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From: dsn@tove.UUCP (Dana S. Nau)
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.social
Subject: Re: Intelligence (mild flame)
Message-ID: <236@tove.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Jun-85 15:02:24 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 13 15:02:24 1985
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In article <1466@watdcsu.UUCP> herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS]) writes:
>In article <228@tove.UUCP> dsn@tove.UUCP (Dana S. Nau) 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.
>
>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.
>
>from sad experience...
>Herb Chong...

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.
-- 
Dana S. Nau,  Computer Science Dept.,  U. of Maryland,  College Park, MD 20742
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