@rusvik I completely agree with you. It is PAINFUL to go to school with or work with people of average intelligence. I've spent 1/2 of my life playing dumb because I get attacked if I don't.
Because IQ can't be bought or faked, most try to invalidate it in some way. It hurts people to admit they're average.
You are right that it is painful for people to admit they're average - our brains are wired to protect and elevate our own individual statuses. In all societies, the higher status males get more/higher quality mates - it is inevitable that we want to create status wherever we can and protect it when others try to take it away. That's what the ego is all about.
However, it's just that - ego. Getting pissy about others not respecting your purported high IQ is even more childish than attacking those with higher IQs in a conscious or subconscious effort to subvert their status. Why not try to rise above and leave the pettiness behind? Can't we just enjoy one another's company?
I think this goes for mates as well. As someone with a high IQ, I think intelligence in a partner is highly overrated. In the short term, attractiveness is #1. If you think differently, make an appointment with an endocrinologist and get your testosterone checked. For the long term, I'd much rather have a trustworthy, loyal girl with an IQ of 100 that doesn't get pissed off every time I make an offensive joke, doesn't argue for the sake of arguing, understands the importance of money, and cleans up after herself. Compare that to a smarter but bitchier girl that likes to blow my money and is a complete slob around the house - no thanks on the latter!
The idea that it's painful to go to school or work with people of average intelligence is a ridiculous, if not outright inflammatory statement. There's no way you can agree with that without sounding like an obnoxious prick. If you think it's painful because the people with lower IQ don't "get" whatever you are trying to explain, use your superior brain power to break it down in a way that anyone can understand. Make analogies, be creative, put it in terms that the person you are talking to can wrap their tiny little head around. If you get good at this, suddenly you have a very useful and very profitable skill. If you can't do that, perhaps you're not as smart as you think you are. If you meant it in a way that you just don't enjoy the company of all people with an IQ under 130, which is the vast majority of the world's population, the problem might be you.
