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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
"He's not really competent at anything, and I can't count the times I've thought, 'How can you be so stupid?'" Is more of a comment about me than about him. It is what I thought at times, not what I ever said about him. He isn't stupid, but he does some boneheaded things.
And you are right, it has little (but some) to do with his string of bad luck.
However, this spring he did let some random guy give him an estimate for remodeling his bathroom - $2200 half up front in cash. Daniel gave him $1100, no receipt. The guy walked out the door and has not been heard from since. And he let two convicted felons stay at his house for a week. MrWD kept telling him not to trust them, to kick them out. Instead he loaned them $200 and now his safe is empty.
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Trust and or mistrust in others does not seem related to intelligence, rather empathy or compassion.
There will always be people of low character to take advantage of compassion, sadly.
Sorry to hear about your neighbor.
One opinion.
Editorial
Clever sillies: Why high IQ people tend to be deficient in common sense
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306987709005556
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In short, it has often been observed that high IQ types are lacking in ‘common sense’ – and especially when it comes to dealing with other human beings.
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Why do clever people do stupid things? Psychologists split on 'link' between IQ and lack of common sense
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/why-do-clever-people-do-stupid-things-psychologists-split-link-between-iq-and-no-common-sense-a6921361.html
Google: Difference between intelligence and common sense.
Going to get a lot of different answers and explanations.
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Originally Posted by MRM
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You perhaps didn't intend the opening sentence to be insulting or comical but simply scientific.
Somehow it is all three, and that is not intended to be insulting or comical either.
I just skimmed the paper, looks like an interesting read that I will get back to later.