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http://www.cracked.com/article_19174_5-unexpected-downsides-high-intelligence.html?utm_source=facebo
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>mfw

>> No.3007607

Bumpity

>> No.3007636

I don't mind any of those, but I'm a bit disturbed to hear that being a night owl is really that bad.

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>>3007577
>implying you're actually super smart
>implying "#4. You're Less Likely to Pass On Your Genes" is a bad thing

>> No.3007655

the night owl thing was interesting, and everyone knows the genes thing.

>That's why the more education you get, the more likely you are to believe in, say, ghosts and the supernatural. One study found that 23 percent of college freshman believed in the paranormal, compared with 31 percent of seniors and 34 percent of graduate students. Which leads us to wonder ... what the fuck are schools teaching these days?
thats just fucked up.

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3007659

All of those topics hits home... really hard.

>> No.3007689

>>3007636
Indeed. I wasn't aware that, even getting the same amount of sleep as your peers, you're still higher risk for a heart attack.

>> No.3007692

the more I hear this kind of thing the more I think our idea of what intelligence is is fucked up

>> No.3007696

4 was the only one I didnt suspect, and it was the exact opposite of what I thought.

>> No.3007704

>>3007655
How does that even happen? What ARE we teaching?

>> No.3007706

I have all of these, but the believing in bullshit one, that must make me intelligent.

>> No.3007714

I fail to see the problem?
>Night Owl
Probably have a shitty diet anyway because too busy doing SCIENCE to cook proper food.

>Less likely to pass on genes
Sorry, too busy doing SCIENCE to bother with trying to pass on my genes. If worse comes to worse I'll do a Farnsworth and clone myself a son.

>More likely to lie
I never lie because I'm too busy doing SCIENCE (btw I found the Higgs yesterday).

>More likely to believe bullshit
I believed this article but I was too busy doing SCIENCE to really read it properly so I skim read it.

>More likely to be self destructive
Nah I'm too busy doing SCIENCE to self de-

>> No.3007741

smart people are more likely to believe stupid stuff.

nope.jpg

over 50% of americans still believe there is a fucking talking snake and that we came from 2 humans....

>> No.3007748

>>3007714
assuming that genes are passed on exactly 50% then after 32 generations you will most likely have been completely eliminated form the genetic record anyway.

smbc comic

>> No.3007759

>>3007748
Haha I saw that comic, fuck future generations they are barely even related to us!

>> No.3007770

>>3007741
>over 50% of americans still believe there is a fucking talking snake and that we came from 2 humans....

sauce

>> No.3007775

>>3007748
Nah, the chances of incest are high enough at that scale, especialy if most of your offspring don't emigrate too far.

>> No.3007779

Correlation - Causation and all that.

But also the ghost thing: it may be that higher education allows one to not immediately dismiss something due to lack of evidence. Since every well educated person knows that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

The article seems to be geared towards making all of these sound like detractions and gives specific yet non-generalizable evidence for many - for example, the case where one claims their work is better than their peer's, or socially awkward and really much of the rest.

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>>3007714
DID YOU SAY...?

>> No.3007793

>>3007741

I think what they really meant is that smart people may remain "faithful" to intellectual topics. Even if it is disprovable scientific topics.

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>That's why the more education you get, the more likely you are to believe in, say, ghosts and the supernatural. One study found that 23 percent of college freshman believed in the paranormal, compared with 31 percent of seniors and 34 percent of graduate students. Which leads us to wonder ... what the fuck are schools teaching these days?

I would say this is bollocks, as everyone I've met who believes in the paranomal has been as thick as pigshit, then I thought how small that sample size is and realise the irony.

>> No.3007836

>Actually... it's not OK

>> No.3007878

>>3007799
Odd, everyone I've ever met who believes in the paranormal has been smarter than you.

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Just reading number 3 atm. I'm game with that, I lie all the time and get away with it (hope I don't speak too soon)

>> No.3007992

>>3007655

I think the reasoning behind this maybe that intelligent people are more likely to stay behind their computers more often and therefore more likely to visit sites or watch videos on the subject to procrastinate.

That and average people don't really care. That being said I don't believe in ghosts myself, all a bunch of superstition

>> No.3008021

"The smarter you are, the more likely you are to be tripping balls at any given moment."

That sounds about right