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Yeah, Julia is spot on so there's no need to really reiterate what she say. In short though, the only relationship they had were with their research and themselves.
By the way, I used to work near where Tesla lived. I always wanted to see if I can go into his apartment. I need to find out if there's some tour so I can still do so.
I live less than a mile from John Nash and also where Einstein used to live.
First requirement to become a scientist is penis disorder or disability
So the concentration on the subject at hand is greatly enhanced, with even masturbation ruled out. Even if they were caught jerking off, it's only coz they were kilojouleing the piston's heat generating power
Or elasticity or tension in mechanical physics. Young's modulus and such.
I have met super smart individuals that get 4.0 grade point averages and YET...they cannot prepare a poptart.
Pop-Tart preparation is much harder than most people assume...
First you have to choose your Tart. With 30 flavor choices this requires a certain familiarity with differential calculus. Then you have design of the experimental apparatus itself, crucial to the unbiased outcome of the experiment. Do you use the oven, a convection oven, a microwave or a toaster-oven? Do you use a naked flame? If so, what is the source - gas, electric, solar, geothermal or beeswax? Prep time - also a critical consideration; is this experiment designed for lovers of well-done tarts, or does it appeal to the raw devotees among us?
There are so many side-paths one can wander down in this experiment - sprinkles or no? Frosting or no? Mini-sized or full-sized? - that it could conceivably become a life's work preparing Pop-Tarts.
No wonder we geniuses rarely have fulfilling interpersonal relationships - we're too busy feeding YOUR damn asses!
What do you think was wrong with people like Nikola Tesla and Robert Bunsen? ...
Nothing. Your question is rather generalizing geniuses since many did have relationships and long term marriages. Do you point at a average slub that does not have relationships as describing all average slubs?
Now does having a extreme intellect make a person less desirable to the majority? I would answer yes. Average people tend to resent people that are more talented intellectually than they are. It can easily be seen in the grade school environment where the smart kids suffer harassment by others. Such kids grow up with stunted social skills and require more effort to break from the experience. Many will do so but not all.
When you combine the small pool of candidates that a smart person has to select from, with poor socializing skills and the usual percent of people with mental issues, you do not get a high percentage of relationship success. It would be interesting though to know if geniuses that do have relationships if they are more inclined to have lasting ones than the general population? One of you College critters might get a paper out of it.
What do you think was wrong with people like Nikola Tesla and Robert Bunsen? They never had any relationships or anything with the opposite sex? And no they were not gay or if they were still. Why did they avoid intimate relationships for their whole life? Even most people who believe they are too good for people have relationships and sex. Would the world have been better if they had had children or not?
Projection: You're wondering what's wrong with you because you avoid sex and relationships and you're not gay, correct? Why can't you just say that instead of beating around the bush?
Most of us choose a mate who can relate to us and understand us on an intimate level (emotionally and intellectually.) It's not surprising to me that some who are truly unusual (in any way) have a hard time finding someone who really is on the same wavelength as them, that sees the world the same way they do. Think of how many posters we see each week here who can't find a partner... it just gets harder when you have some highly unusual characteristics.
Most of us choose a mate who can relate to us and understand us on an intimate level (emotionally and intellectually.) It's not surprising to me that some who are truly unusual (in any way) have a hard time finding someone who really is on the same wavelength as them, that sees the world the same way they do. Think of how many posters we see each week here who can't find a partner... it just gets harder when you have some highly unusual characteristics.
Good post.
I have also noted that many smart people have much less tolerance for other people...that might make it hard to have interpersonal relationships.
But I also agree with the above post...lots of geniuses and brilliant historical figures DID have wives and husbands and children, etc...so just a couple out of many doesn't really prove anything.
Projection: You're wondering what's wrong with you because you avoid sex and relationships and you're not gay, correct? Why can't you just say that instead of beating around the bush?
Prediction: You are one of those psychology students upset that I called the field a fraud?
So Tesla and Bunsen didn't pass on their genes but their contributions to humanity is immense through their work. Isn't that what's really important?
Yes, but I feel that if they had had heirs. We would know more. Did you know when Tesla died the US government seized all his documents he had? This US government has had a history of destroying his work because it was too advanced and would have revolutionized the world.
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