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“Wanna gather up the squad and go check out that new spot downtown?”
If that’s a standard text in your phone, I have some bad news for all of us (myself included). According to a new study, we may be dumb. The study, conducted by evolutionary psychologists Satashia Kanazawa and Norma Li, found “that while most people’s happiness increased in correlation to a decrease in population density (as well as with a high level of social interactions with loved ones) people who are “extremely intelligent” are actually happier when they don’t spend time with their friends.”
The reasoning behind this theory suggests that individuals with a higher level of intelligence are more apt to be able to survive and deal with problems individually, while their less intelligent counterparts needed to focus on relationships. This may or may not also explain why I loved group projects.
However Dr. Robert Sternberg, a professor of human development at Cornell, had some words of encouragement for all of us gregarious people worldwide, “High (academic) intelligence is only poorly correlated with social, emotional, and practical intelligence…the smart person who does not want to interact with others may be the person who most needs to interact with others to succeed in life. There are just so many high-IQ people who can’t translate that IQ into worldly success, or who do so in ways that are less than fully productive…The intelligent person may fail to get his or her way because he does not see how to interact with and successfully persuade others in groups of importance.”
So in a sense, those “book-smart” individuals often lack the “Street-smart” savvy of their less intelligent peers. It could also explain why everyone loves Forrest Gump and why Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory is such a weirdo.
Even though we may not be the brightest tools in the shed, we’ll still come out ahead of the geniuses..
[via Broadly]
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PostGradShibby
Same old Shibbster. Founder of #MargLife and the blumpkin beer craze. ShibbyTFM@Gmail.com
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This is a puff piece for people who don’t have friends
It worked
For those of us that travel the Globe for work…I don’t have the time for friends.
This might be the worst comment anyone’s ever posted on this website
You sound like a boner. FaceTime isn’t rocket science homie.
People that hang out in big groups probably think that the Big Bang theory is funny.
The Big Bang Theory is terrible regardless of how many friends you have
Bazinga, my friend. Bazinga.
That’s right. That’s the reason I don’t roll deep. Has nothing to do with moving to a new city for grad school where I don’t know anyone, I swear. Dad’s gotta stick together.
God invented Margs so that even the biggest of nerds would be happier with an “increase in population density”
Who gets the job? The more qualified candidate who’s introverted, or the candidate with a decent background and multiple connections?
The boss’ nephew
This study brought to you by dweebs who don’t know how to make friends
Shots fired by the guy named Han Solo.
Han shot first!
Rolling 3 deep is the pinnacle of friendship groups. You’re like the Delta Force, there’s always a back up to the back up so the layers of fail safes is the perfect amount, never too much but never understaffed. You get the books smart guy, the street smart guy, and the quiet guy who knows what to do in weird/obscure situations that no one else thinks about.
I think 4 is the optimal friend group number. 2 pairs of best friends. The nerds on Big Bang Theory at least have that right.
Yeah but 4 starts cutting into group territory and it leaves the possibility of not having a majority rule. With an odd number, there’s at least a majority decision every time.
I roll 11 deep at all times.
3 groups of deltas and 2 secret back ups
Maybe not friendship groups, but when going out, 3 deep is the best is gets.
If choosing to roll deep with my boys over being a nerd and spending weekends watching TV by myself makes me stupid, just call me Simple Jack
A lot of nerds are introverted????