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First, beyond about a 145 IQ (I'll side-step, for now, the difficulties of measuring beyond 140; note that I'm talking about the underlying "g" rather than test

First, beyond about a 145 IQ (I'll side-step, for now, the difficulties of measuring beyond 140; note that I'm talking about the underlying "g" rather than test scores themselves) typical work boredom becomes a crippling, anxiety-inducing disability but, because few people can or want to sympathize with that problem, it often gets misconstrued as an attitude issue. After a few years of professional failure, a lot of those people go into blue-collar work where their bodies are worked but their minds are free. Second, while IQ and mental illness actually don't correlate, creativity (which is very helpful for getting a PhD in many fields) is correlated with mental health issues.

dil8 13y ago
> Second, while IQ and mental illness actually don't correlate, creativity (which is very helpful for getting a PhD in many fields) is correlated with mental health issues. Do you have any sources for this? I would like to read the some of the studies.
bokonist 13y ago
typical work boredom becomes a crippling, anxiety-inducing disability There is a secret for overcoming this boredom: podcasts. Ticket-munching isn't actually that bad if you have a bunch of queued up podcasts and audiobooks that you can listen to. I recommend bloggingheads.tv, C-Span AfterWords, C-Span Q&A, and if you like sports, the B.S. Report. Though if you listen to podcasts, you must be quick to pause when your work actually requires all 145+ IQ points, otherwise quality will suffer.