Jordan Peterson ~ The Uncomfortable Fact About IQ

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  • Jordan Peterson ~ The Uncomfortable Fact About IQ
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  • @bobmal3852
    @bobmal3852 Před 3 lety +17249

    My dad always said that hard work beats talent. I had neither. Now I comment on CZcams videos.

  • @911921855
    @911921855 Před 3 lety +2851

    "if you’re creative, and you’re graded by someone who isn’t a creative person, they are not gonna think that you’re creative, they are just gonna think you’re wrong"
    - Jordan Peterson

    • @Fastwalker27
      @Fastwalker27 Před 3 lety +130

      "and if you are creative , you are probably wrong"
      The next part

    • @handoverthejewgoldkyle3321
      @handoverthejewgoldkyle3321 Před 2 lety +78

      @@Fastwalker27 The next part is not saying they are actually "wrong" it means wrong in relation to the outlined belief of what is right. Just because a lie is believed by the majority that does not make it truth.

    • @Fastwalker27
      @Fastwalker27 Před 2 lety +21

      @@mikekane2492 key word is "probably"

    • @SwordWieldingDuck
      @SwordWieldingDuck Před 2 lety +9

      @@mikekane2492 thinking outside of discipline has very little to do with creativity. it has to do with knowledge in different disciplines, which is not the type of creativity was talked about in the video.

    • @chaunceyphilpot3986
      @chaunceyphilpot3986 Před 2 lety +32

      ​@@handoverthejewgoldkyle3321 Eh, he was saying they are probably wrong. B/c they probably are. The issue is creative people come up with the same creative solutions repeatedly. It's rare for a creative person to come up with a unique solution that's better (Peterson literally says this). But it takes a creative person to come up with that solution to begin with. So while it sucks that creative people get punished in academia for being creative, it's necessary to make jumps in progress.

  • @roberthigbee3260
    @roberthigbee3260 Před 2 lety +1085

    The 2 hardest parts - 1. Being respectful to those who know less and can’t figure stuff out as quickly as you. 2. Admitting and being OK with the fact that there are folks that know more and can solve problems more quickly than you and understanding that both 1 & 2 applies to all of us, except for two people.

    • @saarang7572
      @saarang7572 Před 2 lety +71

      I'm one of those two people. I'm not gonna say which, but I'm one of them :)

    • @copernicusnewton2569
      @copernicusnewton2569 Před 2 lety +6

      @@saarang7572 Good idea, unless you're up there then you gotta milk that for all its worth!

    • @Av-uv6xu
      @Av-uv6xu Před 2 lety +24

      @@saarang7572 we know which one :D

    • @Wasteman365
      @Wasteman365 Před 2 lety +14

      #2 is a very difficult thing to do, and I still refuse to accept it sometimes

    • @saarang7572
      @saarang7572 Před 2 lety +6

      @@Wasteman365 thanks?

  • @bear532
    @bear532 Před 2 lety +105

    Being intelligent is a double edge sword. It’s great because you learn things very quickly, but because of that you might never develop great habits. You also never truly appreciate your gift until later in life because being intelligent is just normal to you. School can also be frustrating in that it’s boring because it has to move at a certain pace. I had average grades in high school because I just zoned out the entire time out of boredom and never studied. When I went to undergrad I actually did study aka pulling an all nighter the day before a final. It was also where I learned I had a genius level iq (tested multiple times). Even with my almost nonexistent study habits, I ended up getting good enough grades to attend a top med school. I was an idiot. I had zero work ethic and just smoked weed the entire time. I ended up rightfully failing. That’s when I learned the hard way, it doesn’t matter how intelligent you are, what really matters is how you apply yourself. Those that end up furthest in life all have one thing in common, an exemplary work ethic. Intelligence can be a hindrance if not properly utilized.

    • @thefoxyramirez
      @thefoxyramirez Před rokem +5

      Boy do I feel that. Top 98th percentile here. School was so boring and effortless that I dropped out early and utilized a state loophole to get a high school diploma via a GED and state constitution test. Coupled with ADD-ADHD, I never developed the vaguest understanding that anything would ever be difficult for me to figure out. And then I got into KU's chemical engineering program. The experience of being surrounded by foreign geniuses that DID grind their way half-way a cross the globe really messed me up for a good while.
      They really do set you up for failure by winding you up with dreams of greatness; oh you'll be an astronaut, or a president, maybe a great scientist that revolutionizes the world. The jading experience child geniuses experience usually kills all those notions dead in their tracks. All the studies I've seen indicate that these child geniuses often do not go on to be revolutionary. Instead, they tend to stick to a specialized skill and settle into it as adults. The difficulty of navigating the gates of social mobility in order to attain their academic or scientific goals usually disenfranchises them to the point of surrender.

    • @brlyjo
      @brlyjo Před 10 měsíci +1

      Top 0.5% at minimum here. Gifted is special needs. It's a curse. I seek out genius input like a madman. Never got anywhere though. Concussions from football derailed before I could fail. Retired ff/pm now. Grateful for my life and my wife. Moving on.

    • @biggmackaz
      @biggmackaz Před 10 měsíci +6

      IQ tested 168. I thought that was normal for my entire life until I had to take a pain killer after surgery and remarked to my wife. "So this is how a normal brain works ". She did not see the humor.

    • @brlyjo
      @brlyjo Před 10 měsíci +1

      @biggmackaz the smallest crack in logic can be hilarious to me and my wife just stares at me. The more I try and explain it the more I laugh. She just shakes her head.

    • @reiniernn9071
      @reiniernn9071 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@biggmackaz Which country tested you on that level? And which test?
      Also how many on 1 million people do have this level with that test?
      In my country the scale ends up with 145+ because the reference group is to small for making any normal scaling >145.
      145 is DEFINED as being top 99,9% where I live. (WISC tests)

  • @Saracinderallasushis
    @Saracinderallasushis Před 4 lety +5608

    Complaining about stupid people, my mother says, " if it wasn't for the stupid people, you wouldn't seem so smart".

    • @sallyford6861
      @sallyford6861 Před 4 lety +19

      Dog wag 😆

    • @nearlyretired7005
      @nearlyretired7005 Před 4 lety +120

      "If it weren't" wise people use correct grammar!

    • @CountArtha
      @CountArtha Před 4 lety +13

      BURN.

    • @Saracinderallasushis
      @Saracinderallasushis Před 4 lety +164

      nearlyretired
      It's my grandmother's story, usually you don't go around correcting their grammar, unless you are some delusional English school teacher! What, you think you are wise correcting my grandmother, I think not!

    • @Saracinderallasushis
      @Saracinderallasushis Před 4 lety +7

      Sally Ford
      That's her gift to you, Sally, give it to someone else this week if you can!🤣

  • @samspade3227
    @samspade3227 Před 4 lety +6408

    I’ve always noticed the ones with average intelligence but high motivation always beat out high intelligence and low or mediocre motivation.

    • @jasonlisonbee
      @jasonlisonbee Před 4 lety +289

      How many seek to understand the cause of their low or lack of motivation? I will tell you the cause is every decision you make leads further into the equivalent of solitary confinement in life. Nobody wants to hear that you know how to make life better than average without either enslaving others nor yourself. They will continue to treat and refer to you as a dead beat as you move further and further from their lifestyle excessively littered and complicated by simple but labor intensive tasks that you know how to simplify but keep getting sabotaged and yelled at for not perfectly complying with their demands which they set up for you to fail; or try to.

    • @lald01
      @lald01 Před 4 lety +502

      That's true. But motivation can be gained.
      Intelligence, not so much.

    • @jfo3000
      @jfo3000 Před 4 lety +600

      Then you meet someone with high intelligence AND high motivation and there is no stopping or beating them.

    • @bartvanriel6767
      @bartvanriel6767 Před 4 lety +46

      Very true, you can outwork a lack of intelligence

    • @josephredhorse5937
      @josephredhorse5937 Před 4 lety +4

      Dave Lal very true

  • @lynettebrinkman9552
    @lynettebrinkman9552 Před rokem +181

    Sometimes I think the difference in intelligence comes down to curiosity. I was born with an innate curiosity about most things. It has always amazed me how incurious people are. They don’t ask questions and so many have no inclination to look deeply into things. I’ve had family and friends who actually get mad at me if I ask “ too many questions”. They seem to take their inability to answer as if I’m trying to point out their faults. If someone asks me a question I take it as a sign they are listening closely and are really interested in the subject we are discussing. I take it as a complement. I never took an IQ test but I’ve been labeled as smart and now being older and looking back at my relationships and realize being “ smart” at times has been a hinderence. Early in relationships friends often look at me as having the answers for all their problems then when they realize I don’t have anymore answers to life’s problems than they do they become disenchanted and drop me like a hot potato. I even got singled out and made fun of being “ smart” by my own family growing up. Even so I would never give up my curiosity and love of learning. It is what makes life worth living.

    • @Dhruv1223
      @Dhruv1223 Před rokem +4

      I know how you feel buddy

    • @MScienceCat2851
      @MScienceCat2851 Před rokem +4

      Same story, but slight change, I have average intelligence

    • @mikeg3439
      @mikeg3439 Před rokem +14

      I had that curiosity ground out of me over time, but sublimated it by going to libraries (I lied to my parents and said I was playing sports). Over time the internet arrived. I'm grateful that I can still satisfy my need to know, in a world where being curious gets you labeled a geek or a nerd, and dismissed.

    • @Ted_II
      @Ted_II Před rokem +6

      This was unexpectedly relatable

    • @terrywade3696
      @terrywade3696 Před 11 měsíci +4

      Lynettebrinkman: I couldn’t agree with you more! I’m an information junkie! I have way more interests in way more subjects than most people. I love learning something new or finding something interesting that I can use in a different way. And yes, there have been people who I thought were friends who clearly used me to fix their problems and dropped me like a hot potato when I didn’t. Good riddance! You don’t want users in your life. Most problems they needed fixed were problems they created for themselves. Once you point out that THEY are the problem, they don’t want to hear that. Have you ever been tested to determine if you’re an INFJ personality? Meyers/Briggs have a test that can determine your personality type. If you’re an INFJ, there’s only a small percentage of people who “get you”. But the good news is, it won’t bother you too much because you’re doing just great with your own company! Just a thought that you might want to look into. Keep learning. Keep being curious. Keep being you!

