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Why small talk can feel unbearable to some smart people

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Discussing the weather or weekend plans often feels like absolute torture to a high-IQ brain. Because their minds constantly operate in deep abstractions and complex patterns, engaging in shallow, predictable social scripts feels like running a supercomputer on dial-up internet. It isn't arrogance; it is sheer, suffocating boredom with mundane data.

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