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Echo that. It's not just clevers (as the author has coined the word), but everyone wants to be with smarter people. Have u heard anyone say - I'll hang out with this good for nothing dude. This article is a joke.

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I disagree.

Some people just want to be with attractive people. Or rich people. Or funny people. Or people of high social standing.

It's whatever their definition of "good for something" is... and that definition isn't always "smart".

It is whatever gives us a challenge to be more than we are -- richer, smarter, funnier, cuter, etc. Nietszche would call the drive to "overcome ourselves" just as instinctual (and fun) as the desire for soft, warm pleasure.

Yep, that's what exactly I meant by smarter. Perhaps I should have been rather explicit. Smart doesn't necessarily mean intellectual. For a rich guy, it might mean someone who's richer (here the fact that the other person is richer implies he is smarter). Hope you get the drift.

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