  • @kingcrashplays
    @kingcrashplays Před 2 lety +114

    Honestly I’m scared to take an IQ test. I’d rather not know what it is and keep it that way. I find more comfort in the fact that my IQ could be high, but at the same time be low, but I’ll never actually know unless I “open that box” to find out. Some days I feel intelligent, other days I feel like an absolute idiot, but that false sense of hope keeps me in the boundary between intelligent and below average.

    • @mikeg3439
      @mikeg3439 Před rokem +15

      You sound above average, if that helps you. Below average people often assert that they have toweringly high intelligence.

    • @adamwallis3235
      @adamwallis3235 Před rokem +41

      Schrodingers IQ

    • @mikeg3439
      @mikeg3439 Před rokem +8

      @@adamwallis3235 made me actually laugh, thank you.

    • @nikanol34
      @nikanol34 Před rokem

      ​@@adamwallis3235 Good one

    • @joeljmmp4456
      @joeljmmp4456 Před rokem

      Your ability to write in a well articulated, clear manner and spell words correctly indicates average or above. I have 133, but English is my second language so if I made any spelling mistakes I will blame that :p

  • @marcelstanford430
    @marcelstanford430 Před 3 lety +2915

    We're so lucky we get to see lectures that the students in the room had to pay for.

    • @panicroomish
      @panicroomish Před 3 lety +44

      They stupid bruh 😂
      Jk

    • @Wanted797
      @Wanted797 Před 3 lety +145

      I’d have paid to have him as a teacher.

    • @rachitgautam2206
      @rachitgautam2206 Před 3 lety +9

      And also had to crack entrance exam.
      Edit: Is there any entrance exam for admission in the University of Toronto?

    • @wijk89
      @wijk89 Před 3 lety +109

      They get a degree. We don’t.

    • @wijk89
      @wijk89 Před 3 lety +7

      Potato Rekt What is a fact however is that the best predictor of the height of your income is your level of education.

  • @darylfoster7944
    @darylfoster7944 Před 4 lety +3179

    "Think about the average person, and then realize that half the people are dumber than that". George Carlin

    • @FormerPessitheRobberfan
      @FormerPessitheRobberfan Před 4 lety +119

      Funny but Carlin proved himself an idiot because that's bit how averages work.

    • @susanauger3758
      @susanauger3758 Před 4 lety +1

      Ooooof

    • @darylfoster7944
      @darylfoster7944 Před 4 lety +10

      @the machinist thanks for the correction. That makes it even more Carlinesqe.

    • @garymartin9777
      @garymartin9777 Před 4 lety +105

      Ole George didn't understand the difference between average and median.

    • @yaykruser
      @yaykruser Před 3 lety +48

      daryl foster The Idea behind this quote is actually wrong.
      Let me explain:
      Think about the average Persons Networth,and then realise that half the people are poorer.
      But when you actually look at the average networth of an American, you will realise that 80% of all citzens are below that.
      What you are searching is the median person.

  • @benjaminshiels1824
    @benjaminshiels1824 Před rokem +17

    I am proof that a below average IQ is a hell in itself. I struggled immensely during school almost repeating 5th grade. Th stress and cruelty from both school and home for struggling to keep up is a daily nightmare simply because your not endowed with the TALENT necessary to make everyone happy. 😢

    • @keithsavagelives
      @keithsavagelives Před 5 měsíci +2

      My friend, _no one_ is endowed with the ability to make _everyone_ happy. Be grateful for what you do have, and do the very best you can. Success, not IQ, is the key to happiness.

    • @brendarudman8806
      @brendarudman8806 Před 5 měsíci

      @Benjamin Shields- what's your idea of below average? Average is 90- 110.

    • @annap8867
      @annap8867 Před 4 měsíci +2

      In reading your post, you appear to me that you are incredibly intelligent with a high degree of emotional intelligence. On a side note, I have come to know that it is a tactic of emotionally abusive people to make sure that they are never happy with you. This way, their target just keeps trying harder and harder to please them.

    • @Yuri-nc9vl
      @Yuri-nc9vl Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@annap8867Well said, OP better take care of himself, no one need to make everyone happy.

  • @mingusboodle
    @mingusboodle Před 2 lety +66

    Wow, his remarks on the difficulty with creativity hit home. I always struggled with literature and writing professors because I would try to write something unique, but they never liked my work- not because it was bad, but because it was unexpected. I was called a failure so many times that I finally gave up on writing. I can't help but wonder if I could have had some success as a writer if only I had avoided the professors.

    • @Payin_Attention
      @Payin_Attention Před 2 lety +4

      Try again.

    • @NotMarkKnopfler
      @NotMarkKnopfler Před 2 lety +17

      Yes. You would. Avoid the professors. They are conservative and want you to follow the orthodoxy. They actually don't want *you* to excercise too high a degree of original though. That's *their* job. I learned this on my masters degree. When I really 'reached out' and tried to develop an idea, they would interpret it as me trying to show them how 'clever' I was. I wasn't. I was exploring ideas. In the end, I followed their instructions to the letter and had no further problems. I got my degree, but learned nothing.

    • @xxatatskixx
      @xxatatskixx Před 2 lety

      Probably not but give it a try!

    • @honkhonk8009
      @honkhonk8009 Před rokem

      Same here.
      I got the smart kids together in school and we would just have full on stazi-type dossiers of every english teacher in our highschool.
      Detailing their political beleifs, their favourites, and other biases that play in marking.
      Obviously that didnt mean shit cus we soon figured out that if you simply fucking TALKED to them frequently enough, you would end up going a full letter grade up.
      Its actually retarded how English teachers operate. I genuinely hate them.

    • @Minnesotayankee
      @Minnesotayankee Před rokem +2

      Write what you have a talent for and publish online ❤

  • @scottfranza7383
    @scottfranza7383 Před 4 lety +1541

    I am completely comfortable being around people that are smarter than me! I work in the medical field and when 2 docs or 2 residents are having a discussion about treating a Pt. I enjoy listening and learning! It makes me a better nurse because I walk away with more knowledge that I did before!

    • @Aubrew
      @Aubrew Před 4 lety +26

      Cool story.

    • @wesleymcfarlane9612
      @wesleymcfarlane9612 Před 4 lety +140

      Excellent attitude.

    • @jakethurman3318
      @jakethurman3318 Před 4 lety +86

      world: *needs more people like you*

    • @redRAID3R
      @redRAID3R Před 4 lety +20

      @@MPeaches1958 Ding ding ding

    • @chrismorris6982
      @chrismorris6982 Před 4 lety +34

      They only have more knowledge than you, not necessarily smarter. My wife is a nurse and is frequently shocked at the level of stupidity of some doctors. In my profession, (not a nurse) I feel like a professor now that I know so much about my profession and am teaching others. I’m also not very smart...

  • @roderickmacdonald8099
    @roderickmacdonald8099 Před 4 lety +1145

    IQ is hereditary. I am very proud to say my IQ is the same as my age.58

    • @remybuitenhuis2433
      @remybuitenhuis2433 Před 4 lety +84

      Yet, you're using words i've never heard of

    • @carllangford1774
      @carllangford1774 Před 3 lety +471

      You'll be kicking ass when you are 150!

    • @remybuitenhuis2433
      @remybuitenhuis2433 Před 3 lety +7

      @@tex1751 i was talking about his writing, not his education.

    • @idek2069
      @idek2069 Před 3 lety +101

      @@tex1751 Someone with an IQ of 58 would basically be retarded so the fact that he can use a word such as hereditary in a sentence correctly means that he is obviously lying. That's the point Remy was trying to make lmao

    • @ani_n01
      @ani_n01 Před 3 lety +46

      @@idek2069 you do realise iq is a made up abilist nonsense and your ability to write English has nothing to do with your ability to do well on mathematic and logic related tests just like it has nothing to do with your ability to cook or play tennis. Every skillset is a thing for itself.

  • @kebl1965
    @kebl1965 Před 2 lety +22

    The problem isn't with people having a high or low IQ, it's the fact that those who are wrong are most often absolutely sure they are right while those who end up being right, most often question everything to the point where they become less sure that they are wrong.

    • @TonnoNinja
      @TonnoNinja Před 2 lety +2

      I guess that is because we talk so much that we have lost the ability to lister others. And I'm talking about "listening" not "hearing"

    • @kebl1965
      @kebl1965 Před 2 lety +2

      @@TonnoNinja Listening is certainly a dying art .. and conversation died many years ago. Now we just have shouting matches and the one who shouts the loudest gets the most attention...and unfortunately it's not really the information people crave, but rather the attention.

    • @TonnoNinja
      @TonnoNinja Před 2 lety +1

      @@kebl1965 I agree. I'm Italian and I think that in Italy "talk-show" are substituting debate programs in TV because audience prefer to watch people screaming random things then listening and thinking.
      P.s. sorry for "necro-commenting"😂

    • @kebl1965
      @kebl1965 Před 2 lety

      @@TonnoNinja No worries, I do the same from time to time 🙂

    • @Tugela60
      @Tugela60 Před 7 měsíci

      That is because people with low IQ accept what they are told by people they trust without question, while those with high IQ always question what they are told, no matter who says it.
      That is why certain demographics are so hell bent on supporting people like Trump no matter what they do or say.

  • @mohisalameh5611
    @mohisalameh5611 Před rokem

    Thanks....
    All what I did was enhanced by the fact that I was in safe hands...
    You embraceed me well and I served you from the heart ❤

  • @veganphilosopher1975
    @veganphilosopher1975 Před 3 lety +450

    Intelligence, beauty, socioeconomic status, charisma, artistic talent no one is at the top of all of these things. There will always be some one better than you in some area

    • @joelsterling3735
      @joelsterling3735 Před 3 lety +16

      Yeah, I’m so much better at being more beautiful than most people. :) I bet you are better at being a vegan than most too. :) I’m just being silly, you make a good point. 👍🏻

    • @ghost2.073
      @ghost2.073 Před 3 lety +15

      @@joelsterling3735 You had me in the first half not gonna lie.

