11/10/2026
Unpopular opinion:
When you are above a certain threshold of intelligence, manipulating the people around you becomes a necessity
You simply cannot be honest around them because they do not have the intelligence to understand and accept you with your honest thoughts
So in order to be “well-adjusted”, you have to be dishonest and manipulative for others’ sake. It is not a happy choice
I realize this sounds like narcissism so let me explain with an example what I mean
When you are talking with a child who understandably has lower intelligence than you, if you want the child to eat something healthy that doesn't taste good, you manipulate the child by eating it yourself and acting like it does taste good, hoping the child eats it
Now if you replace the child with an adult who is dumb, then you have to resort to the same kind of tactics
When your intelligence exceeds a certain threshold, the difference between your intelligence and the average person's intelligence can be enough to warrant using tactics like that
That's what I mean