I suspect people are interested in talking to smart people because they expect/​hope that the smart people will tell them that they, too, are smart, and they value this statement from a smart person more than from some random individual of lesser intelligence.
I suspect people are interested in talking to smart people because they expect/​hope that the smart people will tell them that they, too, are smart, and they value this statement from a smart person more than from some random individual of lesser intelligence.