1) I don't think that the term "retard" is a constructive way to refer to people of IQ 70 or lower (or anyone, really). 2) Everyone I have ever met is, in some

1) I don't think that the term "retard" is a constructive way to refer to people of IQ 70 or lower (or anyone, really). 2) Everyone I have ever met is, in some field or other, and in some kind of thinking, really dumb. Some people are low intelligence in everything, but I've never met anyone who was smart at every kind of thinking. 3) When dealing with, say, people who know way less about computer programming than I do, I don't feel depressed. I may find that certain topics of conversation aren't going to work, and thus want to find another group for those conversations (perhaps HN), but if you cannot find some constructive and rewarding way of interacting with people who have a different IQ than you, that is a problem you should (and can) work on.