If u are an intellectually mediocre person and u realize the fact that u are mediocre then u are probably in the worst place and state of mind. You are incessantly sandwiched between people of two categories - one who are below average but dont realize their limitations and the other who are superior to you and u find it difficult to keep pace with them. The first category of oblivious gentlemen (polite way to address imbeciles) does not challenge u intellectually but it does indeed test your temperament and people management skills. These people are so unaware of their follies that they generally grow confident, and even worse over-confident of their intuitive opinions. They obviously feel that their perspective is among the best if not the best and its hard to reason with them because of two reasons. First is that their judgement is obscured by their intellectual limitation and second is your mediocrity. They are in a happy and satisfied state of mind since they believe that they have a done a great job, but this is where your mediocrity starts to tear you apart. Being a mediocre person you possess better intellectual capabilities than the aforementioned gentlemen which allows you to assess that opinions presented by them are not good enough and if given a little a more effort and deliberation you can come up with much better options, but since you are below super intelligent category u are hard pressed to find better alternatives at that moment and in turn cant win ur argument with below average people due to lack of better alternatives. This is where your patience is tested by your good friends who obviously are under the impression that their suggestions are like panacea and chances of figuring out better options are well nigh ZERO.
Now i move to the second category - the super-intelligent or rather people with better mental capabilities than mediocre. You secretly admire their prowess and ability to think, speak, react, breath....in exceptional manner in intractable situations, adulate them and dream of becoming like them. You want to learn from them in order to be a part of them and for that u need to be in constant company of such people, and this is where your trouble starts. While physically u could be a part of this league of extraordinary gentlemen, but mentally u find it incredibly difficult to garner that sense of belonging. you are always a step or two behind them and are afraid that if u share ur opinions they will know of your inferior mental capabilities. But if you are around for a long time, its inevitable that u will share ur opinion and from that moment onward u live under the constant consternation that they have taken cognizance of ur mental inferiority and feel that ur presence in the elite group is incongruous.
Perhaps this is the reason that everybody says we should find like-minded people. For me the right set of like-minded people would be with equal mental capabilities rather than people with common beliefs and opinion, because with level playing field it wud be lot easier to bring thoughts to the table, without the exasperation or consternation, and have a healthy and probably productive communication.
Now i move to the second category - the super-intelligent or rather people with better mental capabilities than mediocre. You secretly admire their prowess and ability to think, speak, react, breath....in exceptional manner in intractable situations, adulate them and dream of becoming like them. You want to learn from them in order to be a part of them and for that u need to be in constant company of such people, and this is where your trouble starts. While physically u could be a part of this league of extraordinary gentlemen, but mentally u find it incredibly difficult to garner that sense of belonging. you are always a step or two behind them and are afraid that if u share ur opinions they will know of your inferior mental capabilities. But if you are around for a long time, its inevitable that u will share ur opinion and from that moment onward u live under the constant consternation that they have taken cognizance of ur mental inferiority and feel that ur presence in the elite group is incongruous.
Perhaps this is the reason that everybody says we should find like-minded people. For me the right set of like-minded people would be with equal mental capabilities rather than people with common beliefs and opinion, because with level playing field it wud be lot easier to bring thoughts to the table, without the exasperation or consternation, and have a healthy and probably productive communication.
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