I realised intelligence is compartmental

CHONNaKFe · 2021-02-02T07:24:45+00:00

Congrats, you have crossed the peak of dunning Kruger graph. It's a sign of maturity and budding wisdom

pat-eymsham · 2021-02-02T09:18:31+00:00

I'm similar to you i think, my advice: Speak as little as you can when talking to people. LISTEN to what they say. When you do speak make sure that each word and syllable is deliberate, and thoughtful, and doesn't have any ad lib. Also if you're anything like me then try to make all of your business meetings as formal as you can where people are less likely to cut you off or where you have to compete for the prospective client's attention.

JohnStrangways · 2021-02-02T13:21:35+00:00

“It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance”.

-Thomas Sowell

You’re more insightful than you know.

It took me a while to realize - and then even longer to accept - that I am of average intelligence. I did very well in school only due to a talent for rote memorization and the ability to recall and apply concepts/formulas that smarter people devised (I’m good at languages, for example).

I’m not good at thinking outside of the box and have a predisposition to impulsive, emotional decision-making rather than being logical at all times. Thankfully I’ve trained myself out of this...mostly.

This means that I’m not suited for entrepreneurship or leadership. I am good at being a second-in-command, trusted lieutenant, or technician operating complex systems (which I could never design or build).

Knowing what your strengths & weaknesses are, and more importantly how to leverage them, is a sign of an intelligent individual. Banging your head against a wall trying to work against the flow without learning from it is not.

ActOutside4853 · 2021-02-02T10:12:23+00:00

Get used to it, now the good news: you need to go freelance and get away from the back stabbers to succeed.

Everybody with any real brains is a generalist. Our education system basically is in the business of creating artificial idiot savants, who are really good at just one thing. This works if you have a functional society, but Nash's Equilibrium works against social funtion over time. So theres a cycle.

Meaning the more scope you have, the better you do in social fluctiations, and the less social dependency, the less backstabbing, and the more long term success.

And doing your own trip, invariably has you learning more stuff.

You'll discover you need to get from code into applications. And boot your own application.

I suggest you look into things that interface code with physical materials.

Then start developing creativity, with an eye towards getting others free.

For example: I'm a creative and knowledgeable guy, and on the edge of doing some serious shit, and my wild card is having a geek buddy found on this forum, to do his thing. No man is an island....

Everybody wants the same things, freedom from the suckie system and security doing it.

Why is solar panel installation the number one job now? Everybody wants freed up from the shitty electric bill.

Why are so many growing food in a mechanized agriculture society?

Everyone wants freed up from that suckie food bill, and to not get poisoned, and to have food security.

It all follows a pattern. When society sucks, everyone wants freedom and security.

Focus your talents on producing something that allows freedom and security.

Its like the CNC guys doing AR parts, just one widget can support you if enough people want it.

AR's are security, and freedom from relying on 911 when seconds count.

Look for a freedom and security product, and bridge to it by whatever means necessary.

SuperSupremeKai · 2021-02-02T09:00:39+00:00

The only thing people like us can do is learn from these experiences.

Wisdom and knowledge comes from those willing to contemplate what happened or what they learned.

prbonfanti · 2021-02-02T13:13:36+00:00

Dunning Kruger effect, to recognized is a good thing, the most damaging people are dumb as rocks who believe themselves geniouses.
Real geniouses are almost inexistent, most of folk can be very good on something and awfull in a lot of another things.
I have the same pattern of being better with tech and bad with people, but i am less and less interested in people too, as world becomes more and more clownish.

ChadLadPronouns · 2021-02-02T17:13:39+00:00

Your conclusion is correct. Accept your weaknesses and play to your strengths. Trying to improve on fundamental traits that are not working is largely pointless. That is effort you could be putting in to improve on your strengths.

People intelligence / emotional intelligence is a fake female form of intelligence. Mature people who need you for your services are not going to give a shit if you are likable. You can always work with someone you do not like, if the work is important. We are not children.

Soggytp · 2021-02-02T10:10:47+00:00

Yep, look at how many of the brightest men are religious.

Kentemo · 2021-02-02T17:42:07+00:00

Look up ''Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences''.

It's not that black or white. Most people are intelligent in one way or another.

plainnsimpleforever · 2021-02-03T03:54:18+00:00

I felt the same thing in tennis which I played at a high level when young. I had lots of talent but would lose to the grinders, the guys who just got every ball back. Took me the longest time to figure-out how to beat them.

MGTOWMGTOW2020 · 2021-02-03T14:19:55+00:00

it is just another aspect of gynocentrism, because women are good for nothing. execpt.... people intelligence / emotional intelligence

__raskolnikov · 2021-02-03T21:48:20+00:00

I'm similar, and although it's quite painful (at least it was for me) to realize that you missed out on a whole area of what this life is, stop thinking you're doomed staying like this. People who have natural social skills mostly learnt these as children having assertive parents, but still, they learnt it, meaning you can learn it too. I'm not saying you'll become someone you're not, but only having the knowledge already makes a world of difference. It'll help you navigate treacherous waters, read people more easily, protect your own interests better, while still being true to your nature. I was raised by parents who gave me absolutely zero social knowledge, and I had to learn it the hard way after being taken advantage of many times (at work, in relationships - friends or women). When you come to that realization you'll always think "how could I find this out this late?!" (in my case, it really hit around 29/30, and I was like damn, I really blew my 20s because of this lack of knowledge and not being smart enough to develop it), but it's never too late, some people learn such truth at 50, some never really do. I think that psychology should be in the toolset of any man, and it is often overlooked as something womanly or not worthy of interest especially among tech people/engineers and the like.

Stalwart88 · 2021-02-02T10:11:55+00:00

If you can understand a moderately complex MMORPG - you can understand financial markets. If you hustle hard enough, in a decade the only human you have to talk to will be your accountant

loneBroWithCat · 2021-02-02T23:09:09+00:00

Literally me

Title	I realised intelligence is compartmental
Author	i_am_your_hemeroid
Upvotes	57
Comments	30
Date	February 2, 2021 6:40 AM UTC (5 years ago)
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