Intellectual loneliness

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OrganizeInformed

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Most people are concerned with emotional loneliness, but what doesn't get nearly as much airtime is intellectual loneliness. Basically people who just don't understand and are not even interested in learning about the cool stuff the individual in the minority have learned.

Even if it can help them.

On the one hand it's totally understandable, the more you understand about something the less people there are who will have learned that much about the subject. But then we can look at two sides of this: Whether that makes you feel lonely, or frustrated, and whether anyone else benefits from it.

More knowledge by definition is helpful for whatever you're doing that has to do with that knowledge, but those ignorant of that understanding won't see the value of it.

As far as the loneliness and frustration, that might amount to at least partially an enjoyable social experience vs. actually learning even more, or just practicing what you've already learned. Even once there's a good test and success people may not even get that, that's just the reality of the world we live in. But what is one supposed to do, dumb themselves down just to fit in?

"There's that fag talk we talked about." -Dr. Lexus from Idiocracy
 
I went through this 'phase' once. Simply meeting new people is your best bet. No you don't have to 'dumb yourself down' but each person has their own thing that they love to talk about. I have a buddy I talk to in length about bushcraft/mma, one about guns, one about smithing, one about religion/associated sociology/orgins, one about carpentry, one about mechanics, one about engineering and the sciences, you get the idea. Each of these individuals want to learn more about these things just as I do and are often more experienced than myself about some of them.

In conclusion, make friends that fit the niche of what you'd like to talk about, and then meet people who are more experienced/knowledgeable about a topic than yourself. The cure to loneliness us companionship.
 
@Slimjimjones Nice. I was thinking about things that can translate to a hack for yourself, obviously rebooting is the main thing here but we have the entire Self improvement section. It sounds like you have a nice diverse set of interests as well.
 
OrganizeInformed said:
Most people are concerned with emotional loneliness, but what doesn't get nearly as much airtime is intellectual loneliness. Basically people who just don't understand and are not even interested in learning about the cool stuff the individual in the minority have learned.

Even if it can help them.

On the one hand it's totally understandable, the more you understand about something the less people there are who will have learned that much about the subject. But then we can look at two sides of this: Whether that makes you feel lonely, or frustrated, and whether anyone else benefits from it.

More knowledge by definition is helpful for whatever you're doing that has to do with that knowledge, but those ignorant of that understanding won't see the value of it.

As far as the loneliness and frustration, that might amount to at least partially an enjoyable social experience vs. actually learning even more, or just practicing what you've already learned. Even once there's a good test and success people may not even get that, that's just the reality of the world we live in. But what is one supposed to do, dumb themselves down just to fit in?

"There's that fag talk we talked about." -Dr. Lexus from Idiocracy
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OrganizeInformed said:
Most people are concerned with emotional loneliness, but what doesn't get nearly as much airtime is intellectual loneliness. Basically people who just don't understand and are not even interested in learning about the cool stuff the individual in the minority have learned.

Even if it can help them.

On the one hand it's totally understandable, the more you understand about something the less people there are who will have learned that much about the subject. But then we can look at two sides of this: Whether that makes you feel lonely, or frustrated, and whether anyone else benefits from it.

More knowledge by definition is helpful for whatever you're doing that has to do with that knowledge, but those ignorant of that understanding won't see the value of it.

As far as the loneliness and frustration, that might amount to at least partially an enjoyable social experience vs. actually learning even more, or just practicing what you've already learned. Even once there's a good test and success people may not even get that, that's just the reality of the world we live in. But what is one supposed to do, dumb themselves down just to fit in?

"There's that fag talk we talked about." -Dr. Lexus from Idiocracy
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Please DM me if you want and have the time. We may have thoughts to exchange...
Thanks.
 
OrganizeInformed said:
Most people are concerned with emotional loneliness, but what doesn't get nearly as much airtime is intellectual loneliness. Basically people who just don't understand and are not even interested in learning about the cool stuff the individual in the minority have learned.

Even if it can help them.

On the one hand it's totally understandable, the more you understand about something the less people there are who will have learned that much about the subject. But then we can look at two sides of this: Whether that makes you feel lonely, or frustrated, and whether anyone else benefits from it.

More knowledge by definition is helpful for whatever you're doing that has to do with that knowledge, but those ignorant of that understanding won't see the value of it.

As far as the loneliness and frustration, that might amount to at least partially an enjoyable social experience vs. actually learning even more, or just practicing what you've already learned. Even once there's a good test and success people may not even get that, that's just the reality of the world we live in. But what is one supposed to do, dumb themselves down just to fit in?

"There's that fag talk we talked about." -Dr. Lexus from Idiocracy
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You haven't found your ppl yet. Keep searching.
 
OrganizeInformed said:
Most people are concerned with emotional loneliness, but what doesn't get nearly as much airtime is intellectual loneliness. Basically people who just don't understand and are not even interested in learning about the cool stuff the individual in the minority have learned.

Even if it can help them.

On the one hand it's totally understandable, the more you understand about something the less people there are who will have learned that much about the subject. But then we can look at two sides of this: Whether that makes you feel lonely, or frustrated, and whether anyone else benefits from it.

More knowledge by definition is helpful for whatever you're doing that has to do with that knowledge, but those ignorant of that understanding won't see the value of it.

As far as the loneliness and frustration, that might amount to at least partially an enjoyable social experience vs. actually learning even more, or just practicing what you've already learned. Even once there's a good test and success people may not even get that, that's just the reality of the world we live in. But what is one supposed to do, dumb themselves down just to fit in?

