Making use of a high IQ

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05 Jun 2012, 9:29 pm

I don't think I should be on this thread I wonder why ?

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06 Jun 2012, 12:07 am

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Yes, I guess, it would be hard to get around having to write-up your research. The research is of no use to anyone else unless you talk about it or write about it! Could you review or audit other people's research, trying to poke holes in it? That would probably involve a lot more reading than writing. It's just something that occurred to me when you mentioned "proofreading". That would be kind of a mix between research and proofreading.

My favourite thing to do is poke holes in others' work (just because I'm good at it, not because I like to tell people where they are wrong!). I'm not really sure how to get into that sort of work full-time, but it is certainly something I am trying to work towards.

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06 Jun 2012, 12:09 am

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I don't think I should be on this thread I wonder why ?

Ummm... ummm.... ummm... because you smell?

Like bacon? :twisted:

Sorry, couldn't resist! :lol:

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06 Jun 2012, 12:10 am

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Well I did remark on a "you might be aspie thread" your in a crappy job and people tell you "you can do better" :wink:

I thank god I was able to buy/ pay off my home in recessionary conditions, early-mid 90's , I feel sorry for the youngsters of today trying to enter the over inflated (thank the selfish baby boomers for that) housing.

I'm not a youngster, but I never got into the market. Indeed you are lucky in that respect. I see all my friends around me buying their second homes and "going places", and I know I'm intelligent enough to have gone down the same path but somehow it didn't happen. Because of AS, I suppose!

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06 Jun 2012, 7:15 am

yellowtamarin wrote:

FMX wrote:

you should start off by doing an msc or phd in psychological research methods as in your literature review you get to pick apart others research, if your on an msc or phd they normally offer you some sort of job at the university for when youve finished.

Im doing my msc with the Open University which is at home and part time which suits me very well, maybe there is something like that near where you live? Lots of Universities offer post grad courses part time now, mine lets me pay monthly so i can afford it even though Im on benefits.

and btw Im doing discourse analysis which is a branch of psychology where you read books and articles and say what messages they are conveying (about say gender, race, aspies ect) its quite like proof reading stuff so it might be an area that suits you, so might be worth investigating, there are several traditions which use different methods and have different focus so there is a chance one of them might suit you. It is also a branch which is aspie friendly in that it does not involve experiments with people or surveys with people but instead involves sitting alone reading.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse_analysis

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06 Jun 2012, 7:21 pm

yellowtamarin wrote:

aussiebloke wrote:

Well I did remark on a "you might be aspie thread" your in a crappy job and people tell you "you can do better" :wink:

Thanks, I know I'm very lucky in that regard .

I can thank manic depression for that one)

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06 Jun 2012, 7:22 pm

Kjas wrote:

aussiebloke wrote:

I don't think I should be on this thread I wonder why ?

Ummm... ummm.... ummm... because you smell?

Like bacon? :twisted:

Sorry, couldn't resist! :lol:

yes I know I'm rubbish but what are you :roll:

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06 Jun 2012, 7:34 pm

My IQ allows me to study math to become an actuary. An actuary does statistical analysis for insurance companies.

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06 Jun 2012, 11:20 pm

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yes I know I'm rubbish but what are you :roll:

*tickles*

Ya know I'm just playin'

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07 Jun 2012, 5:10 pm

Kjas wrote:

aussiebloke wrote:

yes I know I'm rubbish but what are you :roll:

*tickles*

Ya know I'm just playin'

ditto , I did that with a member in regards to the queen of England (every time I see her I want to cringe)

edit edit edit!! !

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07 Jun 2012, 5:32 pm

There was a similar (and amusing) thread very similar to this one, here is the link:http://www.wrongplanet.net/postx140934-0-0.html

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07 Jun 2012, 8:52 pm

Ooooh I wanna play with colored blocks! Where do I sign up??

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07 Jun 2012, 9:11 pm

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Ooooh I wanna play with colored blocks! Where do I sign up??

Hahaha. But you have to pay them to let you do it, not the other way around!

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07 Jun 2012, 9:20 pm

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yellowtamarin wrote:

So, I know a large number of fellow Aspies on this site have IQs in the gifted/genius range. What does this mean to you? I recently had my psych give me my results and tell me how proud of myself I should be. In fact, I felt the opposite. So I can quickly put coloured blocks together, or use my working memory to remember alphanumeric sequences, or look up a symbol and copy it down on a piece of paper. Wow! None of this stuff, as far as I can tell, is useful in the 'real world'. In particular - in the workforce.

Hmmm. Maybe you're a subgenius like me. At the perfectly wrong level of intelligence. Just enough to make life difficult, not quite enough to figure out how to profit from it.

I know that feeling...

It's a dissatisfactory in-between state.

I seem to have less skills than I ever had these days... I don't succeed at uni, merely spend my time there. I'm not doing anything for university at the moment and don't see how I could change that. If I try to invest some work, I usually just get more upset.

I always knew university wouldn't be the place for me, but I wouldn't be better off in a more practical setting either. University is too academic for me, I just don't have enough academic skills to perform well. Or perform at all. I'm lost because I am expected to do things I am not particularly good at.

This is exactly where I think I could use some more skills. Or less. I know this dilemma from school. And it's getting worse now because I have to work independently and I don't know how that should be possible.

A high IQ is no good if you're not skilled enough to do anything useful.

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30 Aug 2012, 7:14 am

You said: " My last job was for our national statistical agency, as data analysis and questionnaire development were my main interests during my course. "

What about learning C++, Java and databases such as MySQL on your own?
After a year or two get a job for some experience then quit the job and do freelancing.
Those are good tools to to data analysis and questionnaire development.
You don't have to stay trapped in a job.
However, if you have ADD/ADHD that is a different story. Is that your case?

Cheeers!

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30 Aug 2012, 11:55 am

I can't even make use of my low IQ :evil:

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