Where Do the Failed 0.1% Go? (2015) [pdf]

Re:Where Do the Failed 0.1% Go? (2015) [pdf] by lordnacho on Saturday December 10, 2016 @03:27PM (#13147725)

I don't understand how you can be bored. I understand how dumb people can be bored; they think they know everything, and they never bother exploring. Every conversation is the same superficial baloney.

I went to a world class university, having done math a year early and winning contests.

It's very, very easy for me to find something I don't understand. There's always some course or wikipedia or something that I can't just pick up and understand. So how could I ever be bored?

You mean socially bored rather than intellectually? These days it's not that hard to find other smart people, is it?

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Re:Where Do the Failed 0.1% Go? (2015) [pdf] by fjdlwlv on Saturday December 10, 2016 @04:21PM (#13147980)

When a smart person gets bored, it's because their brain tells then it's not fun to enjoy simple pleasures that normies enjoy. There is no requirement to be dumb to enjoy watching sports, but some people can't enjoy it because "it's stupid". It's more an social-emotional disorder, an obsessive ambition for trying to do Important Things, than a problem with being too smart.

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Re:Where Do the Failed 0.1% Go? (2015) [pdf] by lordnacho on Sunday December 11, 2016 @04:49AM (#13150374)

If sports is the topic, you will find a wealth of modern statistical analyses that add an extra dimension to your viewing. There's all sorts of blogs offering insights that you couldn't get a few years ago.

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