Are Highly Intelligent People Inherently Cruel?

[BSM1]

Intelligent people tend to treat others the same way they wish to be treated, IMHO. They can recognize sentimentalities for what they and what their place should be in the greater scheme of things.

 

[Sunstone]

I think as most of us get older, we come place more and more value on things besides brains. Kindness. Integrity. Honesty. Humor. Horniness. Well, maybe not horniness. But you get the idea.

Being obsessed about how many brains you either have or do not have is fine for young people, but if you are still at it decades later, you are most likely messed up somehow.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

There are actual studies showing that, Dan. I recall one study by a group out of Harvard Business School concluded that the ideal boss is not more than 20 IQ points smarter than his average employee. Why? The authors speculated that when he or she is much more than 20 points smarter, their employees can't understand them. Communication breaks down, the employees end up feeling lost, uncertain how to do their jobs, or what is expected of them.

Another study found that if you are a whole lot smarter than someone else, that other person is very likely to conclude you are dumber than them -- because they don't understand you.

Very interesting. Now that you mention this, it does make sense. Coming from a position surrounded by intelligent and technically skilled people, it never occurred to me to consider the communications issues if the intelligence levels were lopsided. A moderately intelligent leader could supplement the difference by surrounding himself with experts of higher intelligence and help them explain obscure and technical information to an average audience. I know that presidents used to do this, but apparently not so much anymore.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Please don't mention them. They embarrass me every time.

Don't feel badly. We have a natural gift for mathematics. We multiply like mad.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Don't feel badly. We have a natural gift for mathematics. We multiply like mad.

I got that joke. It was good.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

I got that joke. It was good.

Clearly you are intelligent. But I knew that.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

(The multiply-add)

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Clearly you are intelligent. But I knew that.

Eh, I once made a thread on how men should wear crop tops.

 

[Revoltingest]

Eh, I once made a thread on how men should wear crop tops.

What kind of crops...corn? carrots?
The latter would attract the forum rabbits.

Had to say something to dilute all the intelligence floating around.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

What kind of crops...corn? carrots?
The latter would attract the forum rabbits.

Had to say something to dilute all the intelligence floating around.

You caught me in a good mood, so I'll give you a tip that will make your life better. But first, to show that you're really eager to learn, you must shave off your eyebrow.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

The multiply-add: Multiply–accumulate operation - Wikipedia

 

[Dan From Smithville]

I've met people who are highly intelligent, and often they place the intelligence of people on a hightened level, as if the value of higher intelligence is what matters more than most other things in regards to people...

Sometimes, they will even admit that they don't like wasting their time speaking to or listening to those they deem less intelligent than them...

Other times, I fear what would happen if the world were filled with highly intelligent people.

...What is your opinion of those who write-off the less intelligent? Is it justifiable in your opinion? Why do they do it..?

I have been in large meetings where a reasonably intelligent person is addressing highly intelligent people. Imagine being a non-technical speaker to a room full of scientists. I have seen instances where it is like watching a loan enemy soldier in a room full of marksmen. But it was not malicious. Members of a scientific audience ask questions all the time for a living and can come up with a lot of them in looking for answers. No one was trying to destroy the speaker or demean them. People just came up with very good questions and wanted very good answers.

 

[Revoltingest]

You caught me in a good mood, so I'll give you a tip that will make your life better. But first, to show that you're really eager to learn, you must shave off your eyebrow.

Oh, I can't do that.
I need both eyebrows to communicate anger, surprise, & skeptcism.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Eh, I once made a thread on how men should wear crop tops.

Not sure that ranks as a negative on an intelligence test. Let me do some gozintas to see if I can come up with a mathematical model.

Two gozinta four, two times. Four gozinta 8, two times. Eight gozinta 16, two times.

No, the gozintas say you are still intelligent. Rabbit multiplication never lies.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

What kind of crops...corn? carrots?
The latter would attract the forum rabbits.

Had to say something to dilute all the intelligence floating around.

Oh. Carrot top. Didn't think about carrot top being a crop top, but you sure got that right.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

MAD also means mean absolute deviation

 

[Dan From Smithville]

What kind of crops...corn? carrots?
The latter would attract the forum rabbits.

Had to say something to dilute all the intelligence floating around.

You don't has to does that. Got it covered.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Oh, I can't do that.
I need both eyebrows to communicate anger, surprise, & skeptcism.

You could apply minoxidil between your eyebrows and turn two into one. Still end up with one and don't have to shave. Tricky I know, but rabbit math never lies.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Eh, I know how to make a smart person stupid. Besides a hammer.

Boobs

 

[Cooky]

I've noticed less patience for "my type" among hard Republicans. And whether there are more Republicans or Democrats in a room, depends on where you go and how the location appeals to people.

I hope you've never felt that way about me.