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Can high intelligence be a burden rather than a boon? David Robson BBC
If ignorance is bliss, does a high IQ equal misery? Popular opinion would have it so. We tend to think of geniuses as being plagued by existential angst, frustration, and loneliness. Think of Virginia Woolf, Alan Turing, or Lisa Simpson – lone stars, isolated even as they burn their brightest. As Ernest Hemingway wrote: “Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
The harsh truth is that greater intelligence does not equate to wiser decisions
The question may seem like a trivial matter concerning a select few – but the insights it offers could have ramifications for many. Much of our education system is aimed at improving academic intelligence; although its limits are well known, IQ is still the primary way of measuring cognitive abilities, and we spend millions on brain training and cognitive enhancers that try to improve those scores. But what if the quest for genius is itself a fool’s errand?
A weighty burden
One possibility is that knowledge of your talents becomes something of a ball and chain. Indeed, during the 1990s, the surviving Termites were asked to look back at the events in their 80-year lifespan. Rather than basking in their successes, many reported that they had been plagued by the sense that they had somehow failed to live up to their youthful expectations.
That sense of burden – particularly when combined with others’ expectations – is a recurring motif for many other gifted children. The most notable, and sad, case concerns the maths prodigy Sufiah Yusof. Enrolled at Oxford University aged 12, she dropped out of her course before taking her finals and started waitressing. She later worked as a call girl, entertaining clients with her ability to recite equations during sexual acts.
Sufiah Yusof, a child prodigy, enrolled at Oxford aged 12 but later dropped out and worked as a call girl
Another common complaint, often heard in student bars and internet forums, is that smarter people somehow have a clearer vision of the world’s failings. Whereas the rest of us are blinkered from existential angst, smarter people lay awake agonising over the human condition or other people’s folly.
Constant worrying may, in fact, be a sign of intelligence – but not in the way these armchair philosophers had imagined. Interviewing students on campus about various topics of discussion, Alexander Penney at MacEwan University in Canada found that those with the higher IQ did indeed feel more anxiety throughout the day. Interestingly, most worries were mundane, day-to-day concerns, though; the high-IQ students were far more likely to be replaying an awkward conversation, than asking the “big questions”. “It’s not that their worries were more profound, but they are just worrying more often about more things,” says Penney. “If something negative happened, they thought about it more.”
Q:
Can high intelligence be a burden rather than a boon?
Does a high IQ equal success?
What do you think of the high IQ people?
How to become a genius?
Pros and cons of being a genius?
Why smart people get depressed?
需要健康檢查嗎?
Do You Need a Yearly Medical Check-Up? Written
By Becky Ham and Taunya
We've all heard about well-baby visits, but
if you're a healthy adult, you probably have no plan to see a doctor. When
there's nothing to complain about, many of us go years without a comprehensive
medical check-up.
John Biersmith feels healthy and hasn't
seen a doctor "just because" for more than five years.
The 36-year-old is a regional manager for a
toy manufacturer and has health insurance through work. Biersmith goes to the
dentist without fail every six months but hasn't felt a similar need to check
in with his physician.
"I probably should schedule an
appointment, but I'm a little hesitant about what he's going to ask, about how
I eat, whether or not I exercise," Biersmith said.
Does he really need a yearly check-up? Do
you?
"There isn't a one-size-fits-all
recommendation," says Dr. Christine Sinsky, an internist at Iowa's Medical
Associates Clinic and Health Plan. Sinsky considers a patient's sex, age,
medical history and risk factors before setting up an exam schedule.
Dr. Thomas Weida, a family physician with
the Hershey Medical Center in Pennsylvania, weighs similar factors.
"I may have a 40-year-old guy come in
and he's doing well, he has no risk factors, all his family members have lived
to 108. He's a perfect weight, he eats well, I'm not going to tell him to come
back in next year for a physical," he said. "I'll say 'Hey, why don't
I see you back here in five years. There's some age appropriate screenings that
we'll need to do at that age. Come on in and we'll see how you are doing
then.'"
Weida says the need for a regular check-up
grows with age.
"I think 50 is a real watershed year
for folks. Certainly if they haven't established a personal medical home by
that age they really should because it is so important in coordinating their
care, and helping them enjoy the next 50 years of their life," he said.
An initial physical can be a good way to
find a "personal health home," a central point for consistent,
integrated health care.
Q:
Are Check-ups important?
Do you need a yearly medical check-up?
Can you trust your doctor?
How to live a healthy lifestyle?
What are the ways to avoid getting sick?
“Chinese medicine” does it really work?
What do you think about the national
insurance system?
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