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...some of them can also use the correct words while making postsEvery idiot thinks their intelligent
...some of them can also use the correct words while making postsEvery idiot thinks their intelligent
I think it's unrelated.I find that when you are highly intelligent academically, you end up losing something or missing some other skill like social skills for example.
I think if you are a obsessive analyzer keen observer of life, you're going to go bonkers, because your hypersensitivity and the amount of info you are processing is through the roof.
I believe people who super intelligent, may tend to be less happy than people with average intelligence. I could be wrong though.
Do you think people who are highly intelligent are more happier or less happy in the long run?
There were also studies on the relationship between intelligence and happiness. I don't recall the details but the bottom line is that past a certain point of intelligence you're more likely to be unhappy. Why? Because you can't relate to people around you; they feel stupid and annoying to you. Imagine that you're having to deal with world depicted in the movie Idiocracy, because that's what society could feel like for a genius. The basket of people (i.e. people with similarly high intelligence) with whom you can relate is very small. It's harder to find friends at your level, find conversation partners, find a partner at your level, and so on.
by definition, an "idiot savant" is someone with autistic behaviors, wont have a lot of friends by being autistic (too blunt for most), but can still be very happy. What they show on the outside is not exactly how they feel.From what I recall there was a study on intelligent people which found that they were more likely to be emotionally well-rounded than average. The stereotype that if you're intelligent that means you're socially inept is just that, a cultural stereotype, it's not true statistically.
The "idiot savant" stereotype is also generally untrue. All facets of intelligence (g factor) are highly correlated with one another. For example if someone has high verbal intelligence, chances are they also have high or fairly high spatial abilities, reasoning skills, working memory, and so on. That doesn't mean that there can't be someone outside of the norm that scores high on one facet of intelligence, but low on all the others, but that's very rare.
There were also studies on the relationship between intelligence and happiness. I don't recall the details but the bottom line is that past a certain point of intelligence you're more likely to be unhappy. Why? Because you can't relate to people around you; they feel stupid and annoying to you. Imagine that you're having to deal with world depicted in the movie Idiocracy, because that's what society could feel like for a genius. The basket of people (i.e. people with similarly high intelligence) with whom you can relate is very small. It's harder to find friends at your level, find conversation partners, find a partner at your level, and so on.
Wow, nobody pinged the smartest man on Sherdog for his opinion.
As an intelligent person, It's easy to look at the world in a cynical manner. The world is becoming a dump, we're destroying ecosystems and tainting the planet with our toxic products. Most people live in poverty as well. Ask yourself, have we done a good job as a species to protect the planet and raise the standard of living? In my view, we've done a terrible job. When you try to theorize all of the possible outcomes we could have had, and where we could have been as a species if we did things differently, it becomes clear that we haven't taken a great path. Our selfish nature is a burden to our progress, through the systems we created that incentivize the negative human aspects like greed.
However, being intelligent also allows you to see the beauty of the world. The complex design which can also bring absolute joy, happiness and love. The intricate connection between all things and how every action effects our future. The universe requires balance. Good and evil, right and wrong, and it's because of this ubiquitous balancing act that all spectrums of existence are available to us. We can't experience the highest of the highs without the lowest of the lows.
The world is a deadly, unforgiving, brutal place, but it can also be paradise, because we have the ability to make that happen.
Happiness is a mindset, it's up to us to bring happiness to ourselves and others.
I think you are right for the most partProbably not, at least within the "average to highly intelligent" range. Actually intellectually disabled people tend to have less responsibility/stress and seem to be amused by simpler and more easily attainable things, but your culture probably has more to do with being miserable than your level of intelligence. Plus, most bummy malcontents think they're smart when they're just mediocre and miserable.
The most miserable people aren't that intelligent, nor are the most intelligent people particularly miserable. The super intelligent person who's just too smart to be happy is the same kind of thing that caught on where a lot of people believed(or do believe) that serial killers are all a bunch of geniuses, when really there were a couple that had high IQs and most of them are borderline retarded.
Intelligent people search for solutions through education and soon realize that there isn't any way to fix the problems.What's funny is unhappy people trying to convince themselves it's because they are smarter than everybody else. If you are really that intelligent, you would find a way to fix most of your problems and the things that make you unhappy in life
Education and money don't lead to happiness. Many people who achieve wealth and recognition often search for happiness in alcohol or drugs and end up dying in the process.A quick google search and I find things like this:
"New research suggests that IQ leads to greater well-being by enabling one to acquire the financial and educational means necessary to live a better life"
"“Results: Happiness is significantly associated with IQ. Those in the lowest IQ range (70-99) reported the lowest levels of happiness compared with the highest IQ group (120-129).(...)"
"People with lower intelligence are more likely to be unhappy than their brighter colleagues, according to UK researchers."
Do these UK researchers realize that the IQ range doesn't end at 129, and that the people at 129 are in fact smarter than most but not quite gifted/mensa level? The IQ test itself can't measure all aspects of intelligence either so there's that....A quick google search and I find things like this:
"New research suggests that IQ leads to greater well-being by enabling one to acquire the financial and educational means necessary to live a better life"
"“Results: Happiness is significantly associated with IQ. Those in the lowest IQ range (70-99) reported the lowest levels of happiness compared with the highest IQ group (120-129).(...)"
"People with lower intelligence are more likely to be unhappy than their brighter colleagues, according to UK researchers."
Obsesses over death? I tried to stab multiple people when I was 5.Can really fuck up developing social skills as well. My perception of life, at five, was so vastly different from all the other five year olds, that I became completely isolated. I mean, what five year old obsesses over death and the universe, and always has his head buried in a book, instead of wanting to kick a ball or play chase or some other nonsense, useless game? It wasn't until I was 15, 16 till I came across someone of a same age who shared my world view and obsessions.
On the upside: they are typically capable of rationalising that exerting emotional effort on something that is beyond their control is pointless, so stop caring.Intelligent people search for solutions through education and soon realize that there isn't any way to fix the problems.