Big Brain Wojak

are only highly intelligent people allowed to answer lol?

uh.... no restrictions lol

idk if i’m smart or not, i guess it depends on the thing, but my answer would be, as the true libertarian i am: do what u want, i don’t care.

but no, (as long as it’s not illegal, and ideally not sinful) do whatever makes you happy.

What if the thing that makes me happy is highly questionable and borderline dark gray science experiments?

which it isn't by the way...... but hypothetically let's say it was

that sounds like you’re a mad scientist, in which case, yeah that’s pretty cool.

You should definitely be able to choose what you can do in life (any other idea kinda sounds communist tbh). Sure, we need highly intelligent people in the public to help us understand the world better (whether they're actually doing that is another question), but I am someone who many ppl regard as intelligent (despite my own views on that), and I've always nvr cared for anything academic or scholarly. I've always preferred musical and creative arts. The best advice I've heard is "pursue what you truly enjoy and you will never have to 'work' again." So if someone is willing and capable of being a scholar, they should go for it. But not all intelligent people will want to, and those people shouldn't be forced to.

Perhaps. I still see it as a waste I guess, but really, a lot of talent is gonna get wasted whatever vocation you choose.
And music can require a lot of intelligence. It's weird for me to see people struggle with certain aspects of it (especially tempo) but I guess not everyone just gets that. Then if you play an instrument and sing at the same time, that requires that you're good enough it's second nature, and then add music theory on top, which is a good thing to learn.

yea, but tbh you have no idea how much talent one person may have. Someone could be gifted musically, creatively, competitively, and academically, and no matter what they choose, they'd have to either waste talent or be quite busy lol
Yeah, music is much more difficult than ppl think (especially classical) and singing gets much harder if undeveloped properly). And yes, music theory is pretty essential. However some classical composers like mozart and Beethoven liked to break all the rules so it's interesting to learn the theories behind the exceptions, which makes the topic even more difficult lol

My dad is a highly intelligent man, and he does blue collar work. Well, he's also a manager for volunteer teams who do blue collar work, but he always gets his hands dirty right beside them.

But he's still a manager

I’d say if you want to work at McDonald’s go ahead. You just better give me my chicken nuggets fast.

I have no idea

cool

Ye

It's safe to say there will always be a waste of some other talent

well, you're the Captain

Well, people should just choose to do what they want to do in life. It really doesn't take a high level.of intelligence to study Music and Sound Production in order to become a Sound Engineer. The lack of intelligence didn't stop me from doing Genetics, it's the grades I got due to stress in exams that got me the grades that I got.

Genetics is cool

Yep.
But then again so is Music and Sound Production

True, do you do anything with that?

Yup. And...Well if you consider Sound Engineering a decent career choice then there's that, Film Production, that's another thing that it can link with.

Well I believe that you can work with our around your vocation. For example, nuns can be nurses and doctors.

ight, imma be a nun

LETS GO

It was bound to happen at some point

Why*

I once got a three hour speech about who I should be a nun

And your conclusion?

I want a family XD

fair

Also I just know if I were a nun, I’d totally wrap knuckles with a metal ruler every single day.

who's knuckles may I ask?

…..Secrets of the state

I don't like that answer

Then no, you may not ask.

STEM fields?

I think the highly intelligent people usually find their vocational path pretty well when applying themselves. Some might not be self aware of themselves and struggle with it (the ones that don't apply themselves) and some become caught up with an ideal that they serve nothing to the community.

Know that high IQ doesn't always translate well with many jobs. Wisdom, drive, energy, experience,
competitiveness, etc. Is a factor that must be considered into the equation.

For example, I think these days we find ourselves with a lot of shit doctors. Intelligent enough to get to MD but won't pursue understanding. In the VA, I asked a few doctors about my fatty liver. All responded with "lose weight, eat greens". Lost weight, ate greens, no impact. "Lose more weight, eat more greens." they repeat, nothing changed. Wasn't until I looked into HFCS and its impact on the liver. Stopped eating HFCS foods, didn't lose more weight, didn't change my intake on greens, but liver went back to normal. Made mention of what I cut out and doctors said, "huh, well if it works, keep it up..."

I had made mention of things like my soda habits and my diet and the doctors didn't think much of it, because that is not what they were taught and that is not something they cared to look into.

They were intelligent enough to get into it but I think some get complacent or like the INTJ, only take information from a source they only find as valid and don't do there own research and study.

So much on this subject.

Should they, Yes, but they should always strive for better understanding in whatever field that they are in.

That's interesting about the doctors.

I think if someone really cares about their work, they'll naturally want to go above and beyond and work to be the best that they can possibly be.

I've worked many fields. So far medical being the worse in passion. Most get into it because it is financially secure if you can get in it. There was no passion, just a forced idea of it to cover why they really got into it, money. Not saying making a good career in life is bad, but without the passion all you have is an empty shell going through the motions. Instead of having good Healthcare you get dancing nurses giving a big "screw you" finger on TikTok.

YOOOOO p O G

ver pog

Big brains in menial vocations get bored - they should at least do something that stimulates them in ways that combat boredom. I'm not saying that every genius apply to NASA, just that digging a ditch will likely be unsatisfying.

Yeah, NASA's a bore, SpaceX is where it's at
And I agree, but I also think it's possible to keep your brain satisfied with intelligent stuff besides your job

It was more of an example - sure SpaceX is dragging everyone else these days.

I can't disagree that hobbies could fill the void if the job doesn't do it.

I suppose that I'm spoiled, I accidentally turned my hobby into my business.....My wife hates it.

Yeah I know I was being facetious

Ok that's cool, may I ask what business?

I need to be vague, because people are vindictive..... I'm a software engineer, and I accidentally created a SaaS company...... It just sort of happened. I wrote some software that got popular, and someone asked me if they could pay to use the software commercially. They didn't want to buy it - they wanted a system that they could access as needed. It took a few years, but eventually the income was better than I made at my day-job. I see about 10% annual growth, while wearing my pajamas to work every day. I don't even advertise.

That's cool. That's the sort of thing I'd want to do, have a side thing I try on top of my job that could eventually be a job, like writing or something, I don't want anything to do with software lol, just not my thing

That's the trick, finding something that you love to do - that someone is willing to pay you for. I've been writing software since the 80's - as work (rarely anything fun, that I'd want to do), and as a hobby (my own fun projects). So when someone wanted to pay me for my fun work - it was awesome!

They say, do something you love and you'll never work a day in your life. It's mostly true - I have my bad days, but those are still better than my best days working for someone else.

I hope you find that magical "thing" that you love to do.

Thanks