Unrealistic expectations = depression.
So what are you saying here, Tent? The cat won’t get the fish? 
But isn’t half the fun…the expectation and the trying…or as that weird philosopher Mad Man P said to me today…the journey is the destination. Isn’ t that profound? I think you might think so too.
The key is unrealistic… As long as we think we have a chance… I haven’t given up on that moonlight tan. 
But too many failures can lead to depression. As long as the cat has a chance, then the fish might be in danger.
Yes, it’s nice to see Mad Man sucked back into the vortex again. I’m not sure of the profundity… It is perfectly logical if you think about it. If all your curiosity were completely satisfied, what would you then do? It’s in the not knowing that keeps us moving, so the journey must be the destination…
According to 4chan, ‘genius’ just means ‘no friends’; hence you have to have something to do with your time besides having fun, therefore ‘geniuses’ turn to reading v.large books, making computers, etc.
I think smart people may be prone to pick up on the fact that this world is largely depressing. Depression is a natural reaction to a society that is artificially inflated with false happiness.
Yep, that rings true. Smart enough to pck up on the suntext, and be primed by it toward depression, as a reflection of possessing the property of ‘being intellignet’.
This rings very true… yes, but knowing at least alleviates the depression that an un-idealistic society brings - society is dictated to as to what will make us happy, and that works for the many but not the few who are aware of the reality of how society is permitted to function.
I agree 100% . What’s said is that the world is going to become even more artificial, and very soon.
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It’s not that society is idealistic so much as it’s absurd. The definition of sanity is to be content in what is categorically an insane set of values.
A recent study said that people who are willing to engage in intellectual conversations are happier. Now, I’m not saying I fully believe that study. But higher highs and lower lows seems feasible. I can attest.
On some days, couldn’t that make you laugh?
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You can also feel a positive superior feeling for recognizing the act.
Yes, more artificial. But for those born in artificial times artificial would be the new real. When you spend more time in virtual reality the real world would seem far from home.
I think the idea of many demensions of existence will eventually seem commonplace, before it’s proven.
An identity then as more than one.
A prerequisite for happiness is being able to ignore, or simply being oblivious to, the absurdity of it all. I would say smart people are generally worse at that than others.
What exactly do you mean by “the absurdity of it all”? Do you mean something like, for instance, that many people treat their loved ones worse than they treat strangers? Is that an example of “the absurdity of it all”?
Sorry, I’m not a big believer of ignorance is bliss. Because I’ve never seen others in bliss.
Side note: Time is time and time alone, before time is money. You could value time before money. Time could make you happy.
No, it’s much “bigger” than that. I mean our lives being no more than a blink of an eye in the eternity of the universe, that nothing we do, think or feel will eventually be remembered by anyone. I think it takes a certain level of smartness to even realize things like that (though you don’t have to be an Einstein either).
But if you’re oblivious to that, or ignore it, won’t you make decisions in life that cause suffering to both yourself and others?
Agree. Obscurity is the way of the universe. But people who don’t know that try hard to make a legacy, no matter how small, and the struggle to do this can be a painful process. Doesn’t the courage to be a nobody give you relief?