Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!mcnc!unc!fsks From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Newsgroups: net.singles,net.social Subject: Re: Intelligence (mild flame) Message-ID: <446@unc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Jun-85 12:02:00 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.446 Posted: Fri Jun 14 12:02:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 17-Jun-85 20:11:11 EDT References: <456@ttidcc.UUCP> <457@ttidcc.UUCP> <228@tove.UUCP> <1466@watdcsu.UUCP> Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill Lines: 21 Xref: watmath net.singles:7348 net.social:670 Summary: In article <1466@watdcsu.UUCP> herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) writes: >>>I think that's an excuse. Some people with high IQ scores do tend to have >>>problems finding SO's, but I think that's more because they lack social >>>skills than because of a dearth of suitable partners. In article <228@tove.UUCP> dsn@tove.UUCP (Dana S. Nau) writes: >>have you ever asked yourself why those people lack the social skills? >>growing up being not part of the group makes it very hard to interact >>with people when you're not allowed to belong. In article dsn@tove.UUCP (Dana S. Nau) writes: >I don't disagree with that statement. But it's far more useful to >work on IMPROVING one's social skills rather than lamenting the "slim >pickings" one has without those skills. I agree. Of course some people in this group (hint, hint, Greg and Dana) believe that preparing for social encounters is a waste of time, and that we should just "be spontaneous." Frank Silbermann