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The US appears to be the norm in this, which is why they focus on bringing in well developed intelligent people from other nations despite having boasted a prog

The US appears to be the norm in this, which is why they focus on bringing in well developed intelligent people from other nations despite having boasted a program for intelligent kids, which in large part was an enormous failure to develop these kids into productive adults utilizing their capabilities. Quite a few of the people that move here are already considering moving back to raise their kids in an environment more conducive to their intellectual capability, rather than deal with the US' bully/violence and abnormally extremely aggressive culture. Edit: I can't tell you how many "gifted" and highly intelligent people struggled as adults, with a significant amount of them have already committed suicide... it is a significant amount. The way the US' so called program for intelligent kids left many of them utterly defenseless and pariahs, was abominable. A few of the smartest people I've known committed suicide, and a few others died from drug overdoses. It's a fucked up place, there's something wrong with the US' progrms, something severely wrong. Its level of "disturbing" is reminiscent of the CIA programs that targeted highly intelligent people for experimentation.

nikdaheratik 10y ago
From what I've read, and some of my own experience, it seems like some of the genetic markers for high IQ are also shared with other mental illness, particularly depression and bipolar disorder. A few papers have even theorized that one of the triggers for these illnesses is when some of the markers for high IQ are switched on, but others are not. The bullying doesn't help, but it isn't the only cause for the downward spiral and may not be unique to the US.
- abysmallyideal 10y ago
  I'm in the same boat, likely less. I figure my IQ is no where near as high as the people who had to suffer under the US' misguided programs and possible subversion and antagonism by their own elites. It reminds me of the disturbing movie called "The Accountant" where they express a genius of Mozart and Einstein is turned into a complete monster, a robotic killing machine... and this is somehow celebratory. Maybe it is an expression of our times, and that western civility has failed (or is non-existant). Environment has an active effect on how a person develops through their lives, and maybe scientifically and genetically this is expressed as "marker switching" or "de/activation".

nikdaheratik 10y ago

From what I've read, and some of my own experience, it seems like some of the genetic markers for high IQ are also shared with other mental illness, particularly depression and bipolar disorder. A few papers have even theorized that one of the triggers for these illnesses is when some of the markers for high IQ are switched on, but others are not. The bullying doesn't help, but it isn't the only cause for the downward spiral and may not be unique to the US.

abysmallyideal 10y ago
I'm in the same boat, likely less. I figure my IQ is no where near as high as the people who had to suffer under the US' misguided programs and possible subversion and antagonism by their own elites. It reminds me of the disturbing movie called "The Accountant" where they express a genius of Mozart and Einstein is turned into a complete monster, a robotic killing machine... and this is somehow celebratory. Maybe it is an expression of our times, and that western civility has failed (or is non-existant). Environment has an active effect on how a person develops through their lives, and maybe scientifically and genetically this is expressed as "marker switching" or "de/activation".