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But that still doesn't explain the high suicide rate among child prodigies.
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If a child prodigy kills himself and you hear about it, that's probably because he was alienated from all the normal people by his parents wanting to benefit from him instead of letting him have a (relatively) normal life. I would probably kill myself if I went to college when I was 14. |
That's basically half my point, and I believe half the point of this thread. The original question was "Do you believe intelligence affects happiness?"
If you are isolated for being intelligent, as some are, is that not indirectly intelligence leading to unhappiness?
Sadly, it seems most intelligent folk will dumb themselves down to be accepted, but then again, if it makes them happy, who am I to argue? I don't care what you do to make yourself happy, overall that's not my decision to make, except in my own personal case (hardcore, newsmaking fundamentalist types would do well to learn this lesson).
One time or another, everyone's guilty of dumbing themselves down, unless of course you are already stumpdumb, but that's another subject. I can rightly say, as far as booksmarts are concerned, I am the smartest of all my friends, but alas, some people just can't understand a full fledged discussion on intelligent topics. So you talk about how much beer you can drink or something.
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