as to understand alot that goes on with the other person's mind but not exactly so the other way around.
2006-12-17 00:03:30 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Sociology
Excellent question! Your in-congruency is only to be admired.
I especially like the nuance here "as to understand a lot that goes on with the other person's mind but not exactly so the other way around." Real subtle. Now you know why I have no friends!
Now seriously it depends on weather the person chooses to be smart or clever. The above I was being smart. Busy proving to everyone that I am superior. This actually stems from being insecure; an intelligent person may not entirely believe in themselves or their abillity to relate. A clever person will try to get the best out of everyone they deal with.
The more intelligent a person is the less likely they they are going to find people like themselves even if they are just as clever. This is because intelligent people are more individual. So to be clever you must learn to manage people. This might sound bad but everyone does it, it is called a 'persona' in the case of an intelligent person they have to work harder at how best to relate.
Remember to be honest and to see the higher motive in others. And either bring out their best or see them for their best; otherwise get used to being lonely in your intelligence (which isn't very clever)!
2006-12-17 21:58:10 · answer #1 · answered by slatibartfast 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is difficult when others around you are intellectual challenged. I see it every day when I go to work. I work in retail and about half of the customers I deal with have very little common sense or brain activity they just react and do.
I feel held back by the ratio of these people I could be actually getting paid better for my intelligence but such is life. In some ways I do feel alone unless I am around my colleagues at work they make it all worth while.I am also grateful to my parents for raising me the way they did it could be worse I could be like the customers I serve.
2006-12-17 10:45:37 · answer #2 · answered by piglet74 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to feel alone with others might imply a difference that is unsociable in it's given context. the ability to recognize differences in intelligent people as opposed to? unintelligent people? one may assume that the intelligent person would recognize the inability to fit in better than the others. however feelings are not entirely based on intelligence. you can have them whether or not you understand or recognize them. i would hazard the guess that we're all in the same boat on this one.
2006-12-17 10:17:25 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To some extent I think that's true, and I think it's one of the reasons why organizations like Mensa exist to bring intelligent people together. I'm not an intellectual snob, but I'll have to admit I sometimes enjoy an intelligent conversation more than a not-so-intelligent one.
2006-12-18 12:49:46 · answer #4 · answered by ConcernedCitizen 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes.
It is all the more important to understand our common experience as human beings. When we feel the connection with others through our daily problems & dissapointments, we begin to sense the overiding commonality of suffering in human life. On the flip side, we can focus on the potential all humans have for love, altruism & compassion; the extent these qualities will be realized in any individual is unknowable.
Focussing on one difference (whichever it is) will make us feel set apart. I'm not saying pretend it's not there - look at it, recognize it & know yourself - but then let go of it & recall what all of us face each morning when we open our eyes.
Peace,
;-)
2006-12-17 12:26:46 · answer #5 · answered by WikiJo 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Intelligent people can have fun too. Really. They are people too, and they have feelings. Sometimes, they're branded as geeks, which can hurt them. So I suppose that they prefer to be quiet. Who wants to talk when people consider them losers? Some intelligent people on the other hand are people attractors. They just seem to mix with everyone. People have different personalities. Just because someone's smart, it doesn't mean that they're quiet. They can be anything they want to be.
2006-12-17 08:17:17 · answer #6 · answered by rubyprincess 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ignorance is bliss. It is hard to relate to people when they are not on the same level. This is part of our struggle as humans. We are all as one. We are all at different stages of life and on different paths but if we were in each others shoes we would be who they are so it is our duty to love and seek to understand one another. Love, Peace and Gods love to all.
2006-12-17 17:04:42 · answer #7 · answered by Shayna 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michael Jordan once said in an interview " there were times when i felt quite lonely on the courts...."
2006-12-17 08:47:15 · answer #8 · answered by Tosh 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the person, how intelligent they are and how they were raised. I don't think we can make a blanket statement.
2006-12-17 12:02:18 · answer #9 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I find it hard to mix with inferior people
2006-12-17 08:11:10 · answer #10 · answered by burning brightly 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