6 surprising downsides of being extremely intelligent
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You might think life would be easier, happier, and infinitely more fulfilling if only you could rack up a few more IQ points.
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But that's hardly the case, as evidenced by the 100-plus answers on a Quora thread titled "When does intelligence become a curse?"
Users wrote about everything from the absurdly high expectations that people place on them to the trouble of constantly being perceived as a braggart.
Below, we've rounded up some of the most thought-provoking responses and explained the science behind them.
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