    • @lygiabird6988
      @lygiabird6988 Před 3 lety +6

      I'm better at being most people

    • @veganphilosopher1975
      @veganphilosopher1975 Před 3 lety +2

      @@lygiabird6988 get it gurl

    • @SetsunaRatsetsu
      @SetsunaRatsetsu Před 3 lety +4

      On top of that, there will always be an asian doing things better than you.

  • @Lily-678
    @Lily-678 Před 3 lety +321

    The more we learn and read, the more we feel not knowing. The less we learn and read the more we feel we know everything. This is the paradox of intelligence. The dumbest speaks louder.

    • @Phoeniiks.E
      @Phoeniiks.E Před 3 lety +16

      That is the Dunning Kruger effect

    • @isaacshenton9330
      @isaacshenton9330 Před 3 lety +1

      I wish I was on the top end of the paradox.

    • @Robot10000
      @Robot10000 Před 3 lety

      True

    • @bratz1679
      @bratz1679 Před 2 lety

      So all scientists are dump?cause they speak louder or? I didn’t get that

    • @Miksariana
      @Miksariana Před 2 lety

      Well said..

  • @fignewton6258
    @fignewton6258 Před 2 lety +5

    I just did a test and got 83, this explains a lot.

  • @8curious
    @8curious Před 2 lety

    what the hell. that man just gets the sentences out right. 4:40 and onward - pure gold. I just love how he strives to get the right words out there. just awesome

  • @ryankelly8428
    @ryankelly8428 Před 3 lety +1862

    Comment section summary: As a person with a very high IQ I've always known I was different...

    • @jnordne2
      @jnordne2 Před 3 lety +165

      I feel personally attacked as a person with a very high IQ who's always known he was different...

    • @jnordne2
      @jnordne2 Před 3 lety +22

      @Sage of the Six Bowls Eh, my IQ is in the gifted range (129, not an internet test) and I have a splash of autism according to the psychologist. But yeah, I don't know if I want to lead the rabble out of this dumpster fire...

    • @gaaraio2771
      @gaaraio2771 Před 3 lety +64

      It's a quite arrogant statement

    • @onewhoserks2944
      @onewhoserks2944 Před 3 lety +128

      Lot of Rick and Morty fans in this comment section my dude

    • @jnordne2
      @jnordne2 Před 3 lety +8

      @@onewhoserks2944 My man!

  • @avonbarksdale2275
    @avonbarksdale2275 Před 3 lety +644

    There is a saying:" Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard."

    • @robsnizzle7
      @robsnizzle7 Před 3 lety +6

      👍 LOVE THAT.....

    • @VictorMarwood
      @VictorMarwood Před 3 lety +15

      What if the talent works hard?

    • @justthesonofsomeguywithout5173
      @justthesonofsomeguywithout5173 Před 3 lety +37

      @@VictorMarwood That's a given and there's no need to say much about it. The only real thing that's important is the hard work part. Without hard work, it doesn't matter whether you're smart or not

    • @pabl0191
      @pabl0191 Před 3 lety +7

      I kinda fell like this quote:
      "They say hard work pays off, but I've been feeling payed off"

    • @michaelmeebles7704
      @michaelmeebles7704 Před 3 lety +8

      @@justthesonofsomeguywithout5173 This is nonsense. Obviously no one in this thread has a high IQ. Every high IQ person can do VERY little compared to the average and STILL achieve much more. It’s like a means of production increase. One problem people with high IQs have IS motivation because everything comes easy, so you actually end up doing almost nothing. If you do even 10%, you are already 400% higher than you simpletons.

  • @jakewiley
    @jakewiley Před 2 lety +45

    I tested at bog standard average 100, looking back at when I was younger I think I was definitely cognitively underdeveloped in many ways. My saving grace is that I’ve always been curious about everyone and everything. I think it’s that curiosity that led to me having a way above average understanding of people and the world which in turn has given me the ability to start and run a highly profitable business. I don’t think having a average or possibly even a low IQ restricts you from reaching great heights.

    • @vixxcelacea2778
      @vixxcelacea2778 Před 2 lety +3

      And it shouldn't. IQ as a test was developed in order to find children who were struggling. It was never intended and the creator never ever wanted it to be used as a ostracizing or specializing factor. It was, have people take the test, find the people who score lower so that you can aid them in life as they need extra help.
      But no, this is why we can't have nice things. Honestly, an intelligence test should have a 100 as a marker or lower, just to find people that might need that extra help. That's it, you shouldn't even see anything above 100 regardless of your actual current idea of IQ.

    • @therealb888
      @therealb888 Před 2 lety +2

      Mr.Jake Wiley, you have me tearing up right now. I know this is youtube comments but damn I wanna network with some of you here. You're literally me, just the successful version.
      If there's one quality that defines me, it's CURIOSITY.
      Congrats on being successful.

    • @tricksandv-games8850
      @tricksandv-games8850 Před 2 lety

      ​@@vixxcelacea2778 nah you should take it into account

    • @schechter01
      @schechter01 Před rokem +1

      What kind of business?

    • @AltIng9154
      @AltIng9154 Před 9 měsíci

      I think, if you are not sick or got a damaged brain etc. an IQ Test shows how good you fit to the IQ test.
      I am a Dipl.-Ing. Electrical Engineering, Technical University, German Redbrick. 😊 Not meant as boasting. Did not test my IQ.
      😊

  • @pandzban4533
    @pandzban4533 Před 11 měsíci +11

    I have love hate relationship with this guy but he is one of a few people in the world that makes me rethink so many topics. Brilliant speaker.

  • @happystuffer5493
    @happystuffer5493 Před 3 lety +534

    I always overestimated others intelligence.

    • @daryapeppo2359
      @daryapeppo2359 Před 3 lety +27

      😄 That is called " projection ".

    • @Trevdawg48
      @Trevdawg48 Před 3 lety +27

      That is the second aspect of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

    • @realityhurts8090
      @realityhurts8090 Před 3 lety +42

      and i have realized a while ago that most people are just plain dumb, and the fact that they are positive that they are smart makes them stay dumb. we would have much less troubles in the world if most people had common sense but we are in for a fun ride and it will get more and more wild with time

    • @daryapeppo2359
      @daryapeppo2359 Před 3 lety +1

      @@realityhurts8090 советую вам канал Марины Линдхолм, ищите " бытовое слабоумие" .

    • @realityhurts8090
      @realityhurts8090 Před 3 lety

      @@daryapeppo2359 спасибо вам !!!
      только что посмотрел видео не любит мама? она говорит очень банальные вещи. это не уровень Петерсона которыи как я считаю философ.

  • @zsuzsannacircleedge8416
    @zsuzsannacircleedge8416 Před 4 lety +1438

    Nothing in the world is as fairly spread as inteligence. Everybody thinks he has enough of it.

    • @dennisryan6370
      @dennisryan6370 Před 3 lety +23

      Ha......Well said, my friend!

    • @ALC0LITE
      @ALC0LITE Před 3 lety +57

      You don't think people wish they could comprehend things better? That seems a bit misinformed.

    • @calocitey1347
      @calocitey1347 Před 3 lety +42

      I don't care how smart I am, I always try to improve and want to get more intelligent. If you think you're intelligent enough, you likely don't know much because you aren't trying to learn.

    • @zsuzsannacircleedge8416
      @zsuzsannacircleedge8416 Před 3 lety +28

      @@ALC0LITE You obviously did not comprehend what I meant.

    • @jacksonthoroughgood1447
      @jacksonthoroughgood1447 Před 3 lety +4

      Ignorance is bliss

  • @robertstorey7476
    @robertstorey7476 Před 2 lety +456

    I've done intelligence tests many times as part of recruitment processes. Some times I've scored incredibly high near genius level. Other times I've been assessed as very average. It just depended on the style of the test and what frame of mind I was in and whether I'd done any similar tests recently. I can only conclude these tests are wildly inaccurate.

    • @mada09
      @mada09 Před 2 lety +34

      You conclusion is incorrect. The correct conclusion is that you are of average IQ and since IQ-tests are multiple choice, you got lucky on the problems you couldn't solve when you scored high. Also the tests used in recruitment-processes does not measure anywhere near genius level.

    • @robertstorey7476
      @robertstorey7476 Před 2 lety +98

      @@mada09 No you are incorrect and clearly don't grasp the fairly simple point I was making. I was not guessing in the tests I scored highly in, I found them within my capability on the day hence the high score. Tests where I had to guess some answers were the ones I did badly in as you would expect but that's not the point. If you score 90-98% on some tests and are told that puts you in a category that only 5% of the population could achieve then the test is saying you are a genius and that's a very unreliable conclusion if the same person can take a different IQ test and be deemed merely average. These tests are unreliable because they are heavily influenced by someone's background knowledge, training and prior experience of doing such tests.

    • @mada09
      @mada09 Před 2 lety +5

      @@rmelo2382 I just explained that they arent 100% correct since you can get lucky and guess correctly at the later harder questions. But if you can consistently score high on those low level tests that are used in recruitment, your IQ is probably not at genius level.

    • @mada09
      @mada09 Před 2 lety +11

      @@robertstorey7476 5% of the population arent geniuses. If you can not score high consistently on these tests you are just not very much above average. No genius or even "just" high IQ would ever score average on a low level IQ test used in these situations.

    • @robertstorey7476
      @robertstorey7476 Před 2 lety +56

      @@mada09 It is impossible to argue with you because you don't seem able to grasp the logic of what is being said to you and ignore it.

  • @jameswatson5011
    @jameswatson5011 Před 2 lety +63

    I truly believe in the "9 types of intelligence" break down. You ever heard someone say "He's as dumb as a rock?"
    I personally know a guy who scored 1600 on the SAT but had the social interpersonal skills of a rock.
    And that might be insulting a rock.

