rithmoflife

From an evolutionary perspective, meaning is simply a tool that worked well enough to carry the genes that created it into subsequent generations (the same can be said for joy and happiness). Pondering our obsession with meaning and points might be more useful than trying to find them.

Nobody has to sell you on the need for being connected to society, which is why millions of people living in wretched conditions spend what little they have on cell phones.

And while shelter is necessary for survival, most of the walls, rooms, windows, wires, etc. of a modern home are entirely unessential.

More specifically, it's the Downing effect: "One of the main effects of illusory superiority in IQ is the Downing effect. This describes the tendency of people with a below average IQ to overestimate their IQ, and of people with an above average IQ to underestimate their IQ." (also from wiki)