i concur

In psychology, very intelligent people are considered to be abnormal.

This then again doesn't mean that every smart guy has to be unhappy.

If you are that smart, then you should be able to find a way to make your life enjoyable.

I agree with young dildo. makes perfect sense

Psychological research has also shown that, people who make their mistakes bigger then they are, are more likely to be more depressed.

E.g achieving 5 A's and 1 D. The D is made bigger and leads to be individual thinking: ahh I failed, I got a D etc.

Although this seems as it doesn't have to do with anything said in this topic, it could help us take our successes more serious and help us to be more happy in our lives.

(source: felt like being a bit smarter than others and was depressed all the time. hence I choose to do psychology as an a-level. helps me understand myself a lot more.)

peace

this reminds me of the house episode where there was an extremely intelligent man who (since i cannot recall specifically) i believe took some pill + alcohol which caused him to be "dumbed" down.

I'm somewhat inclined to disagree, since I know at least one guy who's adopted the political/religious viewpoints of his parents completely (conservative/staunch Lutheran) and is considerably smarter than I am, maybe even a genius. I know another guy who's about as smart as I am (pretty strong physics student imo, fucking horrible at writing papers) and is a young earth creationist.




Naw, you're not too smart to make dick jokes with your friends and have fun. If you were John Forbes Nash smart, you wouldn't say "my social group", because you wouldn't have one.




Forever alone?

This post was edited by general_patton on Mar 29 2011 04:37am

Spot on, Patton.

Intelligence doesn't equate to social awkwardness or depression. Ask Einstein or Feynman! Einstein was a charmer, had very dry and self deprecating humour and loved the ladies. Feynman frequented strip clubs, went out with showgirls in Vegas and had three marriages. They were both also really humble about their achievements. They never stated that they were more intelligent than anyone!

Add to that that most people who think they're really smart aren't. Especially high school kids who are the best in certain subjects will learn at college that they aren't the smartest.

I know I'm not that smart, even though I was the best at math and physics in my primary school. For example, I have had huge amounts of trouble with differential calc and complex mathematics when I started to learn about it.

Getting smart requires hard work and a huge amount of effort. Which is what Feynman, Planck, Einstein, Bohr, Pauli, all did. They devoted their studies and lives to the subject they liked. Doing nothing and sitting on your ass is what makes you stupid. People who think they're too smart to either study or work are more often than not college dropout stoners who spend all their time on the internet gaming and fapping.

Doesn't make ANY sence...since when is the happiness/unhappiness related to how smart you are?Do you really think that every scientist cries every night into pillow about how misserable his life is?or how fucked up the world is?Or do you think that every dumb person wakes up with a stupid smile on his face every morning?Well that would be stupid...It's just about how you deal with things...You can cry about it,you can curse society,you can believe that it is a "gods plan",you can look for the "better side",or you can do what I do - don't give a shit... I guess some of you will think "well he doesn't think about what I think,he does't see those problems" - I do,I'm just not going to let it ruin my life...mahalo

Oh and btw,for all you guys complaining about how you can't get girl,coz you are too smart: Maybe you aren't....Maybe if you wouldn't sit whole day infront of computer making stupid topics on jsp and go out,you would meet someone..Maybe you are just nerds who cant talk to women...OR (my guess) maybe you are just ugly...I can assure you geniuses that there are plenty of smart women out there...and beautiful at the same time.....

you clearly aren't grasping the subject. you've gone off wildly to speculation and completely false assumptions.

smart people have so much more they deal with at any given time than stupid person. i myself find it hard to "just hang out" with people and act carefree so social situations can often times just annoy me and i leave. being intelligent while surrounded by stupid people is torture to me and often times make me very angry. i'm normally a easy going guy and ill give a person a shot at what i would consider common sense. however if someone isn't grasping things i find simple even when i really try to make them understand it becomes insanely annoying.

easy way to grasp how i perceive stupid people

its like dealing with a ugly fat skanky girl that won't understand you aren't going to sleep with her and just won't go away.


also when i say smart i don't mean how much you know but your ability to understand things.

This post was edited by Psycho- on Mar 29 2011 11:34pm

and you clearly dont understand what I mean..If you find yourself unhappy,because you are surrounded with people that don't understand what you call simple,well than its your fault..And yes,smart people have much more to deal with,but they desn't have to by unhappy because of it...This "i myself find it hard to "just hang out" with people and act carefree so social situations can often times just annoy me and i leave" doesn't mean you are inteligent,that means you are asocial. In your first post in this topic,you said it perfectly,you made tiptop example. If you believe/know or whatever,that there is no afterlife,you can be miserable or you can live your life 100%. But you can do both,if you are either smart or dumb. (Trust me,there are people more inteligent than both of us that believe in god - afterlife). So I'll say it again - its just matter of how can you deal with things,not how smart you are - I do NOT believe that inteligence makes you less or more happy...




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