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Smart people & friends

2016-03-21 23:05:06.436096+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Washington Post: Wonkblog: Why smart people are better off with fewer friends:

First, they find that people who live in more densely populated areas tend to report less satisfaction with their life overall. "The higher the population density of the immediate environment, the less happy" the survey respondents said they were. Second, they find that the more social interactions with close friends a person has, the greater their self-reported happiness.

But there was one big exception. For more intelligent people, these correlations were diminished or even reversed.

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