&gt; <i>However, for some reason, this is not easily understood regarding people with 25 points over the average.</i><p>Because most people of above-average intelligence go through life on the normal path, they just do it faster or better.<p>Life is certainly going to be more difficult, more dangerous, and probably less fulfilling for someone with an IQ of 85 than it will be for someone with an IQ of 110 or 135.