Say you are the smartest person ever. You know of how tiny possibility of finding life in space; nature would eventually win or die vs human input (tampering with natural selection); how many in the world are starving; how little we still actually know about everything. Would the value of bettering your species be worth the stress of knowledge?
you can be dumb and happy, but can you be smart and really happy?
Good point. I have a lot of knowledge, but the problem is I'm not happy about stuff. I have absolutely no social life other than a few friends here and there.
if you have any feelings at all you can not be smart and happy, if you really know about how many people are starving there is no way you can be truly happy .... :/
i actually think it would be worth the stress so that humans can keep getting more and more efficient at doing things. think of how fast we progressed through a century! at this rate there should be hovercrafts and holograms in no time
I like knowledge, and I have quite a bit of it. I'm kind of happy (or neutral) on the exterior... but I haven't been truly happy since 5th grade. I don't know if it's a direct result of my knowledge, but it's contributing to this topic, I should think.
No. You can't, intelligence is a natural repellent of friendship, so, if you're smart, you'll die alone and end up creating an account at certain sites and find your own corner in a middle of threads (forum) and virtual friends.
yes you can. 1. you know more of the world than other people do. therefore you are able to value the things you posses more, because you know how precious they are. 2. you can have a positive impact on society, by using your knowledge to improve it. 3. you do not have to believe blindly whatever a person tells you. 4. the deep and fullfilling satisfaction of learning and understanding a complex and difficult problem
No. You can't, intelligence is a natural repellent of friendship, so, if you're smart, you'll die alone and end up creating an account at certain sites and find your own corner in a middle of threads (forum) and virtual friends.
You can't, intelligence is a natural repellent of friendship, so, if you're smart, you'll die alone and end up creating an account at certain sites and find your own corner in a middle of threads (forum) and virtual friends.
Awww... I wish you hadn't have said that... *Headdesk*
Donpiet brings up a good point, and I suppose he's com pletely right, but frankly, most of the few really intelligent friends I have are rather unhappy. It may be a coincidence, but I perceive it as a pattern.
You can't, intelligence is a natural repellent of friendship
how so, intelligence is not only the ability of learning and understanding science. it affects all parts of life. with high intelligence you are able to understand social processes and react in a proper way to different kinds of persons, therefore you have a bigger chance of meeting and becoming friends with a lot of different people.
sure you have some failed personalities who only live with their science and stuff and become alone.
1. you know more of the world than other people do. therefore you are able to value the things you posses more, because you know how precious they are.
if you know the value wouldn't you also know what would happen if it was lost? resulting in a control freak
2. you can have a positive impact on society, by using your knowledge to improve it.
the question is are you happy?
3. you do not have to believe blindly whatever a person tells you.
this would result in loneliness
4. the deep and fullfilling satisfaction of learning and understanding a complex and difficult problem
how so, intelligence is not only the ability of learning and understanding science. it affects all parts of life. with high intelligence you are able to understand social processes and react in a proper way to different kinds of persons,
Exactly, and if others who aren't as smart or capable of reacting in a proper way with you they will walk away. But who am I to say so? I'm only 14 right?
Awww... I wish you hadn't have said that... *Headdesk*
I think the smarter you are, the harder it is to make friends. Most geniuses are emotionally stunted or have a very hard time making friends. Most people who are smarter are made fun of and constantly teased therefore for them it is harder to make friends.
yes you can. 1. you know more of the world than other people do. therefore you are able to value the things you posses more, because you know how precious they are. 2. you can have a positive impact on society, by using your knowledge to improve it. 3. you do not have to believe blindly whatever a person tells you. 4. the deep and fullfilling satisfaction of learning and understanding a complex and difficult problem
However on the flipside of that: 1. You know how precious things are, but you also know how sad it is when things die and you can truly see how much it affects others. 2. You can have a positive impact on society, but you will still see that there are still other people out there suffering. 3. Sure you can. You still have the emotional aspect that you don't know everything about, so people can still lie to you. 4. Everyone gets that, but it only lasts for a short time depending on what it is.
Ok back to point three. Now, there will ALWAYS be drama in the world. If you put a group of ten girls together, they will naturally have drama..uggh. But let's just say that this person has friends, those friends can still lie to them about other people.
Now, a good example of this topic is The Big Bang Theory. In the show most of the people there are geniuses, but they all don't have a good grasp of making friends. Heck one of the characters even made a whole diagram on how to make friends. They are out of terms with reality.
3. you do not have to believe blindly whatever a person tells you.
I don't, but if someone calls me a nerd -geek-, I might not believe in it but I still feel offended. I'm might not care, but it doesn't mean it won't offend me, it will. And it does offend.
Exactly, and if others who aren't as smart or capable of reacting in a proper way with you they will walk away.
Which is why I generally stick to attempting to make friends with smart people, but it's a little hard to do that in society today. But what do I know? I'm only 14, right?
Just want to add something in...Sometimes you HAVE to trust a person blinkly. If you are the smartest person, how will you view people? As equal to you or inferior?
