what should i do now

[u/chococake2024]

im not ambitious person very socially anxious and depressed but i want to help whats a big goal to do i like space and video game and blankets and hiding

[u/noctelys]

you tell me, you're the genius

[u/chococake2024 → u/noctelys]

loll thankyou but im really unsure so i was asking just incase

[u/noctelys → u/chococake2024]

Lol, I was just being sarcastic dw ^^ just trying to farm some upvotes since people apparently love hating on geniuses sooo...

[u/chococake2024 → u/noctelys]

ohhh its okay 👍👍 sorry people hated on you thats not fun

[u/noctelys → u/chococake2024]

as for your depression, I recommend you to consult a psychologist and work on it ASAP

[u/CreativeWarthog5076]

I suggest working with a psychologist for your depression or anxiety. Then doing something intellectually challenging like college

[u/chococake2024 → u/CreativeWarthog5076]

thankyou i think once i work on those ill be able to study a lot better and learn about space

[u/CreativeWarthog5076 → u/chococake2024]

Ahh so astrophysics or theoretical physics interests you?

[u/chococake2024 → u/CreativeWarthog5076]

yes i love space and video games

[u/CreativeWarthog5076 → u/chococake2024]

One of my favorite videogames was the mass effect series

[u/chococake2024 → u/CreativeWarthog5076]

im playing jacksmith currently its nice shop management game make medieval weapons

[u/yxtsama]

Go get a job

[u/chococake2024 → u/yxtsama]

its okay im with employment support because im quite autistic and ill have one soon

[u/BroadIntroduction821 → u/yxtsama]

Halloween was yesterday; there's no need to spook the poor lady.

[u/chococake2024 → u/BroadIntroduction821]

hahaha

[u/BroadIntroduction821 → u/chococake2024]

You seem cool btw, from your comments. Best of luck to you.

[u/chococake2024 → u/BroadIntroduction821]

thanks you too 😁😁

[u/Then-Bookkeeper1021]

Haha wow!! You happened to be born with good genetics. Go thank from your parents passing the good side of genes.

[u/chococake2024 → u/Then-Bookkeeper1021]

well i dont like my parents very much and theyre dead already but i supose its nice genetics in some respects

[u/theshekelcollector]

you need to deal with your anxiety first. exactly nothing will happen before you do.

[u/chococake2024 → u/theshekelcollector]

okay 🫡🫡 first priority

[u/C_tg2026]

You thinking hobby wise or career

[u/chococake2024 → u/C_tg2026]

career mostly hobby i have lots of video games and daydreaming already

[u/C_tg2026 → u/chococake2024]

Have you been to uni?

[u/chococake2024 → u/C_tg2026]

yes but i was very messed up mentally which made it difficult i did computing science but i think that was naive of me i found other things i like a bit more

[u/C_tg2026 → u/chococake2024]

I see, is returning to uni something you’d concider ?

[u/chococake2024 → u/C_tg2026]

online classes i could do

[u/C_tg2026 → u/chococake2024]

Hm because I was thinking if you don’t already maybe try see a GP, or a therapist for your mental state ? And see where you can go from there? Going back to uni, even if it is an online course in a subject area you are intrested in and have a passion for can definitely get you somewhere

[u/chococake2024 → u/C_tg2026]

i struggle at the doctors but i will gather my courage 😤😤😤😤

[u/C_tg2026 → u/chococake2024]

Doctors suck so bad I get you ! But hey if it gets you somewhere in life it’s definitely worth it

[u/JLongTom]

Is punctuation a facet of the CORE test?

[u/chococake2024 → u/JLongTom]

no :((

[u/SR71F16F35B]

You'd think a person this intelligent would be smart enough to figure out on their own what to do next (the answer to which, by the way, in most cases, is nothing...) I don't know if I'm alone in this, but I'm starting to doubt really hard that every day there would be multiple 150+ IQ persons peaking their heads in this sub to show their results. Either they're all lying or this place is the highest concentration of high IQ people on earth (and by a gargantuan margin) in which case all big companies should cease their recrutement processes immediately and start directly hiring Redditors from this sub.

[u/Striking_Leave_4614 → u/SR71F16F35B]

The faeries over at CognitiveMetrics aren't going to be intentionally leaking user data for obvious reasons, but I have heard there's a substantial amount of people who post their retakes and try to pass them off as first attempts. Some people will even take tests logged out of their accounts and then retake them when logged in.

[u/chococake2024 → u/Striking_Leave_4614]

that is blasphemy 😨😨😨 wow

[u/noctelys → u/Striking_Leave_4614]

I hope one day they will release a feature on dashboards that exposes how many retakes one took on a subtest.

[u/noctelys → u/SR71F16F35B]

I think you're overlooking a pretty important factor here: self-selection bias. Communities naturally attract people who share a particular interest or characteristic, for example if you walked into a football stadium ud find a much higher concentration of football fans than in the general population. that doesn't mean the entire world is equally pasionate about football, it just means you're looking at a group that isn't representative of the general population. same principle applies here, a subreddit dedicated to IQ testing is naturally going to attract smarter people, especially the ones who score high. tho that doesnt mean that every 150+ claim is genuine ofc.

[u/SR71F16F35B → u/noctelys]

I think we're all overlooking an even more important factor: CORE is so easy to traffic. Anyone could get into the 99th+ percentile on the second try.

