Why Intelligent people don't do well in life : Dr Andrew Huberman

Andrew Huberman is an American neuroscientist and associate professor in the Department of Neurobiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine who has made many contributions to the brain development, brain plasticity, and neural regeneration and repair fields.

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[mohammedmiah]

What’s worse is when you remember things and other people forget it and look at you like you’re crazy.

[CobraHigh]

The happiest people in this world are the ones who forget easily, while learning from the important experiences in life. They adapt but they don't dwell.

[mick]

Reminds me of my twin brother, he had a photographic memory but suffered terribly with his mental health. Heart of gold. R.i.p bro ❤

[ravishingtwinkle]

Intelligent people are too anxious, too intuitive, hypervigilant, all due to their conditioning, but if they survive to the later stage, they have immense growth and make world a better place.

[Deanriley]

So true. The inability to forget painful things is a curse.

[AngelaMay]

Thank you. My husband remembers everything, including bad events and how certain insignificant people made him feel. I've told him some people are leaves, others branches, and roots are the people who give you support and life. A tree needs to shed leaves, and when he remains offended by them it keeps him stuck.

I forget so much thank God

[calathenics]

This guy is amazing. I just appreciate the little things, like how he said “useless information” but then added “for most people.” Makes him more open-minded and he seems like a really kind man.

[Jong]

Im only 23 now. You dont know how many years I’ve been able to remember things in detail that have happened 15+ years ago that adults who experienced it firsthand themselves cant remember. They look at me like “how the hell do you know that?” I just look at them and say “you told me when i was in kindergarten”😅

[FreddyRangel]

Why intelligent people don’t do well? That’s not what he’s saying. He’s saying selective memory is better than a photographic memory. As a software engineer I need to process vast amounts of information. So the way I remember things is not by actually remembering the information, but by trying to remember where I can find the information when I need it.

[thenetruth]

My grand-father and i have inherited this thing called Hyperthymesia, i remember every single moment of my life and it hurts a lot to not able to forget lol. Had some good and bad memories and it's like a total chaos and conflict at same time. I don't go out in crowd much and if i do i have to act dumb >.<

[Luke_Stoltenberg]

This is not about intelligence, it's about memory

[cody]

I knew a guy in high school who could remember so many things and he wasn’t even trying to remember any of it. He was extremely smart and he seems to be doing really well in life to this day.

[AnxietyMentor]

My old man once told me that life is about participation, not sitting on the sideline analysing it.

[_..____]

I have low autobiographical memory. It's causing stange problems with my loved ones. When they ask me about a past event, I often tell them I don't remember - and freak out and go on describing everything to me.

Still, I can function normally, study, work, etc. I still remember a mix of mundane and important memories from the past, but much less than a normal person.

[BIGGELATO]

The dumber I was, which was just a few years ago, the more active I was, the more creative I was, the more I would do, I would take more risks, I was careless, fearless, ready to take on anything, and also, very pretentious… and then I started learning more and the dunning kruger effect took place and introduced me to my hardest rock bottom rabbit hole I ever encountered in my life.

[shepherdncoug]

Having a massive memory bank is a curse. I often tell people that my RAM is full because most of the space is taken up by useless memories which crowd out the truly important stuff. There is no switch to turn off or delete the unnecessary material.

[CarlosBenjamin]

I wish I could not remember some things. I don’t remember trivialities like a receipt number, but the memories I need to get rid of are the ones that actively torment me.

[AtomicCenturion]

I was actually talking about this earlier, it makes love life very hard because you can remember every good moment along with the bad. It can also be beautiful being able to recall everything so many triumphs, it’s getting lost in the defeats and negative things that get ya.

[HarmonyHeardDifferent]

That's gold! and strange because I think following school lectures shouldn't be random, but you want to be selective on what classes you want to attend to. Also, don't try to be random so that you can just get the highest grades in class, but make yourself deliberately become who you want to be.

[CantonSecurity]

I’m no MIT graduate but I would certainly classify myself as uncomfortably intelligent. I have a great understanding of most things which completely takes the fun and mystery out of life. I’ve seen behind the curtain and wish that I hadn’t. My memory is near photographic which makes get over trauma nearly impossible.