Why smart people have no friends

Disruptive_Dave wrote: post #4

What did I just read? >If you’ve ever hung out with a bunch of Christians, the first thing you probably notice is that they’re always smiling. What???

Religious people are less intelligent. People who are less intelligent tend to be happier.

Re: Why smart people have no friends

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Post by jackcn » Fri, Apr 01, 2016, 4:12 PM UTC

It's like I just read a 16-year old girl's livejournal. Great stuff HN.

Re: Why smart people have no friends

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Post by ahoy » Fri, Apr 01, 2016, 4:13 PM UTC

"7 Reasons Why Introverted Libras Are Actually Geniuses"

hard pass

Re: Why smart people have no friends

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Post by jonnathanson » Fri, Apr 01, 2016, 4:13 PM UTC

I'm not sure the piece answers the implicit question posed by the headline. This seems less like a general lesson about "Why smart people have no friends," and more like a personal story from which the author extrapolates generalities. In this case, I found myself relating to a few of the author's observations, but seldom agreeing with his conclusions.

And that's kind of the problem with generalizing from n=1, particularly when n=self. We're not all the same. It may in fact be true that smart people have a harder time making friends. (Or it may not be.) But if it is, and we're going to make categorical statements about "smart people," we need to base those statements on something other than personal anecdote -- especially when we suspect that our personal lives are atypical in some way.

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Post by humbleMouse » Fri, Apr 01, 2016, 4:22 PM UTC

tenken wrote: post #3

Ya just replace the word "Smart" with "Autism Spectrum" and you've got a lead on your issues...

That's what I was thinking as well.