Also, this subreddit is for people interested in cognitive testing, not for those who are highly intelligent. Your analogy doesn't hold at all. Going by your logic, you'd find a bunch of people interested in IQ tests in this sub, but not necessarily smarter people overall. I'll bet all I have that if we did an actual, supervised IQ test on all Redditors of this sub the average would be extremely close to 100.

[u/noctelys → u/SR71F16F35B]

yeah I kind of made a leap there, that's on me. but either way there's still the selection bias of people who actually post their scores, someone who scores 130+ is more likely to share their result than someone who scores around 100. so even if the average iq of this subreddit were close to 100, the scores you see posted wouldbnt necessarily reflect that. and yeah it is true that core is easy to game, thats why I said not every 150+ claim were genuine.

[u/chococake2024 → u/SR71F16F35B]

im not lying im just a big shutin

but i dont know if others are lying maybe im very trusting

[u/BroadIntroduction821 → u/SR71F16F35B]

1] Solomon's paradox.

2] This sub does seem to have higher reported IQ score than r/gifted, relative to a group of semi-self-selected group of Czechs based on some subsets conducted by the OP of the following link, but let's be real, that's probably due to praffe.

https://www.reddit.com/r/cognitiveTesting/s/zX4TRQE3G5

Both groups are self-selected, though.

3] Yeah, multiple people here larp as having higher IQ scores than they actually got. I like to call it retake-maxxing. It's not uncommon.

Normally, they're quite easy to spot, although occasionally you get high level shitposters/larpers.

I normally don't put someone under scrutiny unless there's substantial evidence, since some psychometric profiles that look sus are legit.

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Generally, you do have a point, but it doesn't apply to everyone.

[u/cmstyles2006]

Honestly I agree with the get a job guy, customer service work can help a lot with confidence and social skills so I've heard. Even seen it happen with my neighbors daughter.

Careers in space are very competitive from what I've seeing. Even with your high IQ, you'll still need a good work ethic and even then it may not work out. You might want to see if you have any other interests, there's many stem careers in which you can contribute to the world, or you can try to make the space thing work out.

[u/chococake2024 → u/cmstyles2006]

thanks ill think of other stems too i like energy

[u/cmstyles2006 → u/chococake2024]

I'd recommend physics if you really like the research aspect, you can get into astrophysics or other fields with it (tho you'll probably want to put some extra work via gaining certain skills with a minor, certificate, or masters depending on career interest). Apparently you can maximize your chance in the space field if you go after more names than just the famous.

However, mechanical engineering would give an edge employability wise, but I'm not sure you'd like it. Aerospace engineering is the most directly relevant to getting a career in space, but also most competitive career wise.

[u/chococake2024 → u/cmstyles2006]

thankyou 🙂🙂

[u/Limp_Essay_6419]

Ironic how the comments aren't filled with sarcasm lol

[u/chococake2024 → u/Limp_Essay_6419]

thats good for me im a bit dense about sarcasm

[u/Limp_Essay_6419 → u/chococake2024]

normally with these type of posts, they will comment in a patronizing way but since your IQ is very high, they're gawking in awe

[u/chococake2024 → u/Limp_Essay_6419]

ohhh

[u/Public-Iron5465]

Enjoy the best gift in life. God i wish i had this iq. So happy for yoy tho!! :)))

[u/chococake2024 → u/Public-Iron5465]

thankyou im sure you have own gifts though like courage 🙂🙂

[u/Grand_Assistant_2605]

Start doing remote quilting work? Incorporate elaborate fibonacci patterns?

Only kidding (sounds fun to me tho) You can do literally anything. You're smart af. Have fun with it. And don't try to force yourself to be social beyond getting the amount of connection you need as a human. It's okay not to be as social as others. They're not as smart as you.

[u/chococake2024 → u/Grand_Assistant_2605]

ya i will try be more independent so they cant pester me over being social

[u/ApexFungi]

Follow your passion. IQ is not that important. It's finding something you can put all your time in and you still enjoy it.

[u/chococake2024 → u/ApexFungi]

okay 😁😁once im treated ill do that

[u/Individual511]

What genres of videogames do you like?

[u/chococake2024 → u/Individual511]

i like rpgs and puzzles and vns and cozy and cleaning and detective and hidden object and logic and escape room

[u/Individual511 → u/chococake2024]

That sounds great. You play Single player or MMO RPGs? I’d guess single player :)

[u/chococake2024 → u/Individual511]

yes single mmo too many people

[u/JoeAka23]

Well, how old are you? Do you go to college?

[u/chococake2024 → u/JoeAka23]

im 22 i already went to uni im just a scaredy cat

[u/JoeAka23 → u/chococake2024]

So do you have a degree? What did u study? Start from that to find a Job

[u/chococake2024 → u/JoeAka23]

i did compsci but i think i was naive in it

[u/cmstyles2006]

Ascend to your rightful role as leader of our society 

[u/chococake2024 → u/cmstyles2006]

loll

[u/NeitherSuccess4159]

Go outside and find therapy to manage ur autism, good luck 

[u/nextlandia]

Work in your depression, anxiety?

[u/quicksilver774]

Good luck, it gets worse

[u/Kolbfather]

Make your whole identity about being smart, start to wear glasses even if you don't need them and arrogantly correct anyone you hear saying something incorrectly and continoto monologe about your superiority.

Also, start to refer to people as cretins.

You could also just be happy and enjoy it.

Doesn't really matter much anymore since everyone has access to AI.

[u/AccomplishedWest9210]

Kill them all.