Why do some men hate intelligent women?

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Eh?

I also edited my post.

The bible-belters you're discussing, they're virtue signaling. From what you said they don't know anything about the bible, don't know much about any of the issues they supposedly stand for, and they just want to be seen believing whatever's popular. Those same people would be rabid SJW's if born in another city or state.

Two sides of the same coin whether they want to admit it or not.

Bible Belters stole a lot of my life away so my hatred of them is more personal than anything else.

I was given a score, but my split was something like 16 points. While both scores were above 115 it doesn't help save me from appearing at least half-retarded at most times.

Me:

Verbal IQ: 141

Visual: 79

I've only ever met one person who has a "gap" as big as mine. As one of my friends put it,"You're the smartest dumb person I know."

I can't remember my gap but my high-low was something like a 115 to upper 130's spread.

I believe mine was 142/126 verbal/visual.

That said, I think there's more to the 'half-retarded' feeling than just the split here.

Among things, even people who are very logical, reasonable, methodical and who generally are good at delaying gratification in hopes of getting larger benefits in the future will still fail to demonstrate those traits when worked up (cold mind vs. hot mind).

Even people who are very knowledgeable may fail to apply that knowledge in the appropriate context.

Besides all of that, poor social skills or poor ability to understand others motives, desires and attitudes can't help but be judged as less intelligent no matter how intelligent they actually are. One's amenability/agreeability is as well, analogous to how many people view dogs are more intelligent than cats because they have a stronger desire to please their master.

Some of those are internal 'I feel dumb' factors, others are external 'that person is dumb' factors but I believe they're all relevant... either that or I'm just navel gazing.

This bit caught my eye. I suspect it's not intelligence as such that turns people off, it's the (often damaged) loopy personalities that come with a high IQ.



I'm sure ladies might understand it to some extent. Want a date with a 150 IQ guy? Sounds good on paper. Then you meet him and he's Creepy McCreeperson. Lacking in personal grooming, zero social skills, bizarre unintelligible hobbies, so unable to maintain eye contact that it looks like he's constantly staring at your chest... or, God forbid, he turns out to be a conservative. Was it really the intelligence that turned you off or everything else?

I'm Christian but I have read the Bible. It's not required in order to believe in god.

I never implied that, sly. I was just saying how superficial and fake mainstream Christianity is.

In my experience the only people that despise intelligence are those that lack it.This applies to both sexes.

I don't get static IQ scores.

As ASD people, we memorize information, and become "smarter" as time goes on.

My IQ is the highest it's ever been, tomorrow it will be fractionally higher.

I think IQ is typically proportional to age, a bit like you'll test much better to get the same score at age 25 than at age 10. I say that because I know I had a lot more horsepower at 26 than at 8 or 9 but still got the same # or something really close to it.

Yes, it seems that way.

I don't know, looks like you're going into stereotype territory here. Not all people with such high IQs are that way, some hide it pretty well in order to fit in.

I think, for someone who is genuinely attracted to someone else they generally overlook incompatibilities. And I mean genuinely attracted...like real love at first sight, if such a thing exists. If they are not, then it seems they over analyse the potential partner and focus on flaws, minor or major. I think this is all subconscious processing.

But I do think you're onto something. Not necessarily with the physical aspect of Creepy McCreeperson but with just how much such a person might fail to meet expectations. In the study, people thought intelligence was a desirable trait at a distance...this was before they met the person I'm assuming. Maybe they expected the person to be like a much smarter version of themselves? Reality can be off-putting sometimes.

I think the same holds true for friendships as well. Unless you're looking to dumb down your conversations or explain everything to someone how can you be real friends? The opposite is true as well, not understanding what someone is talking about or feeling inferior can really suck, I imagine.

I'm wondering what we'd get when looking at the flip side of "Why do some men hate intelligent women?", that being "Why do some intelligent women hate men?"