Florian K.
职业教师
Are intelligent people more selfish?
There are different types of intelligence, we have the "out of the box" kind and also the conventional ones. There is a correlation with the character of people and their level of intelligence. I partially agree that intelligent people tend to be more selfish, I have met some who are and a few who aren't.



Are intelligent people more selfish?
2019年9月27日 01:18
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@Florian
I'm not sure that I agree that being intelligent has anything to do with whether a person likes to socialise or not. Everyone has their crowd, the people they are comfortable being around. Some people love big crowds and some prefer smaller crowds.

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Sometimes people who are very intelligent can express things or talk in a way that may come across as snobbish etc. but I think that quite often it is just a difference of communication and understanding. There are a few that think they are better than others because of their intelligence but I don't think this is the common way of thinking.
As for selfish, I'm not sure if a personality trait can be linked to intelligence. It is interesting to think about though. I mean, I'm going through my head of the people I know that are really intelligent...and one comes to mind that I know can be selfish, but whether that is connected to their intelligence, I don't know.
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It’s funny that all responses so far have referred to intelligent people in the third person.
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Anyway, the greatest pleasure for intelligent people is to look like an idiot in front of an idiot who pretends to look like an intelligent person
2019年9月27日
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Okay, so if I took the hit for intelligent people by representing them in this thread, would that make me selfless? And if that’s the case, would that make me not intelligent?
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