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mikert89 ◴[] No.45409274[source]
Pretty clear theres a tradeoff between social intelligence and other forms of intelligence
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dyauspitr ◴[] No.45409381[source]
Einstein seemed to have absolutely no problems with his social life. Newton on the other hand lived and died alone, possibly a virgin.
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hollerith ◴[] No.45409440[source]
In Western Europe in the 1600s, being a virgin didn't make you a loser in most people's eyes like it does now.

Newton had long friendships with other leading intellectual figures (Edmund Halley, John Locke, mathematician David Gregory).

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dyauspitr ◴[] No.45409731[source]
Never being married did however.
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1. hollerith ◴[] No.45410074[source]
There are essentially no married virgins, i.e., essentially all the virgins are unmarried, so it seems inconsistent to consider the unmarried as losers but not the virgins.
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2. lelanthran ◴[] No.45410880[source]
> There are essentially no married virgins,

Which is something I point out to JWs rude enough to interrupt my Sunday breakfast. Which of the following scenarios present as most likely:

1. A married couple, living together as a married couple, had never had sex, or

2. They had sex