Why geniuses are usualy weird or eccentric?

Question

I've noticed that really really smart people to have really different approach for things that would come as weird or eccentric, and they usually lack or have problem socialy to a degree. Really smart people in the past and people that I see everyday.

Is it to do with different brain parts that are being used?
Or just because we're being brought up with the standards of what is normal and what is not?

Answer 1

Perhaps it's just a question of strengths. People who are naturally sociable and extroverted are able to focus on and use that part of themselves and rely more on social skills to relate to others and be successful. So called "geniuses", people with above average intellectual capabilities, tend to focus on their mental development as they see it as a strength of theirs, possibly sometimes to the neglect of social skills or appearing a certain way because it's not a priority for them. Some people also who are very precise or detail oriented can have eccentric personalities, and while being meticulous and thoughtful can have its benefts, it also has drawbacks in terms of being overanalytical or rigid in thinking.

Answer 2

I think it's a little bit of both. People who have been called "genius" tend to think differently than the people around them and therefore have a hard time relating to most others. Creative people, for example, think with different parts of their brains than analytical people. That's basic psychology. Since the brain is still so unknown as to exactly how it functions, it's highly likely that the brains of smart minds are wired a little bit differently than someone who is "average".

Answer 3

I think it's because either really smart kids never quite fit in in the first place so they really don't care what others think of them, or they just don't see the status quo as necessary or beneficial. I have always been bright and was labeled as "gifted" in school, so I never fit in and then I felt like I was smart enough not to care whether I fit in or not. So, I guess it's a little bit of both.

Answer 4

Geniuses usually act different because they are socially awkward. They probably grew up in a very different environment than most people and spent their early years immersed in books, never learning social skills, while you and I were running around outside with other children.

Also, when someone has a vast and powerful intellect, they tend to use different patterns to make conclusions to a problem or situation. If they did things like everyone else they wouldn't learn much would they?

Answer 5

Eccentric "geniuses" will tend to latch onto one topic and exclude everything else, regardless of what everyone else thinks, whereas "normal" people will adapt and focus on the same things as everybody around them.

They are "geniuses" because they think about stuff nobody else ever thinks about. If they spent their time thinking about fitting in, they wouldn't be eccentric, but they also wouldn't be geniuses.

Answer 6

'Sup, i'm one of them, I can give you the reason we do so-called "weird" things is because we don't give a **** what others think, MY life, u don't like it, MAKE YOUR OWN!!! We know weird actions only get remembered for a week tops! Here's an example of something the average person would call weird: I watch the World Pop. Clock from time to time to remind me that bad things around me don't involve me and that they shouldn't be taking room on my "workspace".

Answer 7

naw i know a few geniuses at my school that are really popular. for example this one kid has a 4.2 gpa and got a 28 on his act's he's also the captian of the basketball team and is going out with a beautiful cheerleader. does that sound wierd and eccentric too you i don't think so. i know plenty of dumb ppl that are wierd.

Answer 8

I do believe that smart people use the left side of the brain more than the right. The right of the brain is the one that is more artistic, I guess "sociable" too. Maybe that could be the reason behind their lack of social skills.

Answer 9

I am classified as a genius,that being said. I have dyslexia and autism,and a whole other boat load of issues.talking to people is difficult,not because I don't know what to say,but because litterally we have nothing relavant to say. I would prefer to discuss the embetterment of humankind,or the probability that all existance simply bounds forth from smaller realitys replicating itself in larger and larger forms,but most people prefer to discuss boobs and vaginas,and when my buddy gets upset because his girl cheated on him,and asks me why? I know the answer is because he talked down to her for so long,taking her for granted,but the answer he wants to hear is eh **** her your better off without her.iv gone to parties done drugs,and frankly to me most people live on a level of conciousness simular to molassas,iv tried to explain the level on which I comprehend and they get a look as if their brain has shorted out.

Answer 10

I think some reeeeeally really smart people can be SOOO smart they SEEM weird! and some people are too smart and they don't know what to do with it because it's not like they have to study for it, they're just born that way. and they are social.. with people who are just as smart as them because other people probably can't understand them because their intelligence is beyond what we can comprehend. *KP*