/sci/ - Science & Math

Anything but CS.


(Real answer: Whatever you're willing to put a lot of work into because making a real contribution to your field is very difficult.)

>>10400935
why not cs?

>>10400937
cs is for small brains who think they're big

>>10400892
> Big brains > 125
lmao kys faggot 125 is nothing. you are not even 1 in 50.
big brains are 150+
125 is perfect for dumb shit like cs
just don't do actual science

>>10400973
it is almost exactly the CS major average so this is not wrong

>>10400973
>t. 130 iq brainlet

>>10400892
>What should big brains (125iq>) study to benefit mankind
There is nothing out there that ”benefits mankind", there is only a market. You can single handledly discover the cure for cancer, but if it doesn't fit into the big pharma's schemes you will be shut down.
"Benefit mankind" is just a pretty expression for mere money grabbing.

>>10400973
Richard Borcherds IQ is 137. A lot of the inflated astronomical scores you hear from people back in the day that make it seem as though you need a retardedly high IQ to do subject a b or c are ratio IQ's that aren't calculated the same way, a great example being Ted Kaczynski getting the astronomical score of 167 as a kid and then doing the WAIS in prison and getting a more ordinary 135.

But I'd say the standard for big brain is closer to 130, 125 is more like a functionary.

>>10400892
>Do the intelligent have a responsibility to use their big brains?
NO, the worst way to waste your big brain is studying something only because you have the "brains" to do it.

>>10401008
I know a guy who got 180 when he was a kid. I know there are various reasons why that can be the case etc etc, with WAIS (or the kids version) not even being designed for scores that high. I could see him being in the 140-150 range today however

>>10401010
>*Quits NASA to become a civil engineering assistant professor for decades at a no-name university despite having a 200+ iq*
Yes, geniuses have no responsibility at all to use their potential to contribute to humanity.

>another IQ thread

>>10401037
>Another antisemitic, racist, misogynistic, trump-supporting, islamophobic, and transphobic frogposter

>>10400892

Genetics and microbiology.

You guys need to figure out a way to purge specifically nonwhites and mutts through selective genophagy before they ruin the entire planetary biosphere and kill all life.

Even something that specifically targets something like bantu or dravidian genetic profiles would work.

>>10401037
whats your iq?fren

>>10401030
They have no responsibility to do somthing in life because they were born a certain way. Its not his responsibility to use what he was gifted, in the same way that its not the job of a man with incredible muscle mass to become an olympic lifter for his country.

Call Center Studies with a minor in Gender Studies

>>10401025
Kids are usually measured against their age peers, adults against the global standard. Maybe that explains the vast difference.

>>10400892
Not really. Look at John Carmack. Even tho his psychologist praised his intelligence, he just did vidya and dropped it to send fire pipes to the moon.

>>10401008
There is hardly a difference between 130 and 125 in terms of actual performance on an IQ test. We're talking a few vocabulary items and a few seconds on a block arrangement puzzle.

>>10401394
And a distribution of 1 in 21 vs 1 in 44 for the two scores, assuming SD 15.

>>10400892

Anything but CS.

>>10400892
>What should big brains (125iq>) study to benefit mankind?
They should not do anything to contribute in its current state. We need societal collapse and to rebuild from the ashes. The entire framework, social attitudes, and hierarchy is dysgenic.
>Do the intelligent have a responsibility to use their big brains?
No, they have no responsibility at all. In fact, the very implication of it makes them NOT want to help at all. You don't value them enough to say they warrant investment, yet resent them enough to want them to do things for you at their own sweat and tears because of some notion of "responsibility".

>>10401595
>discussing big brains
>using third person instead of first, implying you are not one of us

Remember that next time you wanna be edgy and talk about societal collapse. If you really believe what you're saying kill yourself next time you catch a cold.

>>10400892
>What should big brains (125iq>) study to benefit mankind?
How to cure aging

>>10400892
Something people say is for brainlets, but be the best. Like medicine, but actually know something about statistics. Or biology without p-hacking.

>>10401627
>le edge

>>10401008
>a great example being Ted Kaczynski getting the astronomical score of 167 as a kid and then doing the WAIS in prison and getting a more ordinary 135.
A score of 135 as a 50-something year old man who, at the time of the test-taking, had been living the last twenty odd years in the forest and a jail cell is not "ordinary" in any way.

>>10401349
he's still attempting to push technology even if a lot of it is within the realm of video games, that still doesn't mean it can't be applicable to other areas of tech.

Rage for example is just remembered as a mediocore game that ran poorly instead of an experimental attempt to truly innovate video game graphics, which is exceptionally rare for a blockbuster even in 2011s video game climate.

>>10400892
They should focus on becoming physically fit and healthy to attract the best mates.

If you are a fat piece of shit and unhealthy then I question if you are intelligent at all.

Then a career 2nd that could benefit humanity. Some type of R & D

>>10403153
how many of them are actually physically unfit though?

I feel like most geniuses seem like monks who maybe eat once a day and otherwise just consume coffee while spending the rest of their day focused on what they do.

>>10402696
He'd written sophisticated codes fairly recently prior to his arrests and his writings are fairly articulate. Some intellectual deterioration may have occured but it's also possible that the reason his IQ appeared so high as a kid is that it was a ratio IQ.

>>10403209
Seems fairly typical of people who tested as super geniuses in childhood to eventually get a more normal IQ in adulthood.

>>10401050
Makes me grateful

>>10403195
>eating once a day
>healthy
Also, people with a bmi between 25-29 have lower all-cause mortality than those in the so-called normal range.

>>10401349
Got a source on Carmack's psychologist praising his intelligence?
He is obviously extremely smart, but I've never heard about a professional weighing in on the subject.
Also remember, Carmack contributed significantly to the success of Oculus VR, a company that was worth billions of dollars. Arguably, producing that kind of value is a benefit to mankind.

>>10403297
Facebook paying out the ass for it doesn't mean it was valuable. Just look at all the failed projects Intel has poured billions into, effectively siphoning resources away from actually valuable projects into a black hole.