 Wales has a friend like this in life, he's intelligent but seems to have little or absolutely no social life. It turns out intelligent people hardly ever want to socialize enough to even keep friends. Not because they're sociopath, but because, well, their time and ambition is too valuable for them to invest in frivolous activities which hanging out with friends brings. And research confirms this, a research published in the British Journal of Psychology surveyed approximately 15,000 people between the ages of 18 to 28 years old. The researchers found that people living in thickly populated areas were less satisfied with the quality of their lives. The other finding of the people surveyed suggests that the more frequent social interactions with close friends a person has seriously improves self-reported happiness. But there is an exception. For people who have high IQs, the report says the effect of population density on life satisfaction was therefore more than twice as large for low IQ individuals, meaning the more intelligent a person is, the less satisfied they would be with life if they socialize with friends more often. The reason is simple. Intelligent people are less likely to socialize. This is because they're focused on their goals and long-term objectives, they are constantly on the compulsion to use their great minds to create something big. As a result, they never have time for much social interactions, neither are they inclined to even desire it. When an intelligent person wants to achieve something, he considers social interaction as a distraction that will hold him back from what he plans to achieve and what will affect his personal effectiveness in achieving his goal. The intelligent person will rather remain alone, working doggily on this plan instead of going on Friday nights for parties or drinking with friends. They definitely appreciate friendship, but they would not want social interactions to distract them from achieving their dreams and goals. Here are 10 reasons why intelligent people have fewer friends. 1. Intelligent people prefer to be alone. A study carried out in London School of Economics measured the happiness levels of 15,000 people with various IQ levels. The happiness level of each subject was measured on two occasions, when they were socializing with a group of friends and when they were completely alone. At the end of each study, it was discovered that people with low average intelligence levels had greater self-happiness while in a group. This indicated that the more friends they had, the happier it made them. However, it wasn't the same for people with very high IQ. Very intelligent people were happier when they were alone. The study revealed that people with very high IQ actually felt quite unhappy when they are spending time with friends. Hence, the reason intelligent people have very few friends, if are told they do have. 2. Intelligent people do not require so much social interaction like the average person does. As explained in the introduction, intelligent people usually have a focused life. They have a long-term objective, so they view their lives based on this. They would rather spend more time doing things that are more important to them. They would rather invest their time in productive activities than to spend those times with friends. They are much more alive when they are working on their goals and achieving it than they are alive when they are having social interactions. Additionally, intelligent people can be skeptical. As a result, they tend to be more selective with who they spend their time with. 3. Their thoughts and actions are mostly contrary to others. It is very obvious why intelligent people would want to spend more time with most people with low or average intelligent quotient. They have different mindsets. An intelligent person wants to have a mind that reasons at par with him. Or if not, at least reasons intelligently because they do not want to have to deal with morons who mess up their plans all the time. People with very high intelligent quotient hold very strong mindsets and have values which are quite high and where most average people cannot measure up to. Intelligent people also think differently than others. The mind works like clockwork because they know their minds isn't limited. This constant exertion of the mind is what most cannot stand and also why they interact with fewer people. 4. Intelligent people talk less than listen more. The average person talks more and listens less. Intelligent people prefer to think, think and think. So they rarely talk more but do listen. Since average people love to talk and be talked to, they might be discouraged to have an intelligent person around them who hardly shares a thing. Thus, the intelligent person may be avoided. Diogenist said, we have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less. Intelligent people always listen to people to understand their thinking. They don't engage in frivolous discussions but listen more because they know that you learn nothing by listening to yourself. Because intelligent people have a strong mindset, they would rather observe what is going on around them before they ever react. If they ever react. 5. Intelligent people have goals and dreams too big for low-minded people to understand. Because average people think small and intelligent people think big, intelligent people have dreams that could overwhelm the mind of the average people. Intelligent people hate setbacks, discouragements and negativities and so they would hardly share their dreams and goals with small-minded people. Intelligent people know what they want and how they are going to get it so they don't bother themselves with other activities that distract them from their goals. If any activity isn't going to further their goals, they are inclined to pursue it. They do not force their goals on others. When the time is right, those people will come to understand it. 6. Intelligent people don't like to get involved in drama. Intelligent people are too busy to banter with toxic people. They have so much on their minds to which time and mellow drama, the value their mind and their space and so do not allow for distractions that drama brings. Family is quite important to intelligent people. So in lieu of getting into drama with someone in the outside world, they would rather be alone. 7. They don't have time for fake hangouts. Fake hangouts are often worse for intelligent people. They can easily pick up on this and it can totally eliminate the chances of ever spending time socializing for a long time. Intelligent people like to spend time alone. They want to learn new things and upgrade themselves to be better persons. They are not particular about material things, neither do they fear not being part of a group. If they are removed from a group, it's gained to them. Intelligent people are often too stressed out by going out. It becomes worse if they have to hang out with people they consider fake friends. They are rather satisfied to do things alone. 8. They are satisfied with the number of real friends they have. If intelligent people ever have close friends, they have well chosen close friends whom they make sure greatly impact them. Because intelligent people have a focus, they do not randomly make friends. They make friends with people for higher reasons. Friends that often agree with their values and standards. They would have figured out real friends from fake friends. As a result, they are not often out to make new friends. Intelligent people are truly concerned about them and people are just curious. Because of this, they do not readily make friends. Not until they meet with someone who thinks at par with them and who isn't ready to use them. 9. Intelligent people don't try to prove their word to anyone. Intelligent people know their worth and do not try to prove their word to anyone. They don't run after the opinion of others, nor try to displease themselves to earn others interest in them. They do not debate with average people to prove their point. They would rather compete with themselves to become better than to compete with others to become better. Intelligent people do not feel the need to be accepted by anyone. They have a good self-esteem. As a result, they are strong and independent. 10. People see them as proud because they keep to themselves. If you love to keep to yourself, you would naturally be considered proud. Intelligent people love to keep to themselves, being alone in their world. Thus, it is certain that others would consider them proud. People conclude they are proud because they do not understand them, which is understandable. Also, people consider an intelligent person proud because intelligent people tend to air their opinions even if it contradicts others. Very few people take intelligent people seriously because of their mindset. Intelligent people spend time, if at all, with such people because they do not seek to please anyone. They are often considered as threats and proud. Since intelligent people are viewed this way, it is not surprising that they do not have many friends, if they have friends at all. Intelligent people are content with being alone in their own world. This is the reason why they would rather remain in their own circle, keeping very few friends than make more friends. If this video inspired you, like the video. We love you.