Intelligent people became less happy during the pandemic -- but the opposite was true for unintelligent people

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[–]Tiwaking 8 insightful - 4 fun8 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

I must be really unintelligent then. I was really happy! Not going outside. Avoiding all human contact. It was bliss

[–]aaarrgh 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

the same here, mate.

[–]chottohen 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

In general, and before COVID-19, more intelligent individuals have always been happier than less intelligent individuals throughout their lives, albeit not because they were more intelligent but because they earned more, were more likely to be married, and were healthier.

That doesn't ring true for me. I've always used the rule of thumb: big brain, big pain.

[–]chadwickofwv 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

The problem with the study is they equate being a psychotic mask fetishist with being intelligent, the exact opposite of reality.

[–]The_Lear_Bluce_Ree 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I've literally always heard the opposite of this study. More intelligent people have always been reported to be more depressed and unhappy than unintelligent people.

[–]chadwickofwv 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So infectious diseases – let alone epidemics and global pandemics – did not exist in the ancestral environment and are therefore entirely evolutionarily novel.

This is how I know the writer has no fucking clue what they are talking about.

[–]The_Lear_Bluce_Ree 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'd like to see a study on happiness for people that followed politics and vaccine news.

[–]aaarrgh 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Who said so, is it scientifically justified?

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 5 fun3 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 5 fun -  (0 children)

Triggered

[–]Feldheld 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Big surprise. The stupid took control. What do you expect?

[–]HiddenFox 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I remember seeing a news clip on CBC about a woman at the onset of the pandemic. She was trilled that the Canadian government was going to play her $2000 a month to stay at home with money printed hot off the press.

She commented that this made such an improvement in her life and wellbeing. She could now stay at home instead of going to work and net more money this way, all while pursuing personal interests she never had time for.

I wonder how things are going for her now that gas is hovering around $2/liter ($7.40/gallon)

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

O Jesse I wonder why?

They had a place to focus

[–]yabbit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I was a lot happier during the pandemic so I'm going to reject this study.

[–]Heter0ph0be4Life 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The last time Lisa Simpson was right about anything was when she demonstrated an inverse relation between intelligence and happiness. It kind of makes sense: when you're the smartest person in the room, you're never among your intellectual peers.

[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The dummies all got nigra rich and blew all the money.