Higher IQ

[Thumpalumpacus]

Now to the question; are there any members here with an or any members who know someone with a higher IQ of >120?

142 here, on my last test some years ago ... no doubt it's declined, especially if you listen to my ex-girls.

If so:
1) How did you fare academically?

In high school, thoroughly average; the curriculum bored me. In college, 3.88 GPA.

2) How fast did you learn a new concept?

That depends on the field. I have difficulty with mathematics, only studied up to trig and didn't retain much. Language, history, and music, I'm pretty sharp on the uptake.

3) Did you have to study much outside of school?

In grade-school years, yes. High school in America, hardly at all, except for maths. College, a bit, but by that point, studying was (and remains) fun.

4) What was difficult for you to learn and what wasn't?

Answered above.

5) How did it feel being around people that had it a bit more difficult to learn new concepts, remember things, solve problems etc

It taught me patience, something I never learnt in school. It's easy for me to look down on others -- I'm an arrogant asshole at times -- but interacting with folks who may not know as much about subject X as I do taught me that they may know a lot more about subject Y than I could hope to learn.

So I had to abandon my own judgmental outlook and learn that intelligence comes in many shades. You're purple, I'm green and so on.

6) When you solve a problem in let's say mathematics (you can use another example) what is your approach and thought process when solving it?

Reasoning is my heuristic no matter the field -- except emotional intelligence. In that regard, empathy becomes my guide; I try to see things from your point of view.

7) How was your experience when learning a new language? Did it come to you easily?

My only other language, Spanish, came difficult to me, and while I can hold a rough conversation I'm by no definition fluent. The process was eased by having background knowledge of Latin roots and using that knowledge as a mnemonic. But I was 25 by the time I took learning a second language seriously; I learnt it from my girlfriend in Spain, with the help of a Spanish/English dictionary and a mad crush.

Personally I believe someone with a higher IQ has a much better and much more efficient thought process combined with a more powerful subconscious (pattern recognition, memory and such is very important too).

Perhaps. But intelligence comes in many flavors, and I think it's entirely unique to each person, depending on how they process their own education and experiences. I'm suspicious of generalizations. I've met many incredibly intelligent people who can't learn a goddamned thing because they own the surest block to learning: certainty in their own thought processes and its results.