Interesting topic. The term smart is very broad, so for the sake of what I say lets go with general smarts. I think that it is the smart people who have it harder, although "hard" is also a broad term. I find the frequent mention of stereotypes in this topic obnoxious, not everyone who is smart is awkward socially, lots of them just don't care or care minimally. I am hesitant to categorize myself in the smart category so I will just speak from personal observations. A lot of what I have glimpsed over on this thread proves valid points. Smart people can see problems they cant fix and it can be quite torturous, dumb people either see the problem but leave it to others or chose not to see it. Smart people are also often lonely, many of the people they meet are not on the same level as they are on and so they don't get much out of interaction. That could possible be a reason why some smart people are socially awkward; they don't get much experience as the typical stereotyped social butterfly ditz. The awkwardness could also be attributed to Aspergers, a form of autism that makes a person of superior intellect but very awkward. Imagine knowing so much, seeing and understanding so much but not one to share it with who would be able to appreciate it. Being unable to express something, unable to have a true close friend.
Who has it harder, smart people or stupid people?
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Interesting topic. The term smart is very broad, so for the sake of what I say lets go with general smarts. I think that it is the smart people who have it harder, although "hard" is also a broad term. I find the frequent mention of stereotypes in this topic obnoxious, not everyone who is smart is awkward socially, lots of them just don't care or care minimally. I am hesitant to categorize myself in the smart category so I will just speak from personal observations. A lot of what I have glimpsed over on this thread proves valid points. Smart people can see problems they cant fix and it can be quite torturous, dumb people either see the problem but leave it to others or chose not to see it. Smart people are also often lonely, many of the people they meet are not on the same level as they are on and so they don't get much out of interaction. That could possible be a reason why some smart people are socially awkward; they don't get much experience as the typical stereotyped social butterfly ditz. The awkwardness could also be attributed to Aspergers, a form of autism that makes a person of superior intellect but very awkward. Imagine knowing so much, seeing and understanding so much but not one to share it with who would be able to appreciate it. Being unable to express something, unable to have a true close friend.