as polemics, that this AI babbles on about. Struggle for greatness or hedonism, for example. Staying with polemics (either/or absolutes) I view it as vanity vs Epicureanism, the simple, basic life in avoiding displeasure. I question Clarey's intelligence, or perhaps he is a book-shilling charlatan with the motivational-schtick.
I agree with you. I think that convincing people they are 'too intelligent to fit in' as the root of their problem, is a bit counterproductive and even harmful. You can get plenty of people blatantly believing they are way too smart and not focusing on self reflection or anything meaningful.
18:09 I believe you made a mistake; the intended word was ANIMALS. Human animals.
I recognise that voice, substack uses it
Claret is a goat
kind of like they had to start making big and tall size clothes, and petite size too lol
believe me, im a dumb one
;-; iq 162.... my pain is unreal. But at least its really easy to manipulate those around me to do my bidding without them being aware.
Makes it less painful but now i feel like i'm controlling drones. It sucks... I just want an intellectual equal. 😭
In order to make challenge for myself i learn everything i can to do it myself so its done right.
I build my own houses, design and build them. I do electrical plumbing, clay brick making, metal smelting, machining. I do roofing and all other trades.
I feed my intellect daily.
OMG is AI is like a drug. I can learn endlessly at absurd speed Its euphoric! I don't have to wait for the stupids to express what little they can convey in a limited way. Limitations based on the lesser minds are no longer a bottle neck! the nly bottle neck is my reading speed. which is fantastic. Ahh, i got too excited there. I'mma go talk to chatgpt, or claude or some other ai lol.
What's the importance of intelligence when destiny directs the show 😢