When socializing, it might help to focus on activities you're interested in, rather than just intellectual interests - Many of those tend to be solitary pursuit

When socializing, it might help to focus on activities you're interested in, rather than just intellectual interests - Many of those tend to be solitary pursuits. As a personal example: I'm also very interested in cycling and cooking. They're a lot more approachable for most people, but (under the right circumstances) have plenty of points that segue well into talking about history, physics, etc.