A mind is a terrible thing to waste...?

Question

you ever feel like your life is not challenging you enough? or like you just feel smarter than your life is allowing you to express? I want to go to school really bad but i'm struggling with the money thing...i just feel like i'm intellectually suffocating. anyone else feel this way? what did you do to "fix" it?

It's not that i'm bored, i just feel like my smartness is being wasted

Answer 1

The last computer course I took was in 8th grade. I am now in my mid thirties. I have continued my education in computer science to the point where I looked at the comp-sci cirriculum at a local university and found that I can teach about half of the undergraduate stuff and about a quarter of the graduate courses. But since I do not have a degree, no one will even look at me for a job. FRUSTRATION!!!!!

Since 6th grade I have been working on Artificial Intelligence, and I have made some amazing breakthroughs (see some of my Answers). MIT is behind the times compared to what I have come up with. But since I have no degree, no one is willing to hire me on. (I have contacted DARPA (www.darpa.mil) about several of their projects, but because I have no credentials, they will not talk to me.) FRUSTRATION!!!!!

So I collect my weekly paycheck doing blue collar work to pay the bills.

So I am forming my own corporation to finalize my research as well as develop some other ideas that I have come up with. We shall see if it works.

Answer 2

Every time I come to the psychology section I feel intellectually suffocated. Then I go back to the math and science section and I am challenged. Just handled a question on frequency dependent selection, negative, and the rate of decreasing fitness in a population. Do you see any questions here that can even intimate the complexity and elegance of that one? Yes, a mind is a terrible thing to waste. So, do not waste it in social science.

Answer 3

I even tend to think of of a quote i don't comprehend who reported it besides the undeniable fact that it went something like this. a guy grew to become into walking alongside and found a drunkard interior the gutter, he appeared down with a tragic heart and reported "behold what grew to become into meant to be a God." we've plenty ability in us yet while we don't use it, who's to comprehend the infinite circumstances that the international could have been made greater effective with the help of somebody that chosen to waste his recommendations from disuse or abuse. If all of us individuals did our terrific continually the point of progression and methods may well be astonishing. it quite is a waste to the international to not use your recommendations, it is the actual waste the denying of what could have been from the guy that chosen to not.

Answer 4

I moved to a new school.

You could read more... for example, classical literature and "deep" books... but not too deep, though. Don't wanna get too confused. :-\
Also, you could find ways to challenge your logic, such as a math problem, or even a Rubik's cube. I don't know if that helps you intellectually but it certainly keeps you occupied. ;-)

Agree with the first guy's answer, too; don't waste too much time on Yahoo Answers. Eventuly sum of that idiotcy rubs of on u, u kno?

Answer 5

For starters, don't hang around Yahoo! Answers too much. The stupidity level arund theez here parts bes the awefull and, tareibble.

^irony

The sheer mental-density of some people around here would just depress you further.

Sorry I can't be of more help to you...I've been sitting here trying to think of something more useful than the links the guy below me posted, but I can't :(

Answer 6

Here try this:

http://www.fafsa.us/index.htm

http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/register/start?ref=overture_brands-1f--http%3a%2f%2fsearch%2eyahoo%2ecom%2fsearch%3fsearch%3dfast%2bweb%26ei%3dUTF%2d8%26fr%3dks%2dans%26ico%2dyahoo%2dsearch%2dvalue%3dhttp%253A%252F%252Frds%2eyahoo%2ecom%252F_ylt%253DAnMZN6LLoxJCK5kYw1yBpbIazKIX%252FSIG%253D111gjvvgj%252F%2a%2dhttp%253A%252F%252Fsearch%2eyahoo%2ecom%252Fsearch%26ico%2dwikipedia%2dsearch%2dvalue%3dhttp%253A%252F%252Frds%2eyahoo%2ecom%252F_ylt%253DAm8FqP9PMh3eI0VaHRxVCCkazKIX%252FSIG%253D11ia1qo58%252F%2a%2ahttp%25253a%252F%252Fen%2ewikipedia%2eorg%252Fwiki%252FSpecial%25253aSearch%26p%3dfast%2bweb

http://www.grants.gov/

Hope this helps you