    • @CatalinaEX
      @CatalinaEX Před 2 lety +2

      poor rock how dare you lol

    • @aarondimoff5180
      @aarondimoff5180 Před 2 lety +6

      Anybody with a high IQ can learn social skills, be charming, or whatever it may be that the brilliant stereotypically lack, IF they decided to learn how its done. This is infrequent, as smart people often have higher level things to worry about than social skills. There is only one measure...IQ...processing speed. Everything else is where you decide to focus your energies.

    • @elpacho....9254
      @elpacho....9254 Před 2 lety

      I’ve heard the expression, dumb as a box of rocks.

    • @kaidestinyz
      @kaidestinyz Před 2 lety +4

      Scoring 1600 on an SAT doesn't mean that person has high IQ, just so you know. That's not how it works. Just like someone with PHD doesn't mean that person has high IQ.

    • @Stafus
      @Stafus Před rokem

      @@aarondimoff5180 IQ tests are not true intelligence tests because they bear no relation to real world conditions , they are largely working memory and focus tests .
      let me give you a genuine intelligence test .
      what is the meaning of my username ?
      it requires thought rather than memory and focus , you know like true intelligence !

  • @zeissOholic
    @zeissOholic Před 3 lety +275

    I have learned over the course of my 67 years never to underestimate anyone regardless of their IQ or what I may perceive it to be. I have found that virtually everyone I have interacted with has a gift or gifts of one sort or another. A special skill at doing something I would be completely hopeless at and would in all likelihood never be able to master. This has helped me to be a more empathetic person which is a good thing in my opinion.

    • @annmaria
      @annmaria Před 3 lety +6

      Perfectly put

    • @zeissOholic
      @zeissOholic Před 3 lety +11

      @Jacob J4746 I understand that. That is the socialist ideology that has become popular particularly among the less aged adult population. However, my point was, not very clearly put admittedly, that many people are a lot more intelligent than realized. As an example, I have known intellectuals with a reported very high IQ who don't possess a great deal of common sense or practicality. Sure, they may have a doctorate and in one particular case an amazing retentive memory and a chess grand master who somehow couldn't even figure out how to start his own lawn mower. In that case you'd have to wonder what constitutes real intelligence.

    • @iliveinsideyourhouse3943
      @iliveinsideyourhouse3943 Před 3 lety +2

      I gotta find my 'special skills'... But I still don't know what is it, it's going to take a one long journey...

    • @zeissOholic
      @zeissOholic Před 3 lety +5

      @@iliveinsideyourhouse3943 Maybe you've got a special skill at thinking you haven't got a special skill. Have you thought about that?

    • @iliveinsideyourhouse3943
      @iliveinsideyourhouse3943 Před 3 lety +1

      @@zeissOholic
      So I never have a special skill.

  • @warpgate_x
    @warpgate_x Před 4 lety +61

    I'm smart enough to know I'm not smart enough.

  • @AndrewUnruh
    @AndrewUnruh Před rokem +6

    I would agree that creativity has little to do with scholastic success, but I believe it has a great deal to do with one's ability to solve unconventional problems. One of my professors, who taught materials science, was very good at posing problems that required technical creativity. He believed, as do I, that in the real world, creativity can be as important as IQ. I was an R&D engineer. Without my creativity, I would have struggled.

  • @LAM1895
    @LAM1895 Před 2 lety +4

    Information is a double edged sword. Knowing something can give you a big advantage in a given situation and be a big burden in another. Being smart helps you process new information and make links with what you know. I think it is important to know yourself, because knowing your limits can help you act accordingly and help you grow. IQ tests are interesting tools to assess a person’s intellectual capacity, but they should be taken more as a reference of what you could do better instead of the results being your actual capacity. After all, many factors can change the results: your motivation, your personal health, your situation, the target demographic you are being compared to, the content and the shape of the test, etc. So I believe the point is not wether we should be labelled as intelligent or not from the result of such a test but how we should help the person understand the results because knowing this information could be a good catalyst for growth.

  • @r.b.ratieta6111
    @r.b.ratieta6111 Před 3 lety +252

    My view on IQ is that the score is one thing, how you make use of it is another.
    A person with an average IQ who works hard and attempts to learn as much as they can with the time and resources they have will have a much larger impact on society than someone with a higher IQ who does nothing or only goes through the motions.
    IQ is more like a test of capacity and potential. Output is up to the individual.

    • @runhardhooah
      @runhardhooah Před 2 lety +10

      Well said. One thing that my dad has always said is, paraphrased, genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.

    • @MrCatalin090
      @MrCatalin090 Před 2 lety +5

      Scenario, a random human takes an IQ test and he scores lower than 100 , but he is rather motivated , so he take the tests again. This time he scores even lower , break time .
      It's the second day and the subject is motived to do well, takes the IQ test and he scores so low he starts to doubt himself . "I'm stupid?" , (For control , he isn't) anger and motivation rises and thus he continues to do every single IQ test he can find .
      And now on his X number of IQ tests finished he scored maximum possible amount.
      Was he actually smart , or was he just simply motivated to not fall in the "lower than 100" category?
      I think the smart thing to do, was to just simply not give any importance to such a simple IQ test. We currently have no "true IQ test".

    • @2partiesnotpreferred226
      @2partiesnotpreferred226 Před 2 lety +9

      In my experience the majority of people with a high iq can lack social skills. Some people are social geniuses but have average intelligence. My dad can not read but he can pull apart and rebuild any motor you put in front of him.

    • @areanaangel8964
      @areanaangel8964 Před 2 lety +3

      Agreed and while I wish I was smart, I'm still grateful to be average.

    • @TheSulross
      @TheSulross Před 2 lety +1

      see people all the time that are regarded as the smart people, yet that by and large accept whatever they're told by authority figures and never bother to do the research to check things for themselves - then condescendingly dismiss the people that apply common sense skepticism, and take the time to dig into things and find out for themselves, as low IQ conspiracy theory kooks

  • @dlively1112
    @dlively1112 Před 2 lety +327

    I'm of average intelligence, I've been professionally tested, and I'm okay with that. I've also served in the United States Army's Intelligence Corp. Since leaving the military, I've completed my degree in aerospace and engineering. As stated before, I'm of average intelligence and I'm okay with that.

    • @GearZenChannel
      @GearZenChannel Před 2 lety +61

      Hard work and social intelligence goes a long way.

    • @affanmoshe4767
      @affanmoshe4767 Před 2 lety +29

      your average intelligent and completed degree in aerospace engineering?

    • @TaeyangOh
      @TaeyangOh Před 2 lety +21

      @@affanmoshe4767 i was thinking the same thing. Getting an aerospace engineering degree would be very difficult for an average person

    • @scarmafiagaming1598
      @scarmafiagaming1598 Před 2 lety +33

      @@TaeyangOh yes and he had put in the work. For someone genius it would have felt natural the whole process i assume.

    • @Tbatbatba88
      @Tbatbatba88 Před 2 lety +1

      Cap

  • @DoomSlayersNephew7270
    @DoomSlayersNephew7270 Před 2 lety +21

    I’ve always had to work hard for good grades and the saying that motivates me as I do university is this: “Even idiots can get a Doctorate.” I hope this will ring true for me 😂

    • @GearZenChannel
      @GearZenChannel Před 2 lety +7

      A friend of mine struggled on the MCAT, struggled to get into med school, and struggled to pass. He is a doctor.
      Edit to add: a doctor, but not MY doctor!

    • @M.L.official
      @M.L.official Před 2 lety +1

      education setting isn't really something that tests your intelligence. I know less intelligent individuals who killed it in school/uni but failed miserably in real life and work. Same vice versa. It really depends on which aspect of life you are judging. Some people being smarter than others in terms of acquiring knowledge quickly or processing knowledge is undeniable fact. However, winning that genetic lottery is absolutely irrelevant if you can't get a job anywhere due to your crippling emotional intelligence or social skills or what have you. Don't be deterred by it because if money is any indicator of success, most rich people are dumber than your average person

    • @mrpeepers541
      @mrpeepers541 Před 8 měsíci

      yeah, they can get a doctorate in, say, religious studies.

    • @Tugela60
      @Tugela60 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Only if their supervisor is not an idiot 😂. Some labs hand feed their students to churn out Ph.D.s, others let them sink or swim on their own, which is the way it should be.

    • @Rosemary46840
      @Rosemary46840 Před 6 měsíci

      Intelligent people also have to work hard for good grades, and if you have neurodivergence then harder, getting good grades is more about having great memory, and lucky circumstances

  • @568843daw
    @568843daw Před 2 lety

    Thank you for your insight.

  • @kmgraphic.design
    @kmgraphic.design Před 3 lety +1591

    "You can't judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree" - Einstein

    • @lb5560
      @lb5560 Před 3 lety +70

      “Never judge a witney houson by the houston house massacare” - Witney Houston

    • @ljwh9493
      @ljwh9493 Před 3 lety +16

      Did you add the erroneous apostrophe as a joke, one wonders?

    • @WhoThisMonkey
      @WhoThisMonkey Před 3 lety +66

      "Never judge a tree by its ability to climb a goldfish" - British Wrath.

    • @kmgraphic.design
      @kmgraphic.design Před 3 lety +6

      LJWH I would like to say yes but in truth its an intervention of the all powerful ‘auto correct’

    • @ljwh9493
      @ljwh9493 Před 3 lety +9

      @@kmgraphic.design you mean "it's" an intervention 😉

  • @kevinadamson6830
    @kevinadamson6830 Před 3 lety +264

    I realized my intelligence when I realized I wasn't the smartest person.

    • @supercomputer0448
      @supercomputer0448 Před 3 lety +127

      But the people who think they are smart are usually stupid. And people who are smart enough realize they aren't the smartest, think they are smart for realizing it. Therefore think they are smart. Wich means they could actually be stupid.
      A loop in logic that I thought of cause I'm smart.
      Wait.....

