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    Quote Originally Posted by JackHatchet View Post
    Do you think it might be a perspective thing? For example. I find 'typing' to be boring and pointless,' but the information I learn from a conversation to be well worth the effort. I don't think anyone gets into small talk (or even typing) with those being the end-goals. I think small talk is a stepping stone to better things. And then by looking at small talk as a necessary stepping stone--do you think that might change how you view it?
    I might sound harsh here. but personally i think it varies massively with the subject matter of said small talk so to speak. If someone says "hey did you see the football? or some soap opera / Britains got talent style tv show" i almost immediately zone out and lose interest. that kind of thing is incredibly low on the intellectual scale. other things i can chat about for hours.

    The guy who at the desk next to me at work is doing a degree in theology and religious studies and yet while its not exactly my cup of tea and would have generally considered myself aethiest as i'm not really a religious guy we can sit there and discuss things for hours.

    the other day we were discussing Jehovahs witnesses and a belief in a world of "all good" and i made the opinion that such a world can not exist. if you take away evil. good isn't good anymore its just normal because it loses it comparative value. or at one point the creation of the world. genesis vs science and the big bang.. i'm big on science especially physics but made the theory "that what if both are true??"

    Whos to say God didn't spend 6 days doing scientific calculations and on the 7th day sat back with a beer and watched the fireworks as the universe was created?... Anyway at some point over the course of the conversation he said he didnt think aethiest was the correct word for me and that i was agnostic. and then when he went on to explain the difference I could see his point. (wow i've learned something)

    it's still all kind of small talk but it's on a much higher level of intelligence than "britains got talent" or is it "american idol" over there? things like that i just don't find engaging. and I generally won't drop to that level of intellect.. maybe thats a harsh thing to say or sounds like i consider myself superior but thats not really the case, as i would generally consider myself the apprentice when talking with that guy i mentioned at work. "what will you teach me today master?"

    hope this makes some degree of sense as one of my issues is I'm highly intelligent my IQ is way up 173!! sky high. but articulating my thoughts into words that make sense without losing focus of the point is never easy as there's an almost infinite amount of random side thoughts.. like with my earlier comment about got doing the science and then watching the fireworks. i get distracted with tons of thoughts such as did he take as fusion approach or how did he account for entropy, how many attempts did it take him to get it right? maybe that explains the parralel universe theory??? and weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee there goes my focus...

    Edit:-
    This makes things difficult as i'm currently studying physics and repeatedly get told by my tutor i'm over thinking things and going into to much detail losing track of the question i'm meant to be answering.. which is affecting my grades,
    need more focus....
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    Last edited by Dzian; 06-08-2019 at 05:41 PM.