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Also could you please tell if it is possible to maintain friendship with high IQ people by a normal IQ people (say 120). Do the high IQ people find boring to ma

Also could you please tell if it is possible to maintain friendship with high IQ people by a normal IQ people (say 120). Do the high IQ people find boring to maintain the thought process and conversation with low IQ people and hence can not enjoy company? What's your observation from your high IQ parents friendship circle ? Please provide honest feedback.

tpxl 8y ago
It's entirely possible. Much about friendship is not about smarts but how fun the person is to be around, their interests... Source: My dad was in MENSA and maintained such friendships.
loup-vaillant 8y ago
Wait a minute, 98 is low, and 120 is normal?!? Did I read wrong, or did something happened to the mean of 100 and the standard deviation of 15?
_Tev 8y ago
Not OP, but I think I have enough of appropriate experience / friends that match your question. > if it is possible to maintain friendship with high IQ people by a normal IQ people Yes. > Do the high IQ people find boring to maintain the thought process and conversation with low IQ people ... Yes, but not always. High IQ !== does know everything. And usually high IQ people love to learn new things, from anyone who can teach them. > ... and hence can not enjoy company? No, it can be enjoyed regardless. Even when you ignore activities not based on conversation (e.g. Sports, games), sometimes you want boring conversation.
Tcepsa 8y ago
Pedant that I am, I would like to point out that 120 is not a "normal" IQ. The test is scored such that 100 represents the median IQ, with 85-115 being within one standard deviation of that median. This means that less than about 1/3 of people will have a score outside of that range. That having been said, I apologize for not being able to answer your actual question since I don't know the IQs of the folks I maintain friendships with. Most of them seem like they probably are higher than that range, but that might just be confirmation bias.

tpxl 8y ago

It's entirely possible. Much about friendship is not about smarts but how fun the person is to be around, their interests... Source: My dad was in MENSA and maintained such friendships.

loup-vaillant 8y ago

Wait a minute, 98 is low, and 120 is normal?!? Did I read wrong, or did something happened to the mean of 100 and the standard deviation of 15?

_Tev 8y ago

Not OP, but I think I have enough of appropriate experience / friends that match your question. > if it is possible to maintain friendship with high IQ people by a normal IQ people Yes. > Do the high IQ people find boring to maintain the thought process and conversation with low IQ people ... Yes, but not always. High IQ !== does know everything. And usually high IQ people love to learn new things, from anyone who can teach them. > ... and hence can not enjoy company? No, it can be enjoyed regardless. Even when you ignore activities not based on conversation (e.g. Sports, games), sometimes you want boring conversation.

Tcepsa 8y ago

Pedant that I am, I would like to point out that 120 is not a "normal" IQ. The test is scored such that 100 represents the median IQ, with 85-115 being within one standard deviation of that median. This means that less than about 1/3 of people will have a score outside of that range. That having been said, I apologize for not being able to answer your actual question since I don't know the IQs of the folks I maintain friendships with. Most of them seem like they probably are higher than that range, but that might just be confirmation bias.