Is high IQ a handicap?

Intellectual disability affects about 2 to 3\% of the general population. Seventy-five to ninety percent of the affected people have mild intellectual disability….Terminology.

IQ Range (“ratio IQ”)	IQ Classification
125–149	Superior
115–124	Very bright
105–114	Bright
95–104	Average

When your IQ is above a certain number life is unbearable?

Joe Goldberg : All books add up to one essential truth, which is, if your IQ is above a certain number, life is pretty much unbearable. And the number is not even that high.

Do people with high IQs really see the world differently?

People with high IQs really DO see the world differently: Researchers find they process sensory information differently. People with high IQ scores aren’t just more intelligent – they also process sensory information differently, according to new study.

Do people with a high IQ have difficulties in relationships?

People with a high IQ can struggle with interpersonal dynamics and have difficulties with communication that the majority of people will never fully comprehend. In fact, the problems with relationships people with a high IQ tend to have might challenge many long-held assumptions.

How does your IQ affect how you see?

1 Experts found that a high IQ brain was better able to block out larger or more irrelevant images when focussing on a small moving object 2 But surprisingly, when tested with larger objects, people with a high IQ were slower to see what was right in front of them 3 Scientists say this explains why some brains are more efficient than others

Why does a high IQ not mean you’re smart?

Why a high IQ doesn’t mean you’re smart. On certain types of thinking tasks, such as those involving number ratios, probabilities, deductive reasoning and the use of hindsight, intelligent people do perform better, Stanovich and others have found. This is particularly true when any intuitive pitfalls are obvious,…