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please help, I desperately need books on how to overcome my intellectual inferiority complex. I idiotically obsess over IQ day and night, it is driving me to suicidal ideation

>> No.19172095

>>19172077
do u think u might have ocd?

>> No.19172099

>>19172077
Isolate yourself and your thoughts

spbp
/thread

>> No.19172117

>>19172077
Work with what you've got. Obsessing over this shit actually hinders your IQ, so by fretting, you're actually becoming an even bigger midwit.

>> No.19172119

>>19172077
Dhammapada

>> No.19172127

>>19172077
the mind illuminated

>> No.19172149

>>19172117
it's just that I feel terribly disappointed with my midwit status, I can't help but feel enormous envy when I read of these intellectual greats

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>>19172149
What do you actually think you're missing out on because of a perceived difference in IQ? Wouldn't someone of lower IQ generally either not notice, or, not care?

>> No.19172236

>>19172077
realize wanting to be an intellectual great is an unrealistic teenager aspiration of the EGO and do whatever you want

youre gettting spooked by your ego

>> No.19172264

>>19172236
This. Once I realized math I struggled with, I was getting styled-on in by literal highschoolers, it was hard not to resign myself to mediocrity.
All I can hope for is the fact that in some people it balances out in some areas over others, because unless that's true, I'm very solidly a midwit through and through.

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>>19172077
Your life would probably suck even more if you had a high IQ

https://youtube.com/watch?v=XbOu-QxtbI4

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>>19172227
>Wouldn't someone of lower IQ generally either not notice, or, not care?
Maybe if they had a sub-100 IQ, but they would notice if they’re a midwit.

>> No.19172405

>>19172351
hmmm how to cope with that pic?

>> No.19172461

>>19172405
isolation, possible alcoholism, philosophy?

>> No.19172530

>>19172461
perhaps I'll simply stop caring, it isn't my fault after all and I'll be dead before I know it

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There are people smarter than me out there, so what? I'd rather have someone stupid but good-natured as a friend than a smart and arrogant friend.

>> No.19172705

IQ factually means nothing because it is an arbitrary metric designed to mathematically quantify the learning metrics of the human mind, but the way in which it does so makes no sense. Humans cannot be measured on a scale, let alone by trying to claim our intelligence is so easily boiled down.
You can be considered smart if you're curious, logical, patient but decisivie when necessary and open to new information. Those who are truly smart don't parade around an IQ number- they know they're smart and remain confident in their abilities. If you want books to improve your intelligence, read stuff that strikes your interests and promotes advanced forms of thinking