    • @ryanrawsonii7374
      @ryanrawsonii7374 Před 3 lety +5

      @@supercomputer0448 😂😂😂

    • @nickolasdiamond5619
      @nickolasdiamond5619 Před 3 lety +23

      @@supercomputer0448 bruh, you just described my life.

    • @Leonator19
      @Leonator19 Před 3 lety +1

      @@supercomputer0448 That makes you smart :)

    • @ashley-sv4lo
      @ashley-sv4lo Před 3 lety +13

      @@supercomputer0448 it’s because smart people know lots of things but feel stupid because they are aware of how much more in life there is for them to learn so they feel stupid meanwhile dumb people don’t realize how much there is for them to learn and they think what they know is lots when it’s not so they think there are smart

  • @avarodrigues6973
    @avarodrigues6973 Před 2 lety +3

    I can feel his stress or other type of feeling when he pauses, I pretty sure its because he knows of the concept very well, but it's much harder to explain it without giving the wrong idea.

  • @GrouchyOldBear7
    @GrouchyOldBear7 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.

  • @jajupa78
    @jajupa78 Před 3 lety +722

    "I don't have no fancy degree, but everyone who works for me does." 50 cent.

    • @swell_gal
      @swell_gal Před 3 lety +10

      That's usually the case!

    • @toddsmith5715
      @toddsmith5715 Před 3 lety +98

      @@swell_gal That's USUALLY the case? No, it's not.

    • @user-sc9oy1kz8g
      @user-sc9oy1kz8g Před 3 lety +57

      If he really said that then he really is dumb. The way he is successful is very rare. It also doesnt even prove he is necessarily that good since the biggest hurdle in music and acting is getting into it in the first place. Being intelligent and going to uni gives you a far greater likelihood of success than being a rapper and hoping for stardom because it just womt happen for most.

    • @DarteX44
      @DarteX44 Před 3 lety +18

      @@toddsmith5715 Most people leading/having their own business managed to employ people way smarter than them, because it's easier to get employed than start your own thing. That's why many 0.1% people you know from TV/internet didn't even finish their degrees and have many degree and smart people under them, because they found out it's good to work with smarter people than you are, if only to keep up.

    • @toddsmith5715
      @toddsmith5715 Před 3 lety +11

      @@DarteX44 Oh I never doubted that this happens, since it obviously does and plenty of examples can be cited. My contention was that it's not "usual" meaning it's not the overwhelming norm. The examples generally cited are well-known success stories--like those which you alluded to. A little less than half of U.S. business owners have college degrees, but that's considerably more than the general population, and most of them don't employ people with more formal education than they have. Moreover, around 60% of small business owners have college degrees, and the number of college graduates they employ is even lower. So, It happens, but it's still not USUALLY the case.

  • @curtispiper8644
    @curtispiper8644 Před 2 lety +45

    The wiser I become, I realize how little I really know .... even about myself.
    ALL of us are broke and still breaking.

    • @jeffharris8320
      @jeffharris8320 Před 2 lety

      I agree, the more you come up against your own intellectual limits, the more you see the world is full of idiots. Then It's hard to except no matter how bright you are told you are, or think you are, we are all imbeciles in the grand scheme of things. Epistemology is the hardest thing to get your head around. If your an idiot you don't know what I'm on about, if you're an imbecile, you still don't know the answer, but your more frustrated because you don't know?

    • @Scott-got-caught
      @Scott-got-caught Před 2 lety +2

      Red pill

    • @anuk940
      @anuk940 Před rokem

      Breaking broke

  • @BWater-yq3jx
    @BWater-yq3jx Před 2 lety +166

    Realising that half the population has an IQ under 100
    not only explains a lot...
    but also helps one to make allowances for the inevitable consequences.

    • @kurisu3250
      @kurisu3250 Před 2 lety +4

      Really? Half of em are below 100?!!

    • @user-qv4fp9vm8u
      @user-qv4fp9vm8u Před 2 lety +4

      @@kurisu3250 I was about to ask the same thing
      That is quite scary

    • @DANIAC262
      @DANIAC262 Před 2 lety +19

      @@kurisu3250 average is 100 so yes right in the middle

    • @vixxcelacea2778
      @vixxcelacea2778 Před 2 lety +10

      Depends on what the average is. Average is what the majority will be, so it's not a set number.
      Ideally you want people to slowly raise that average to make 110 or something the new average overtime, but since it's a stupid bell curve and not an actual good measure of intelligence in the long run, you just move the goal post.
      If everyone were 100 or higher, things would be better, because function and cognizant thinking are really important to everyday life.
      There was actually an awesome episode on a old badly CGI'ed show called Reboot in which the kid character wishes he was the smartest person in the world.
      His wish is granted when everyone else becomes stupid, but his intelligence stays exactly the same. It highlights why a comparative measure is inherently stupid because it doesn't mean anything if your bar is set too low to begin with.

    • @DANIAC262
      @DANIAC262 Před 2 lety +9

      @@vixxcelacea2778 No, the average IQ 85-115. So 100 is right in the middle.

  • @proodoodaboochoo
    @proodoodaboochoo Před 2 lety +1

    "...and will stay here, and perhaps be successful insofar as you can define success along the dimension of career attainment say in you life as it unfolds from this time onward..." this guy is the king of Grandiloquence

  • @paulfisherman4254
    @paulfisherman4254 Před 3 lety +319

    The Uncomfortable Fact About IQ:
    - Everyone is stupid in their own unique way

    • @kurtomer1
      @kurtomer1 Před 3 lety +5

      Yup, we all have our strong points and weaknesses. I would add that I've known some really bright people who seemed to me to be in left field, their mind was always somewhere else!

    • @okramra
      @okramra Před 3 lety +3

      Thats actually comforting

    • @mingfattkham562
      @mingfattkham562 Před 3 lety +1

      this comment comforts me too. Thanks mate.

    • @ReasonAboveEverything
      @ReasonAboveEverything Před 2 lety +5

      My mathematical iq is 95 but my verbal iq is somewhere around 140. General iq is 128. My motivation for life is negative 100. People obsess over intelligence way too much it's useful for few decades of your life before you push grass and see if you get to explore other dimensions.

    • @joecoolioness6399
      @joecoolioness6399 Před 2 lety +3

      Stupid and ignorant are not the same. Stupid would be me getting drunk and driving my car despite knowing the potential consequences. Being ignorant of how a television works and not being able to service one doesn't make me stupid.

  • @fuoridisenno8226
    @fuoridisenno8226 Před 3 lety +906

    My IQ places me in the top 0.4% of the population for intelligence, but I have a bunch of unsolved psychological problems and I do not have any motivation to do anything nor any will to live.
    I've always been told I am very smart, since I was a child, and I think I proved it in many ways, but now that I'm 24 yo I see that, unless you're a real genius, what really matters is the dedication, the passion, constance and effort you put into things - and guess what, I'm almost a total failure despite my brain.
    If you read this and you are concerned about your IQ, I wanna tell you this: don't worry, explore the world and explore yourself as much as you can, find your path and pursue it with passion and tenacity, be able to make sacrifices when they're needed. IQ may be important in some areas, but it really tells little about who you are as a whole human.

    • @h4ro457
      @h4ro457 Před 3 lety +29

      Have you already tried to focus on seeking motivation from others? I mean, people are really good sources of motivation. Maybe you just need to find the right people that will give you motivation to look for a solution to your problems.

    • @jaz6051
      @jaz6051 Před 3 lety +47

      Generally highly intelligent people are more pessimistic so will not seek out $$$$ as they see all the future risks and potential failures - whereas a lower IQ person won't think more long term like 'what if this fails'

    • @greatsword6365
      @greatsword6365 Před 3 lety +32

      You know this is the exact same for me. Mine too is in the top 1% and I have an absolutely pathetic drive. I do only and just everything I have to, and trust me I have tried to motivate myself, but with iq comes the relative de-stability wich means depression and extreme apathy wich both in turn make you very tired of trying...well absolutely anything. If I have these small antisocial hedonistic activities wich keep me satisfied, why bother to do anything to change that? All you're doing with more succesion is raising the difficulty and possibility of loss in trade with only slight upgrades of comfort that lets face it you're absolutely going to get used to. Im doing fine, people around me are doing fine and I have no violent urges or life long enemies to keep me occupied so guess i'll just enjoy life

    • @fuoridisenno8226
      @fuoridisenno8226 Před 3 lety +46

      @abcd3625 Hi, thanks for sharing your point of view, that's interesting. I respect your opinion, but I have to admit that I don't agree with you.
      Essentially it depends by what you exactly mean with the word "intelligence". Maybe in english it has a slightly different meaning, I don't know, english is actually my third language. But for me, intelligence and motivation are distinct things, even if it's possible that they are someway linked.
      The proof that I am "intelligent" wasn't given to me by any IQ test, but by the results I achieved in my life, the comparison with other people, and what others did and do say about me. I've talked about IQ only because that's the topic of the video.
      Anyway, I graduated in mathematics and I speak 4 languages so I guess I'm not a "total" failure. The point is that my abilities just stay "on the paper" (as we say in italian), I have no drive to concretize and monetize them.
      I suppose it's a long and complex story, and to be honest I don't feel like sharing too much of my personal life on the web.
      Thanks for your comment.

    • @fuoridisenno8226
      @fuoridisenno8226 Před 3 lety +20

      @abcd3625 As for the fact that intelligence and motivation are linked, well, I don't how much about that is true, but let's assume it is: then it would be obvious to think about that link as a "probabilistic correlation" rather than a linear phenomenon. My words here can get a bit obscure, but essentially I'd assume that given a certain level of intelligence you'll PROBABLY have a comparable amount of motivation, but it may vary with a normal probability distribution: so if you're "lucky" (and God knows how many factors here lay beneath this "luck") your motivation will be even higher, if you're not, well, then you're more similar to me ahahah.
      Note that I am not saying that I do not have resposabilities in shaping my current situation! I just don't really think it's about a lack of intelligence.
      Leopardi was an italian poet and philosopher, he was one of the greatest minds of humanity, 4 yo he could speak 4 languages and translate latin poems. He had some psychological problems and had no joy for life, he died aged 39 and without any doubt he could have left much more than he did, culturally.
      It's just an example, and I surely don't have his genius ahahah.

