Narz
keeping it real
The third you mentioned is most important. It is survival of the fittest after all (not survival of the isolated tortured genius).
Would you rather be dumb and happy or brilliant and miserable?
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Leonel
Breakfast Connoisseur
Dumb and happy. If I was miserable, there might be a chance I'd off myself. Could you imagine another brilliant mind killing himself? It'd be an absolute waste!
Better to be dumb and happy as I would never have been brilliant.
Better to be dumb and happy as I would never have been brilliant.
QuoVadisNation
keeping your angel alive
I was brilliant and miserable once. I'd rather be somewhere in between.
SS-18 ICBM
Oscillator
I'm not happy if I don't have knowledge.
civverguy
Emperor
If you're truly brilliant, wouldn't you find a way to make yourself happy? I guess if I couldn't then I would be dumb and happy.
SS-18 ICBM
Oscillator
The OP doesn't even give reasons why these pairs are together. 
Heretic_Cata
We're gonna live forever
I think I'm dumb
Or maybe just happy
Or maybe just happy
Zack
99% hot gas
I'd rather be dumb and happy.
I think the point is that the people who are of above average intelligence value this attribute, and would prefer to be brilliant (e.g. more smart) than to lose their intelligence. I don't see how this is hard to comprehend.
Mise
isle of lucy
I think that's the problem -- people who are already pretty smart would want to be very, very smart, whereas happy people are perfectly content being happy. I think being constantly dissatisfied with your own achievements or intellectual ability would make you pretty miserable.
MobBoss
Off-Topic Overlord
/shrug. Again, one of the people that I have respected more in life than anyone else was an aunt of mine who probably didnt break 3 digits for her IQ....and yet, she was one of the happiest, generous, most wholesome people I have ever met in my life.
I value my intelligence. But I am 'brilliant' enough to realize that simply being intelligent in of itself doesnt necessarily impart wisdom about life, or automatic enjoyment of it.
For me, life is short enough, I have no time to be 'miserable' for any amount of it. Thats just a deal breaker - even for brilliance.
I think you meant "How did...". It's antidepressant drugs. Before the drugs, I was capable of extreme focus on mental tasks, whether they were artistic or left-brained. Now, that capability for incredible focus is nearly entirely gone. 'Twould be nice to have it back, without the soul crushing depression and permanent anxiety. Also, that extreme focus capability I used to have was only infrequent, so I'm not really missing too much.
Narz
keeping it real
Which drugs, out of curiosity? Not that I plan to take pharmaceutical psychoactives ever again (except maybe in an emergency for sleep), I'm just curious to know which drugs are effecting you this way.
aronnax
Let your spirit be free
Life is completed not when you have awards, a career, luxuries, knowledge. It is complete when you are happy.
I choose dumb and happy.
I choose dumb and happy.
Irish Caesar
Yellow Jacket
We talked about it already. Zoloft and Sertraline (the generic).
Narz
keeping it real
Hmm, actually Sertraline is one I've never heard of, is it new?
I only lasted a few weeks on Zoloft, it got to the point I couldn't sleep at all, it's funny how different drugs effect different people though, Effexor for example made me manic as hell but I knew one girl it actually calmed down. The only drug I feel gave me significant brain damage was Ritalin which I was on in my formative years.
Well, 50% of the population doesn't break 3 digits for their IQ... I would hope most people wouldn't automatically discount this half of the population from being worthy of their respect.
Kennigit
proud 2 boxer
Life wouldn't be fun if I wasn't miserable. Brilliant and miserable.
