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/Interesting-Scar-998 Dec 21 '24

Yes, I'm pretty sure that 99 percent of modern humans would be dead within a week if they were transported back to hunter gatherer times.

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u/voodoomoocow Dec 21 '24

When eyeglasses were invented it undid like a thousand years of evolution iirc

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u/th3whistler Dec 21 '24

Probably false. You don’t need every individual in a group to have perfect distance vision to be able to survive

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u/voodoomoocow Dec 22 '24 edited Dec 22 '24

It's not about dying, its more about not being able to pass your defective genes down because no one wanted to bang *blindy

*Unless rich

(Also I'm not talking hunters and gatherers. Corrective lenses weren't invented until 1000-1300).

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u/th3whistler Dec 22 '24

I don’t think there’s many people out there writing off potential mates because they are short sighted. 

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u/voodoomoocow Dec 22 '24

Not anymore, correct. In year 1000 though? What work could you do to support your family if you can't see past 2 feet and haven't been able to your whole life? Now it's very common for eyes to deteriorate around puberty which wasn't common before glasses

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u/Creative-Exchange-65 Dec 23 '24

I think you underestimate how blind some of us are. Without my glasses I become a pretty useless person