Do you think that people with a very high IQ are discriminated against in American culture? Why?

Answer 1

I suspect that intelligent people are bullied and ostracized in any culture that cannot tolerate people who aren't "average" in some way. I'd say the U.S. qualifies as one of those places.

Many Americans like to assume, for instance, that if someone appears to be bright, then that person must also be socially awkward, emotionally stunted, physically inept, and make other people feel dumb, so they treat them as if that were so.

"Too smart for their own good," is another phrase used around here, which means, as far as I can tell, that you deserve what you get if you don't hide your thoughts well enough.

Answer 2

Absolutely not. For one thing, there is no standardized IQ test being used, so it's virtually impossible for anyone to even have an intelligence quotient anymore. Even if we did, it's not information that is readily available to others, therefore we cannot be discriminated against on the basis of IQ.

Answer 3

I don't think people with a high IQ are descriminated against for their IQ per se, except perhaps by the occasional person who feels threatened by it. However, if they take on a superior attitude because of their IQ, they will be descriminated against because of their attitude. Or, if they never develop social skills because they have always relied on their intelligence to succeed, they may be descriminated against because they have never developed the ability to interact successfully with people. So when people with a high IQ are descriminated against, I think it is more because of by-products of their intelligence rather than the intelligence itself.

Answer 4

Imagine two soccer teams, one of individualistic smart people, and one composed of simpler people, who do as they are told, cooperating intensely, their ego wiped out. Which of these wins ?

For this reason, the US as a whole is as society much more manageable, it can be steered in ways Europe and Japan cannot.
The early PCs which were flower pots, were bought here, and were rejected in Europe. Now we control the standard, largely because we were able to make Americans buy useless early PCs.

Of course, there has to be an elite to manage this soccer team, and maybe you can join it.

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Answer 5

People with high IQ's often don't have high emotional intelligence, and they can quickly become that person in class, who has to answer every question, always has to raise their hand, and always seem to be making everyone else look bad. It's drudgery when your in class with that person, when your in life with that person you can choose to treat them however you want, and repay them for all the drudgery you've had to sit through listening to people like them all your life.

Answer 6

Because as with every other country the masses are moronic. And you scare them with your reason and clear thinking. Ahhhhh!

Answer 7

because the public is supposed to be dumb,so that it will buy whats going on and can be manipulated.
intellectuality or intelligence is an enemy of the state

Answer 8

yes

they don't associate with dumb people & a majority of people are dumb or dumber then the people with a high iq

thanks,

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Answer 9

Because they are intimidating to all the dummies out there.

Answer 10

yes