Is intelligence all that?

[Mich the Tester]

I think some of you are still up there. Don't worry boys - Pogle and I will fetch a ladder.

I’ll swing down in my own time thankyou.

[Zippy]

It was a bad move coming down from the trees.

I think some of you are still up there. Don't worry boys - Pogle and I will fetch a ladder.

[Mich the Tester]

'If you're so smart, how come you ain't rich ?'
Very smart people sometimes have their own issues of personality etc, don't know if it's a tendency to over analyse or frustration with people who aren't as smart or do things 'for a laugh'.
There are certain niches for these people in research, IT, universities, civil service but most of the rest of us need more social smarts to get on, especially contractors who are expected to get on with everyone !

I am quite rich. My house is worth only 5% less than last year, my unit trusts are worth only 20% less and my rate is only 30% less than last year. At this rate, I’ll be able to retire when I’m 93! That’s rich these days.

[Mich the Tester]

Ah, you mean someone of child bearing age who looks fertile and a good investment for your [censored]?

Back again; I’ve got her card. She’s a ‘recruitment consultant’. Let’s see if that gets past the swear filter.

[lukemg]

'If you're so smart, how come you ain't rich ?'
Very smart people sometimes have their own issues of personality etc, don't know if it's a tendency to over analyse or frustration with people who aren't as smart or do things 'for a laugh'.
There are certain niches for these people in research, IT, universities, civil service but most of the rest of us need more social smarts to get on, especially contractors who are expected to get on with everyone !

[TimberWolf]

Bloody hell there's a fit bird outside. See you in a pip.

Ah, you mean someone of child bearing age who looks fertile and a good investment for your [censored]?

[EternalOptimist]

We had it made as hunter-gatherers. If we could just return to those halcyon days and include some high technology gadgetry and gizmos of course...

hmmmmmmm.....

Mrs Ugg 'quick Ugg, there's a bison. get back to the shelter, gather the men , the spears, the flints and we will start the hunt'

Mr Ugg 'fck that, where's me bazooka'

[Mich the Tester]

Bloody hell there's a fit bird outside. See you in a pip.

[realityhack]

Ignorance is bliss. So they say.

[TimberWolf]

It was a bad move coming down from the trees.

We had it made as hunter-gatherers. If we could just return to those halcyon days and include some high technology gadgetry and gizmos of course...

[ace00]

It was a bad move coming down from the trees.

[Pogle]

Does high intelligence make you a happier person that is more attractive to women? Even in the unlikely event that you are a woman? Does an intelligent person get more from life than an unintelligent person or an insect? Is it all that? Are intelligent people trustworthy or is intelligence merely a mechanism of shafting your peers in more humane ways?

[Platypus]

is intelligence merely a mechanism of shafting your peers in more humane ways?

interesting and perhaps yes!

[TimberWolf]

Does high intelligence make you a happier person that is more attractive to women? Even in the unlikely event that you are a woman? Does an intelligent person get more from life than an unintelligent person or an insect? Is it all that? Are intelligent people trustworthy or is intelligence merely a mechanism of shafting your peers in more humane ways?