I disagree. My IQ is considered genius-level (just barely, but it qualifies) and I spend WAY too much time worrying about what others think of me. There are a lot of factors that go into that need for approval. Childhood can trump smarts every time. Every. Time.

So my daughter must be very intelligent

My husband must be out of this world genius - the dude gives absolutely zero f***s about what folk think of him

So i must have been really stupid but now I'm smart? I used to be very concerned about other people's opinion but after 30 I don't give a s**t

This is a misrepresentation of the data. The study showed that people with higher EMOTIONAL intelligence resisted peer pressure, not "higher IQ".

We're also more depressed because we see the world for what it really is.

I think it's more likely my autism than my intelligence. I am just not interested in being part of the crowd or doing what other people do.

I think its more the ability to deduct consequences and false logic of following someone else than a lack of concern for what others think. The Salem witch trials and nazi Germany didn't happen because everyone was stupid. Its because there were more consequences for not following the group. If you can come up with 5 bad reasons and 3 good reasons in the instant you hear it, you're more likely to reject it (5 out of 8 or 62.5%) than someone who only comes up with 2 good and 1 bad ( 1 out of 3 or 33%). Both people came up with the same three consequences (look cool, will like me, won't like) but the more intelligent has another 5 (cut 20 minutes off the trip, we could die, can't afford the premium increase if we crash, etc) to influence them. Its why many of us become more resistant to peer pressure as we age. We gain more experience, regardless of intelligence, that allows us to see more of the possible outcomes. If you saw your little brother twist his ankle on a dare jumping out of a barn when you're 17, you're less likely to jump off a cliff into a water filled quarry when you're 24.

Well that casts a new light onto anti-vaxers and non-mask wearers. Aren't they going against the grain for what they believe, without peer pressure from others!

I grew up on a rough housing estate full of tracksuit wearing wrong-uns and I was a punky metalhead from a early age, I didn't follow the rest of the kids on my estate. Being an alternative kid was always about not caring what people thought.

How do they know this?

And THIS explains the number of people resisting the covid vacccine drug trials.

I must be a genius...

I guess I got smarter after my divorce.

sooooooo you calling me stupid

yea me 129 IQ and i dont care wat people think of me but i am 1IQ away from gifted

I think my IQ may have increased with age lol, I don't give a fig what people think of me anymore! Not since I cut the maternal unit and other toxic people out of my life! I did whatever she wanted for the sake of a quiet life because if you didn't do things her way she made your life a living hell! I did that for years until I just couldn't anymore and ended up having a meltdown! So, cutting toxic people out of your life is also good for your IQ too lol!

I must be a lot smarter than when I was a teenager. At least happier.

I would question that!

Everyone is the smartest person in the room until they open their mouths!

IQ only means how good you are at IQ tests.

I'm as dumb as pig poo 200 lb overweight and have a face like a personified fart and I still don't care what people think of me. The way I see it is you're entitled to your opinion and I'm entitled to ignore it 😊

This says a lot about the "hot take" posters on this site.

I'm an individual...just like everybody else!!

Im not that smart yet i dont care about peer pressure. Its called being unfashionable 😅

I’m brilliant like a fancy scientist.

Honestly there should be a failure club in every school, for all us “test failers” to make the smart kids jealous

i i have high iq??

Must make me a genius...

Maybe that's why I don't cave into all the fads.

But exhibit the majority of anti-social behaviour, abnormal fears and strange personality Disorders. Sheldon Cooper was the television epitome of the cost of that intelligence.

this is rubbish

Guess I'm pretty smart then

I know that as I am brilliant, never followed peer pressure but think it is just common sense actually.

I now have hope. Thin feeble hope, but hope none the less. Unless, of course, I’m a sociopath?

Huh. I guess I'm. . . A genius? 🤷 lol I told people I thought "weird" was a compliment, I knew the dangers of everything, and nobody ate with me already. 😅

Guess I’m an idiot

I must be a flipping genius then