Are you really smart? Are you really dumb? Are you average? How did you come to your conclusion?

I’m in the really smart category with an IQ of 157. That has a frequency of about 10 in a million. I’ve met one other person in that range. He’s even smarter than I am, with a 1600 on his SATs which translates to a 160+ IQ.

In practice that translates to about a 3x clock speed in my brain. As when you overclock your computer, you reach a point where you get glitches and artifacting. This happens in my amygdala leading to treatment resistant depression. I have to get my brain hard rebooted once a month with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). I lose some recent memories like tv shows I’ve watched. I’d gladly trade a bunch of IQ points for feeling better consistently. I’m basically Marvin from HHGTTG.