Editor Comment: Hmmm... Maybe the reason intelligent people tend to be unhappy is because we're surrounded by idiots?
Because we live in a stupid world.
Yeah, that sounds about right.
You'd be unhappy too if you were surrounded by stupid people.
It's because those of you who think that you know everything are quite annoying to those of us that actually do.
What's really funny is watching the 'smartest person in the room' (or the one who thinks he is).... come to the realization that he isn't anymore.
Stupid people make life miserable for smart people, but don't seem to bother each other at all.
You think Einstein walked around thinkin' everyone was a bunch of dumb shits?
Now you know why he built that bomb.
Intelligent people are unhappy because we can predict the future and see entropy (specifically, the breakdown of humanity... face it, we are failing as a species) happening in real time but are nearly powerless (individually) overall to do anything about it.
Many intelligent people are atheists. Science over religion and all that...When you consider death to be the end of everything, it can be difficult to have any hope at times, and things can seem very meaningless
Intelligent people come to accept the fact that the universe is 14 billion years old, that life appeared on Earth 3.7 billion years ago, and that living things with brains, however complex, are just inert machines, like computers.
And when you destroy a computer, it doesn't go into a "happy place" for all eternity, it's just OFF. Gone.
Smart people know just how unimportant they are in the bigger picture.
The truth is that I probably alienate myself....
I know I'm intelligent and while I don't mean to look down on people, sometime I do. Strike one against me...
However, my biggest problem is that, well, I'm able to see right through people. I deal every day with people who fib in order to make themselves look/feel better, but I see right through it. I seriously dislike that and I have a hard time showing it - but the problem is that EVERYONE does it, so it's hard for me to truly like someone - because I catch them in little fibs or telling stories that don't make logical sense, it's just hard for me to hide my resentment.
That might be my problem with women too. I seriously dislike girls who use their looks/body/flirtiness to get attention - as nice as they might be, I guess I just automatically act like an ass and I can't help it.
I know I'll lead a lonely life.
Curious, how do I figure we are failing as a species?
Two words: American Idol
seriously. You'd like to know why I think humans are failing as a species.
Humans are failing as a species, there is no complete evidence but we are. If you have any spare time go to the nearest city, find a bench, and just sit there. I've done it just look at the people and how the live their lives regardless of the harm their actions might cause to others. And if you happen to sit on a bench near an Arby's bonus points for you. Just look around people gorging themselves beyond their limits and then blaming others for their obesity. People are ignorant they always have been and always will be. It's their role to be the sheep with the exception of those who can think for themselves. They are bringing about their destruction. Wars, kiddie porn, theft, blasphemy, the so called global warming, obesity, inbreeding. This country is just full of examples, Hollywood should be example enough. I'd come up with better reasons and go back to correct any spelling and punctuation errors for the Grammar Nazis but its too late and I think I made enough of a point.
