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Re:Klotho – There May Be a Drug to Turbocharge Your Brain. W... by thaumaturgy on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @10:52AM (#19554696)
I've generally found that the most intelligent people have had overall delightful dispositions, and it's the above-average-intelligence folks who, being obsessed with smartness, are far less happy.
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Re:Klotho – There May Be a Drug to Turbocharge Your Brain. W... by Angostura on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @10:54AM (#19554721)
I think you'll find that only a smallish subset of above average intelligence folk are obsessed with smartness. Those are probably the less happy ones.
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Re:Klotho – There May Be a Drug to Turbocharge Your Brain. W... by papermill on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @11:48AM (#19555412)
You should read up on some history. The most intelligent people ( newton, einstein, etc ) were far from being delightful people with delightful dispositions and far from being happy.

Just from the other day, "A study of ethicists finds they’re no more ethical than the rest of us".

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19529374

I think people are simply people, no matter how smart or educated they are. Prone to jealousy, pettiness and subject to all of human pitfalls. Of course the smarter and more educated you are, the more damage you can cause.

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