Dealing with Smart Person Syndrome

A Guide from a Fellow Sufferer

Visit Yakub’s lab, you said. He’s a genius, you told me…

According to multiple tests, my IQ is 2.5 to 3 standard deviations above the norm. Among Substackers, these scores aren’t really that impressive. I follow several writers who are much Bigger Brain Nibbas than yrs. truly. Yet most of us BBN types are not particularly wealthy, nor have we achieved a…