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Intelligent men and intelligent women ultimately have to make a realistic assessment of their odds of meeting an intelligent partner with a compatible personali
by beenBoutIT 9y ago
Intelligent men and intelligent women ultimately have to make a realistic assessment of their odds of meeting an intelligent partner with a compatible personality type, and come to the conclusion that they will ultimately either settle or die alone. I don't know any guys that I would consider extremely intelligent that haven't totally abandoned the childish dream of finding an equally intelligent woman. It's on par with never starting a career because you're expecting to win Powerball Lotto. Less-intelligent people literally have perfect intellectual matches everywhere they look, and they can realistically expect to find 'soulmates' that they can marry. Intelligent people are lucky if they can find an intelligent friend to really communicate with and someone else that they can tolerate long enough to marry and procreate with separately.
- redblacktree 9y agoI've been exposed to this exact attitude in the past. (in fact, from a previous girlfriend. I apparently met her bar for intelligence; she did not meet my bar for caring and empathy) I've given it a fair amount of thought over the years, and I'm always dumbfounded that she didn't stop to consider just how arrogant and one-dimensional this attitude is. There is more to a person than "intelligence," however you choose to measure that.