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I've generally found that the most intelligent people have had overall delightful dispositions, and it's the above-average-intelligence folks who, being obsesse
by thaumaturgy 8y ago
I've generally found that the most intelligent people have had overall delightful dispositions, and it's the above-average-intelligence folks who, being obsessed with smartness, are far less happy.
- Angostura 8y agoI think you'll find that only a smallish subset of above average intelligence folk are obsessed with smartness. Those are probably the less happy ones.
- papermill 8y agoYou should read up on some history. The most intelligent people ( newton, einstein, etc ) were far from being delightful people with delightful dispositions and far from being happy. Just from the other day, "A study of ethicists finds they’re no more ethical than the rest of us". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19529374 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19529374 I think people are simply people, no matter how smart or educated they are. Prone to jealousy, pettiness and subject to all of human pitfalls. Of course the smarter and more educated you are, the more damage you can cause.