We had a discussion about how hard it is to spend all your time around unusually intelligent people, and then go out into the real world and have conversations with normal people.
What do you mean by "hard"? Difficult? Frustrating? Boring?
I don't think that intelligence itself it causally related to any of those 3 things.
My guess is that intelligent people...
What do you mean by "hard"? Difficult? Frustrating? Boring?
For a variety of reasons, I'm hesitant to share a specific example, but here is an exchange from the conversation I had recently:
Me: To me, the fashion industry is this black box that has people in it, and clothing comes out of it
Her (surprised, confused): It's not like that at all!
Me: What I mean is that I don't know anything about how it works, except that it involves people who design clothing, and then somebody buys it
Her (still confused): Yeah...
<at this point I decided trying ...
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