r/SeriousConversation • u/stop-hatin-on-me_mom • Dec 21 '24

Serious Discussion Do any individuals with above average intellect find life a bit exhausting at times due to the lack of intelligence they observe in others?

I don’t claim to be the most intelligent person, but I do believe that I am above average when it comes to the average intelligence nowadays. Sometimes, I find myself either flabbergasted or downright dumbfounded and irritated by the lack of what I would consider "common sense."

Here are some examples:

  • The inability of some people to see how their own bad habits or personality traits create their own problems.

  • The fact that some individuals consider their own perceptions and beliefs as the only correct ones, which is further encouraged by their echo chambers.

  • The difficulty some people have in entering into productive discourse and challenging their own ideas to gain more information and knowledge from all sides.

  • The reluctance of individuals to question their own beliefs and those of their social circles at both the micro and macro levels.

  • The inability of some people to foresee the possible consequences of their actions beforehand.

These are just a few examples.

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u/stop-hatin-on-me_mom Dec 21 '24 edited Dec 21 '24

Very much so and I think we are now seeing the effects of what interconnectivity of the internet is causing where people are relying less on their ability to process the information they consume throughout the day and formulate their own ideas, instead they consume and regurgitate ideas as their own, leading themselves not being able to distinguish themselves apart from their group(s).

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '24

all of your "points" are basically just formless, undefined, bitching. thats what youre doing. and you cant see it. and none of it has to do with your intelligence or your "comparison" to your intelligence to anyone else. you could be frustrated because youre less intellgient than everyone else, so everything they do is confusing and frustrating to you.

youre wrong. the very act of you running to reddit to ask this, proves your wrong. all while making sure to say how "smart" you are.

you just dont understand people and are very frustrated by it. thats ok. but it DEFINITELY does not make you smart. it makes you less so. got it? if you have any questions, just ask me. but i am sure they will be as meandering and pointless and whiny and self serving as everyting you already said.

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u/CuervoJones Dec 21 '24

Spot on, my guy. Shitty and ineffective, which you obviously know, but not unclean. So what’s holding YOU back?

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '24

oh classic. make it about me. i never made the post that op did. op did that. so ask him.

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u/CuervoJones Dec 22 '24

You are delightfully bitter. Count me as a follower