Smart people have fewer friends

It is not considered smart to have few friends, but on the contrary, not having friends relegates you to the group of “weirdos”, those people who do not like to interact with others. But what is true in all this? Is it true that having fewer friends is strange? Some say it is synonymous with intelligent people.

A revolutionary statement that has made many people feel identified, while others have opened their eyes in astonishment. A study has revealed that intelligent people have many fewer friendsperhaps because they act in a quite different way than what we are used to.

This statement has been received by many with quite familiarity, a myth that they had heard, but of which there has never been any apparent verification or study. Until this moment, when statistics have come to light that confirm that this legend was real.

Smart people and friends

Perhaps you understand intelligent people as those who when they studied got very good grades and always had a book in their hands. They preferred to spend their time in the library doing the exercises that the teacher had sent them. Socializing was not a situation they needed, in fact, they seemed happy in their solitude.

The study carried out by the London School of Economics and the Singapore Management University revealed that people with higher IQs didn’t need to interact as much like other people to feel good.

Instead, People with a much lower IQ did reveal this tendency to socialize, to spend more time meeting people. This showed that intelligent people go against the grain with respect to the rest of the population. They do not do what is considered “normal.” They are happy without such an active social life.

15,000 people between 18 and 28 years old participated in the research. A fairly young age range where the need for interaction and meeting other people is greater. Despite this, intelligent people did not feel as happy when socializing with others. They did not perceive that pleasant feeling of being with other people and meeting new ones in the same way, which was very significant.

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Loneliness and independence

There are many people who have serious problems with loneliness and emotional dependence. We have not been educated to live apart from everything and everyone, but the other way around.. We are sociable beings who have the ability to enjoy company and sometimes even seem to need that company. But what happens when you are happy alone?

The study showed that Intelligent people were much more satisfied when they spent time alone. This does not mean that they separated themselves from the world, of course they interacted with the rest of the world, but with close and familiar people.

Intelligent people count their friends on the fingers of one hand and, if they fail them, they have no problem moving on. They are prepared to face life without needing any support. In contrast to many people, They do not leave their happiness in the hands of others.

Thus They are much more independent and enjoy their solitude, something that for many is unthinkable. In this regard, the research took into account the savanna theory, a theory that focuses on the evolution of our brain from the beginning to the present day.

When the Homo Sapiens When he was taking his first steps in this world, he did not separate himself from the rest, but rather coexisted with the rest in large open spaces. There were very few people and to protect themselves and survive they formed what we today call “a pineapple.”

Intelligent people feel like they are in those large and lonely places, with few people around them. That’s why They are prepared to face challenges on their own, without help, without support from strangers.. They are sure of themselves and perhaps having other people they don’t know could slow down their goals.

The most intelligent people who have contributed great inventions to the world have not been precisely characterized by their sociability. Perhaps, their projects and goals made them much happier than interacting with others. Satoshi Kanazawa himself from the London School of Economics made another bombshell statement: the most intelligent women either did not have children or had them late.

It makes sense if we look at the world. People with more education, who have completed a degree or some other type of training, do not have children until they are over 30 years old.. On the other hand, many who left school at the ESO and Baccalaureate levels already have a family with one or more children.

It seems that being more or less intelligent has a lot to do with our dependence and the direction our life will take. According to the study presented, greater or lesser intelligence will take us down one path or another.

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