"There's that fag talk we talked about." -Dr. Lexus from Idiocracy
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Same spot as you. Too many stupid people in this world. And they being shown mercy is even stupider
 
On a more optimistic note I think the basic fact that PMO has become a big enough issue for people to seek out this community may give people a chance to be open to knowledge that can help them. Granted there are many who are just looking at it in terms of day count, but being that there are plenty of posts here about other topics and self improvement ones in particular I think the potential exists for them to be pleasantly surprised and find more than the remedy they were originally looking for...
 
BoraxKarloff said:
Welcome to the hell of having an IQ of 151. Not that that means anything beyond someone else's gauge of how smart you are or are not, but it means the majority of humans, to you, seem to be pretty much dimwits who are born, go to school, find some job, get married maybe, watch a lot of TV and are dead by age 30 - they just haven't fallen over yet.

Every now and then you meet the one person in 10,000 who is deep, has a lifelong passion for learning, is interested in things other than themselves and with whom you can have an actual conversation about God, sex, money, philosophy and such rather than what was on Netflix last night. And they don't say "Awesome!" 10 times every 30 seconds.

"Planet Earth is mostly C students." Chris Rock
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Embracing the loneliness is best until you find the people you are looking for. Egalitarianism and democracy are the most damaging systems to human evolution. The dumbfucks are allowed to reproduce. In a perfect world we would conquer, enslave and finish their bloodlines off. also noticed that people with higher intelligence are generally more handsome and taller/physically able. and then you tell people that everyone is equal. I could have 6 kids and still wouldnt outpace the dumbfucks.

its upto us to save this shithole
 
OrganizeInformed said:
On a more optimistic note I think the basic fact that PMO has become a big enough issue for people to seek out this community may give people a chance to be open to knowledge that can help them. Granted there are many who are just looking at it in terms of day count, but being that there are plenty of posts here about other topics and self improvement ones in particular I think the potential exists for them to be pleasantly surprised and find more than the remedy they were originally looking for...
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Reading more and more posts in this forum I find myself forgetting sometimes that PMO is the central issue of this site. When I first came here I had no idea about PMO. I saw the word loneliness and I dived in. I then realized that....maaaybe I'm in the wrong place but I had that pleasant surprise, you talked about, and found kindness, empathy and reaching out by people who put their own personal problem aside just to offer a helping hand to a fellow human being.

I don't see me leaving this place any time soon. (I may even develop a PMO if I have to just to be allowed to stay! :P )
 
Silver36 said:
Embracing the loneliness is best until you find the people you are looking for. Egalitarianism and democracy are the most damaging systems to human evolution. The dumbfucks are allowed to reproduce. In a perfect world we would conquer, enslave and finish their bloodlines off. also noticed that people with higher intelligence are generally more handsome and taller/physically able. and then you tell people that everyone is equal. I could have 6 kids and still wouldnt outpace the dumbfucks.

its upto us to save this shithole
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I don't think I agree with this line of supremacy thinking. Intelligence may be a very positive trait of our species but there are other traits that are equally important: Kindness, Empathy, Ability to treat others with respect. For one to think that one is better than others just because one is smarter (and weirdly thinking: more handsome, taller and more physically able) is simply wrong. Think Stephen Hawking....
 
CAKCy said:
I don't think I agree with this line of supremacy thinking. Intelligence may be a very positive trait of our species but there are other traits that are equally important: Kindness, Empathy, Ability to treat others with respect. For one to think that one is better than others just because one is smarter (and weirdly thinking: more handsome, taller and more physically able) is simply wrong. Think Stephen Hawking....
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I would put zero stock in the entire angry post.
 
CAKCy said:
I don't think I agree with this line of supremacy thinking. Intelligence may be a very positive trait of our species but there are other traits that are equally important: Kindness, Empathy, Ability to treat others with respect. For one to think that one is better than others just because one is smarter (and weirdly thinking: more handsome, taller and more physically able) is simply wrong. Think Stephen Hawking....
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People like you are what I call not smart enough to reproduce. You are like a woman, only basing your opinions on present emotions and being unable to see the bigger picture. We got this far due to ruthless natural selection and have come at a standstill in first world and developing countries.

https://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/IQ/1950-2050/
you can see the mean IQ going down globally. the shithole india is today it wasnt always, IQ has had A MASSIVE drop since 1947 in India.

Also Stephen hawking was handsome
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Silver36 said:
People like you are what I call not smart enough to reproduce. You are like a woman, only basing your opinions on present emotions and being unable to see the bigger picture. We got this far due to ruthless natural selection and have come at a standstill in first world and developing countries.

https://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/IQ/1950-2050/
you can see the mean IQ going down globally. the shithole india is today it wasnt always, IQ has had A MASSIVE drop since 1947 in India.

Also Stephen hawking was handsome
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OK. So women are a problem too.
It would be very interesting to see you reproducing with a tree....
 
CAKCy said:
OK. So women are a problem too.
It would be very interesting to see you reproducing with a tree....
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I was just pointing out how feminine and woman like you are, despite being a male. Women are A problem but not THE problem.

CAKCy said:
I'm not exactly sure how he arrived at this way of thinking.
It would be wise for him to reconsider some extreme positions.
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Tell me a flaw in my argument and I will reconsider
 
Silver36 said:
I was just pointing out how feminine and woman like you are, despite being a male. Women are A problem but not THE problem.


Tell me a flaw in my argument and I will reconsider
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Let's say that the only flawless thing I found was your signature...
 
You have to find other people who cluster similar to you intellectually. The only way to do that is to signal your intelligence more openly and find out how to spot others who are signalling their intelligence.

I'm always in the lookout for such people. And you'd be surprised where you can find them. As long as they fit the similar neurotype as you do, you can find them in widely diverse places, associated with widely diverse things.
 
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