  • @blackfeatherstill348
    @blackfeatherstill348 Před 2 lety +3

    My first lecture in bachelor of science professor did just that. Put up pie chart showing how many would fail, how many would drop out, pass, credits, distinctions etc etc. Was hilarious in retrospect.

    • @leonardcollings7389
      @leonardcollings7389 Před 20 dny

      My first class at MSU was chemistry in an auditorium with 725 people. The professor said look to your right and look to your left because one of you will not be here next term. He was proven correct.

  • @prashanthm79
    @prashanthm79 Před 2 lety

    Sri, you opened my eyes

  • @windya444
    @windya444 Před 3 lety +337

    My IQ is 98 but im okay in life, i manage to survive

    • @joni-nv3el
      @joni-nv3el Před 3 lety +16

      I want to trade with u 129iq

    • @windya444
      @windya444 Před 3 lety +48

      @@joni-nv3el😂, fyi i live in a third world country, means the level of 'okay' surely different fr 1st world country

    • @victorbaldes3604
      @victorbaldes3604 Před 3 lety +5

      Where do you get the score?

    • @joni-nv3el
      @joni-nv3el Před 3 lety +6

      @@victorbaldes3604 did it on pyclogey test sry i am bad in english

    • @windya444
      @windya444 Před 3 lety +2

      @@victorbaldes3604 when in highschool hundreds years ago :D

  • @JackFlashTech
    @JackFlashTech Před 3 lety +851

    The important part about this, to me, is the need to emphasize the need for gifted programs. I have a very high IQ, and I am struggling as an adult to learn to work hard. I have a lot of admiration for people that work hard, and a LOT of them have surpassed me in life, and part of that is I never learned to work hard for what I achieved. Whatever someone’s natural ability, they then need to be placed into a situation to make them work for their accomplishments or they will struggle all their life.

    • @Frydekilde
      @Frydekilde Před 3 lety +46

      Absolutely. Pushing one self is hard, at first, like every skill. But it will become a habit. Just like laziness.

    • @turnercariker7578
      @turnercariker7578 Před 3 lety +72

      And if you have a high IQ, school is a cake walk. And if you aren’t given an ample challenge, you won’t learn to push yourself. I’m just so thankful that I was hyperactive, leading me to gain that skill through sports. Now on to tackling childhood trauma😅

    • @turnercariker7578
      @turnercariker7578 Před 3 lety +1

      @M Reuter That’s so awesome man, keep that drive.

    • @xilioss8575
      @xilioss8575 Před 3 lety +5

      Ahhaha im a dumb person

    • @sjsjjf8feirbfjtjfjifofofof417
      @sjsjjf8feirbfjtjfjifofofof417 Před 3 lety +7

      Awh woe is you i understand it must be hard having to avoid stepping on us 100iq maggots every time you venture out of your house i get it ;)

  • @randyfleet9968
    @randyfleet9968 Před 2 lety +5

    At the University of Akron I heard this over and over: "you are here because you the upper tier of our society." I always asked " This school has open-enrollment, how can that be true?"

  • @palashvictor
    @palashvictor Před 2 lety

    Thank you 🙏

  • @marcelcastellano6128
    @marcelcastellano6128 Před 3 lety +127

    While I was at Work, I had to read some documents that were recently published. I understood them far quicker than my workmate. He said "your brain must be at another level" then I told him a story when I was at university. I had to process a technical paper with a peer. He answered the questions after 20 minutes, while I needed at least twice. I felt little, threathend, not enough. My peer was by far more evolved than I was. I did experience an improvement with time. I started to understand and process things quicker to the point I could compete with my peers. Did I become more intelligent? Or did I develop strategies? I don't know.

    • @carldeithorn3450
      @carldeithorn3450 Před 3 lety +30

      It requires intelligence to develop strategies. That's adaptation, which requires "out of the box" thinking. ✌

    • @thesameidiot
      @thesameidiot Před 3 lety +5

      @@carldeithorn3450 Ah so you're saying we need another IQ test to measure that kind of thinking too.

    • @MrSpinachguy
      @MrSpinachguy Před 3 lety +6

      Being intelligent doesn't mean you know what to do with that intelligence. Theoretically, if you don't speak English you are never going to pick up a stone and call it a "rock" without studying another language. That's where the effort part of the equation fits in, I think; you need to put in effort to learn what to do and your intelligence is the horsepower behind doing the thing.

    • @-dale2051
      @-dale2051 Před 2 lety +4

      There's fluid and crystallized intelligence. You developed your crystallized intelligence.

    • @eefneleman9564
      @eefneleman9564 Před 2 lety +2

      It is taken for granted that the intelligence of a person does not vary much over time.
      However it is well known that the brain can be trained to understand things better. You create new neural pathways which help you to process the information better.
      Is that a strategy? Or is it growth?

  • @laracahow6303
    @laracahow6303 Před 3 lety +53

    I know I don’t have the best IQ and I’m fine with that honestly. I know my great qualities and use that to live my life

    • @DarkBlazeLeggendaxu
      @DarkBlazeLeggendaxu Před 3 lety +10

      That's great! This is wisdom.

    • @tex1751
      @tex1751 Před 3 lety +1

      Same 😃

    • @thegreatgatsbygatsby474
      @thegreatgatsbygatsby474 Před 2 lety

      @@carlgauss1702 Really? Then in which test should you believe?

    • @thegreatgatsbygatsby474
      @thegreatgatsbygatsby474 Před 2 lety

      @@carlgauss1702 i see. I agre with you. English is not my first language, so can you explain to me what was the main point of Peterson in this video please? I will greatly appreciate it.

    • @xSwissTiger
      @xSwissTiger Před 2 lety

      @@thegreatgatsbygatsby474 People can work hard for their dreams and maybe they will achieve it. But its easier to achieve it with an high IQ. So if u have an low IQ u need to work much harder, or you just go on another path thats more in your league and work the same amount as every mediocre guy.

  • @genessatorsy3222
    @genessatorsy3222 Před 8 dny

    This was excellent. Thank you! It helps so much to hear that when you have extra of some gifting, there’s a responsibility that comes with it!

  • @paulmcdonald8055
    @paulmcdonald8055 Před 2 lety

    Smart dilutes intelligence into clarity!

  • @mikecarlson6416
    @mikecarlson6416 Před 3 lety +7

    I was very impressed how he put those thoughts into some full sentences, those thought might just be thought in my head

  • @let4be
    @let4be Před 3 lety +5

    I really love this guy "short speaches" that available on youtube... - always entertaining and something new to learn!

    • @dieselscience
      @dieselscience Před 3 lety

      "Short speeches" .. that's good, I will use that in the future.

  • @markalexander3487
    @markalexander3487 Před 2 lety +9

    I've got an IQ of 142, but it hasn't been particularly useful in real life. Social skills, common sense and hard work are much more useful. Being rich is always helpful too.

    • @TheBloodGospel
      @TheBloodGospel Před rokem +1

      It’s only useful if you use it. But if you use it you’ll conquer anything. Let’s not be naïve

  • @mikelim6356
    @mikelim6356 Před 2 lety

    Blessed!

  • @Dan-jo8py
    @Dan-jo8py Před 3 lety +40

    I love how annoyed people get that there might be someone too stupid to do something...right up until you suggest they have an idiot as a surgeon. Then they agree some people definitely are dumb and should be kept out of certain things. Self-interest always seems to focus people's opinions pretty well.

    • @beyondthecamera333
      @beyondthecamera333 Před 2 lety +1

      Thank you for proving the stupid work hard stuff wrong

    • @Dominian1
      @Dominian1 Před 2 lety

      Surgeons are usually idiots, though.

  • @000hhhaaahhhaaa
    @000hhhaaahhhaaa Před 3 lety +317

    I’m considered mentally disabled, but I’m taking biochemistry this fall. Straight As in chem and ochem. Only work experience is at Mc Donald’s. Going to have to sleep out of my car for two weeks soon, but than I‘all have a fully furnished apartment, walk in closet, hard wood floors, washer, dryer and dishwasher. Right now I eat plain tuna out of a can, peanut butter, oatmeal etc. I watch the news sometimes and I see a bunch of liquid 💩

    • @beauzxcvb
      @beauzxcvb Před 3 lety +33

      How'd that go give us an update

    • @dice5709
      @dice5709 Před 3 lety +9

      Update?

    • @LorisTheUntethered
      @LorisTheUntethered Před 3 lety +15

      Hope it went well for you and you're where you want to be.

    • @MrWackozacko
      @MrWackozacko Před 3 lety +7

      Must have died from some bad tuna

    • @charleswhitford2026
      @charleswhitford2026 Před 3 lety +42

      This is the guy you have to watch out for. Notice how he is happy with the simple things in life like eating and having a roof over his head, even if it's his car roof. He's learned to survive and now will apply the life lessons he learned through his struggles in a more relaxed environment. Survival of the fittest in action. I hope you ascend to your dreams.

  • @paulgraham9478
    @paulgraham9478 Před 2 lety

    Thanks very much!it’s nice to know else gets it

  • @PainZones
    @PainZones Před 2 lety +1

    Greetings to everyone, sortings things out! I rarely see people smarter than me, which I call geniusses. I also rarely see people to appear dumb for me. Especially those people, who work so hard and e.g. still reach that good grade. So I never call them dumb, but hard working.
    Self-education and how you got raised, can help those, who feel inadequate, by a birth factor.
    Stay humble and grant others a one up, to make this place better for yourself and others.

  • @DinarAndFriends
    @DinarAndFriends Před 4 lety +594

    Passing exams in a soft subject such as psychology is largely dependent on memory, not IQ

    • @fembot521
      @fembot521 Před 4 lety +152

      Dinar AndFriends passing any exam is about regurgitation and memorization. I have never passed an exam with anything less.

    • @briggsquantum
      @briggsquantum Před 4 lety +96

      Exactly right. Achieving any kind of high mark on an exam dealing with Chaucer, or Beowulf, or Shakespeare, particularly after all that needs to be said about those authors has been said, is no measure of intelligence. Solving the harmonic vibrations in the turbo pumps feeding the main engines on the orbiter, and the consequence flow instabilities leading to engine explosion, well that takes IQ - and hard work.

    • @nomdaploom
      @nomdaploom Před 4 lety +7

      @@briggsquantum consequent

    • @MrPhotonjockey
      @MrPhotonjockey Před 4 lety +56

      briggsquantum That takes mathematic intelligence. However they are many other forms of intelligence.

    • @briggsquantum
      @briggsquantum Před 4 lety +23

      @@MrPhotonjockey My point is that intelligence is revealed with some difficulty, and as others have said, not by memorization skills. As to the forms of intelligence, it is worth noting that Howard Gardner's "Multiple Intelligences" has been shown to be not much more than a fancy parlour game, and even he has admitted as much. Stephen Jay Gould's "The Mismeasure of Man" is worth a read though to get some idea of the challenge of IQ testing.
      Rocket engineers are more than just mathematicians. And nomda ploom is a simpleton grammar Nazi. They represent the ends of the bell curve.

  • @nuyabuisness7526
    @nuyabuisness7526 Před 2 lety +13

    I am thankful to the fact that I am at least moderately intelligent. I got good grades in school, am attending a good engineering program, and am doing at least competently. I am far more thankful for the fact I was born to parents that instilled things like a love of learning, or desire to be creative, and diligent in work and study. Discipline isn't something that comes natural, it is often something that comes from nurture rather than nature.

  • @daniellepavone5598
    @daniellepavone5598 Před 2 lety

    Reasoning skills and the application.

  • @kirklenagh3095
    @kirklenagh3095 Před 2 lety

    I have worked with more than a few people of extremely high intelligence. Some of them couldn’t open a door without incident. It is a very varied gift.

  • @Sean-ex9ip
    @Sean-ex9ip Před 3 lety +4

    This was a good one. Peterson really addressed something important here and helped me understand it better.

  • @LuciTulcea
    @LuciTulcea Před 4 lety +118

    Some are smarter, others stronger or faster and so on and so forth! It's no big deal, it's just the way it is.

    • @Joesephbrolin
      @Joesephbrolin Před 3 lety +5

      I’m just built different

    • @jdbohaty5556
      @jdbohaty5556 Před 3 lety

      Had to screenshot this. I took an IQ test and got a 116 so I’m not an idiot by any means but this comment is just so awesome and true. So many of us forget this

    • @Vivallamannen
      @Vivallamannen Před 3 lety +13

      And some are dumb, ugly, weak, bad hair, fat.. oh wait thats me

    • @Slynsmiley
      @Slynsmiley Před 3 lety +1

      But...but...equality, Man! Don’t you believe in equality?!

    • @hurlentropy6866
      @hurlentropy6866 Před 3 lety +2

      Intelligence is unquantifiable. It is NOT a number.

  • @pjramstack
    @pjramstack Před 2 lety

    His lectures fit so well on CZcams, taking 6:42 for what could be said in 0:42.

  • @noaboa5670
    @noaboa5670 Před 2 lety +4

    I used to think my highschool was gaslighting me about my intelligence when I wouldn’t do homework. I just didn’t care. I accidentally got into college almost entirely from sat scores and didn’t even realize how smart I was until the structures were removed. Its such a surreal thing how much the atmosphere affects perception. As an only child to boomer parents who had no real interest in giving me praise or assurance it wasn’t until being in the real world I grasped really anything. I’m sure there are many others with a similar story. Now I look at these gen z kids who get way too much coddling and enter the real world with this almost mutated form of narcissism and seriously feel bad for them because unlike me entering it at zero they are entering it with this idea they are 3 steps above genius with nothing to back it up and no interest in compromise or earning their place.

  • @sgriffin8560
    @sgriffin8560 Před 3 lety +7

    Dr. J.P., unafraid and still spitting knowledge... it's amazing they've let him live this long. God bless you, Jordan.

  • @vizelleG
    @vizelleG Před 3 lety +133

    If you’re smart, you won’t have to tell anyone, other people will spread the word for you

    • @beyondthecamera333
      @beyondthecamera333 Před 2 lety +20

      Wish the people in the comment section could read this. I think all the self proclaimed genuises from reddit have gathered here bro.

    • @The1976spirit
      @The1976spirit Před 2 lety

      Mitth'raw'nuruodo and Palpatine had fun with pet Vanto

    • @Lo0nex_
      @Lo0nex_ Před 2 lety +1

      Not necessarily true, I'm autistic and have lived with some extremely intelligent people with autism. This one girl is basically a genius, but very naive, like a 4 year old. She's the type to easily fall for scams for example. At the same time, give her a complex problem, or puzzle and she'll figure it out quicker than anyone else in the room. My point is, if you don't know her she seems like an idiot but she's actually rather smart

    • @beyondthecamera333
      @beyondthecamera333 Před 2 lety

      @@Lo0nex_ Nobody knowing is better than you telling everyone how smart you are. That is in fact the best way to make people think that you aren't smart and if you go around telling people, you probably aren't.

    • @Lo0nex_
      @Lo0nex_ Před 2 lety

      @@beyondthecamera333 huh? i wasn't even referring to myself, rather a girl i lived with... did you even read what i typed out or not?

  • @Tezza120
    @Tezza120 Před 2 lety +1

    I think i'm creative and come up with some cooked shit sometimes but also go through a dunning kruger effect cycle.
    1) solve something - get confident
    2) question confidence as being stupid - lower confidence.
    3) go to 1)

  • @hoe2785
    @hoe2785 Před 2 lety +1

    Preach baby

  • @MONICAANICA
    @MONICAANICA Před 4 lety +75

    True. We are not born equal. We should be grateful & graceful about it

    • @swell_gal
      @swell_gal Před 3 lety +2

      I've been saying that for the longest time, but no one believes me

    • @LogicalSuppository
      @LogicalSuppository Před 3 lety +15

      We are born to be of equal worth, just not born to equal opportunity or identical ability. There is a difference in that. Different != not equal.

    • @KK-tw8hb
      @KK-tw8hb Před 2 lety +3

      Why someone with lower IQ should be grateful for it? He has to work harder to catch up with others. For example in school I had to work my ass off to get average results while my friends didn't study at all and do well. In the end I accept the way I am but it doesn't mean that I have to be grateful for it.

    • @astery9121
      @astery9121 Před 2 lety +1

      Idk why we should be grateful of it

    • @Ljosi
      @Ljosi Před 2 lety

      Only high IQ people should be grateful

  • @wolfy8006
    @wolfy8006 Před 3 lety +30

    I’m from Asia country and I graduated from one of the best high schools in the country (we have high school entrance exam here to select students here).
    I have noticed there are 3 types of students in our school:
    1. The ‘The minimal study good grades’ students
    2. The ‘Hard working good grades’ student
    3 The ‘Hard working bad grades’ students
    (The majority)
    Sometimes hard work won’t give u the top grades, IQ do matters, I have learnt that reality a long time. ago.

    • @easyroc75
      @easyroc75 Před 3 lety +5

      Don't worry, work on your EQ and you will be more successful than the people with higher IQ once you start working. Work on being a better communicator, verbally and in writing.

    • @Adam-cn5ib
      @Adam-cn5ib Před 3 lety

      Why would IQ matter over technique. It's like people only see hard work and inherited intelligence. It's such a shame people are so blind...

    • @wolfy8006
      @wolfy8006 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Adam-cn5ib true, but you have to be in the top 2% in the country to enter. Everyone has developed their own study techniques during junior high. Yet there is a “ First place” and a “last place”. And finding the “optimal technique” for yourself is a matter of intelligent itself, isn’t it?

    • @OM-wl7qe
      @OM-wl7qe Před 3 lety +1

      How do you know for a fact that the school you went to is the best, if all they do there is weed out the less talented kids, so they can avoid the hard work of actually teaching anyone?

    • @wolfy8006
      @wolfy8006 Před 3 lety

      @@OM-wl7qe
      It’s not lazy, there are still high school for every kid in the country. They all have the equal opportunity to learn.
      And to explain to you, please
      Define “best”, what is “best” in the academic and education field of high school?
      A student that learns a subject fast deep and well, right?
      While learning a new subject, not everyone is on the same pace.
      This is where the concept of “elite education system”comes in. Our education system banded the top students of every junior high school and mash them together in a few high school, where the learn and compete with each other.
      There are still other high school that teaches the other students the same materials.
      The final goal of high school for those wishing to further pursue their education is the college entrance exam.
      So in the end, we have the best students because they have the highest score in the college entrance exam.
      Hope that explains.

  • @scadgek
    @scadgek Před 2 lety +2

    God I'm grateful for having learned English as a second language and being able to comprehend him in his actual voice and words.

    • @nogamenolife9182
      @nogamenolife9182 Před 2 lety

      @@clearashazy431 I'm not a native speaker but I got what you mean. His word choices and sentences are so sophisticated and complicated that sometimes I just don't understand, turn on the subtitles, go to google translate and try to understand what he meant.

    • @brigjay123
      @brigjay123 Před 2 lety

      Are you serious. This guy is says some profound things sometimes but tends to spew a lot of nonsense.

  • @donnezha6278
    @donnezha6278 Před 2 lety

    Smart, intelligent and well read are all different things.

  • @christopherayres164
    @christopherayres164 Před 3 lety +501

    Higher intelligence breeds loneliness and fragility by reflection. The echos of the mind ring louder and more often. The space to have a singular voice of peace reduced to a dream.

    • @bigcpimpdaddy7217
      @bigcpimpdaddy7217 Před 3 lety +46

      i was told i had a high iq in elemantary.. I have no college education, work 3 months a year and im fully retired at 38. not a single good friend by the way... cant even get along with family.. people are full of shit. and i like to be alone.. my networth is over a mil by the way.. without even trying

    • @reggieshmeggie4219
      @reggieshmeggie4219 Před 3 lety +14

      @@bigcpimpdaddy7217 Maybe people are just jealous of your success thats why they can't be your friends. Have you tried befriending people of the same annual income?

    • @bigcpimpdaddy7217
      @bigcpimpdaddy7217 Před 3 lety +9

      @@reggieshmeggie4219 i can see where ur hoing with this , but is more complicated than that. i guess i see through people and am an introvert that can be the life of the the party. i read the rarest personality trades and i have them.. soo maybe is me... but i see how people are very superficial.

    • @jordanlee3078
      @jordanlee3078 Před 3 lety +78

      @@bigcpimpdaddy7217 high IQ as he proceeds to misspell elementary lol

    • @Wardeaus
      @Wardeaus Před 3 lety +87

      @@bigcpimpdaddy7217 I think that rare personality “trade” you have is narcissism.

  • @emmettg7490
    @emmettg7490 Před 3 lety +4

    Keep learning. Never forget what you learned & apply it when able. Don't compare, to others, that's a waste of energy.
    Schools will want quick retention. However long-term retention is how you BUILD intelligence.

  • @h11181
    @h11181 Před rokem

    so true

  • @AJ-xm4xc
    @AJ-xm4xc Před 2 lety +1

    There are various forms of intelligence. Different forms excel in different environments. Find your environment, find your focus, you will meet success.

  • @mascall87
    @mascall87 Před 3 lety +82

    Working in the military I have seen young lads that, can barley function in a classroom environment, rapidly problem solve a dynamic combat situation and instantly deliver instruction on how to solve the current situation. It's a level of intelligence that is magical to witness.

    • @robertstorey7476
      @robertstorey7476 Před 2 lety +10

      I think a lot of people are like that. Classrooms are just a giant bore but put them in a situation they find stimulating and their brains come to life, often in a spectacular style.

    • @mascall87
      @mascall87 Před 2 lety +3

      @@robertstorey7476 possibly. People definitely thrive in different environments

    • @tungstenanderson5991
      @tungstenanderson5991 Před 2 lety +1

      How many of them are still alive? You obviously fared well. I mean.."combat soloution" Oh wait..it was a "situation? .it was dynamic! So what? Was an enemy involved other than " bro, yo got this" at your military complex at home? Did you witness them in combat overseas to only be alive so you can dictate a working understanding? Eff off.
      You're not worth your salt, gamer.

    • @mascall87
      @mascall87 Před 2 lety +1

      @@tungstenanderson5991 what lol

    • @tungstenanderson5991
      @tungstenanderson5991 Před 2 lety +1

      @@mascall87 hardy, har, har!

  • @patrickjenkins6383
    @patrickjenkins6383 Před 3 lety +10

    BTW: For the folks who get all sensitive, defensive, or worked-up over (I.Q.): A few years ago Peterson mentioned that MANY people with "HIGH I.Qs" end up being quite.... "USELESS." I don't recall the exact video, but he made an excellent point & gave valid reasons why that happens. I think WE ALL know someone in that category ! 😎

    • @InAweOfAnimals
      @InAweOfAnimals Před 2 lety +3

      Yup. My husband has a friend who could answer every Jeopardy question, graduated tops in her class from law school & ended up working as a clerk in a book store. (Nothing wrong with book store clerk jobs but you think she would have accomplished more with her high IQ & education.) She also had very little common sense.

  • @sg72646
    @sg72646 Před 2 lety +4

    I like this guy and understand some of what he is saying. I'm an arty sort of person but not that intelligent so while I feel my art is a sort of intelligence I wouldn't be able to send someone to the moon. JP is definitely one of the great modern day thinkers

    • @happyhippo4664
      @happyhippo4664 Před 2 lety

      I do have a respect for people who have artistic talent. I would be considered highly intelligent but I don't have an artistic bone in my body.

  • @ChrisJS1987
    @ChrisJS1987 Před 2 lety +21

    I've spent a good portion of my life thinking I'm dumb. I'm a creative person with an academic mind but also struggle in academic areas due to my dyslexia. I understand concepts and pick things up very quickly. I just struggle to convey the information through standard academic means. I've always avoided taking iq tests because I wasn't ready to deal with that. Recently I just bit the bullet and took a few. I spent a good week taking them because I couldn't believe the first result. I came back at 142. Thinking it was complete luck I tried a different test, got 143. Depending on how I feel and how alert I am at the time I get between 138 and 144. I'm starting to think that my iq matched with my learning disability is a huge factor in my underachievement and the depression Ive developed. I'm a bit of a mess but I'm trying to get better.

    • @QuantaRay8
      @QuantaRay8 Před 2 lety

      Best wishes for your future, buddy.

    • @Lexrezende
      @Lexrezende Před rokem

      Gifted people are special needs. Their brain are different from a nerotypical brain. They aren't like neurotypical people. That's why it is difficult for a gifted understand neurotypical functioning and vice versa. If the giftedness isn't identified in childhood and the child has no help from specialists to understand himself and learn how to adapt to a society that don't appreciate how they think and how they are (only appreciate what the creations of their giftedness), the chances of developing anxiety and depression are huge. The only tests that are useful to identiy giftedness are individual tests. Group tests are bullshit. IQ tests, while helpfull, have lots of failures and limitations and aren't precise. That's why IQ tests help identify giftedness, but can't be the only way to identify it. There is another big problem on relying only on IQ tests: giftedness isn't necessarily linked to high IQ. Thats why those gifted with not so high IQ are even more difficult to identify. But they have the same characteristics commonly found in gifted people (huge creativity; huge curiosity; arborescent thinking; ease of learning in areas of interest; aversion to hierarchy; divergent thinking; emotional and/or sensory overexitability; impostor syndrome; low self esteem; leadership spirit; alergies and autoimmune diseases proneness; high level of empathy and ethics; perfectionism; etc.)

    • @Lexrezende
      @Lexrezende Před rokem +2

      Many gifted, even those that aren't twice exceptional like you, have problems with academic standards. Even the ease of learning can be a problem, because when things are easy, people may get easily bored, leading to a lack of interest or may never learn how to study in school and find difficulty in a very complex area in college. Giftedness can be divided in two categories: academic and creative/productive. Most gifted people from lower classes in countries with huge social inequality are creative/productive type, because they don't have access to the adequate and necessary stimuly to develop academic type (that is another problem with IQ tests, because they are biased to academic type)

    • @oliviafox6745
      @oliviafox6745 Před 11 měsíci +3

      High intelligence with learning disabilities is not uncommon. I hope you can enjoy the journey. Keep exploring and learning. Thomas Edison was kicked out of school for being "addled". His mom taught him at home. He was actually dyslexic.

    • @psychcowboy1
      @psychcowboy1 Před 9 měsíci

      ​@@oliviafox6745Peterson doesn't appeal to high IQ people.

  • @sandponics
    @sandponics Před 4 lety +137

    It's OK to be dumb, so long as your rich.

  • @redjupiter2236
    @redjupiter2236 Před 3 lety +15

    3:45-4:06 OMG I RELATE SO HEAVILY TO THIS

  • @TXMEDRGR
    @TXMEDRGR Před 9 měsíci +2

    I want to be a man with grit, a man who can overcome problems and setbacks, and a man who perseveres against all odds.

  • @roccoxxxx1
    @roccoxxxx1 Před 2 lety +14

    Is there a laziness quotient? I would certainly be in the genius spectrum

  • @nikssu
    @nikssu Před 3 lety +36

    I'm not that interested in my IQ as much as what I'm doing with my life.

    • @Raleighthrbub123
      @Raleighthrbub123 Před 3 lety +2

      Mood. I'd rather be a successful person than know I have some arbitrary number that says I can supposedly think faster than other people.

  • @StelaBotan
    @StelaBotan Před 3 lety +4

    It's like Dr. Peterson is combing my thoughts

  • @Raymond-rr5iv
    @Raymond-rr5iv Před 2 lety +1

    A high IQ is a gift and some people are jealous of it. Don't let the dingbats weigh you down 🙂. Attitude in life means a lot. I give everybody my best, don't take any crap and Never Back Down unless I'm wrong. Always let your conscience be your guide. If your smart enjoy it and if you're not enjoy it. Life is a precious gift for spiritual growth and that's why we're here.

  • @hatokiri
    @hatokiri Před 2 lety +8

    I wish I had professors like Peterson during my college years.

    • @Dominian1
      @Dominian1 Před 2 lety

      My professors definitely made me feel intelligent... by being pretty stupid. Not all of them, but a shocking number of them were weirdly stupid.

  • @fn8455
    @fn8455 Před 3 lety +179

    Holy shit i just realized he sounds like kermit the frog

  • @breakaway2x
    @breakaway2x Před 3 lety +11

    EQ is also very important which is often overlooked.

    • @sthembisomakelefane8727
      @sthembisomakelefane8727 Před 3 lety +1

      It’s actually arguably more important.

    • @breakaway2x
      @breakaway2x Před 3 lety +4

      @@sthembisomakelefane8727 Yes, I would agree if all things were equal. Obviously you need to have a certain minimum IQ to be able to properly function and take care of yourself, but having a high EQ is arguably better for long-term life success, how to cope with difficulty, how to adapt, how to control yourself, how to have good relations with others, etc.

    • @sthembisomakelefane8727
      @sthembisomakelefane8727 Před 3 lety +1

      @@breakaway2x agreed.

    • @bradturner7678
      @bradturner7678 Před 3 lety

      Im so dumb i had to look up what EQ even was.

    • @breakaway2x
      @breakaway2x Před 3 lety

      @@bradturner7678 No no, not your fault. I think it's education ministry's fault for not emphasizing it more in schools and teaching us about it just as much as IQ.

  • @budte
    @budte Před 2 lety

    There are different types of intelligence. Sometimes the simple assessment of some of my friends with learning difficulties can be the most profound.

  • @edwardfiorvante6123
    @edwardfiorvante6123 Před rokem

    Hard work does beat talent to a point. Hard work will always take hard work where talent is a breeze and everyone can see the difference in the two.