Lisa Simpson on Happiness vs Intelligence

As intelligence goes up, happiness goes down. See, I made a graph. I make lots of graphs.

Lisa Simpson. The Simpsons. Episode 257. January 7, 2001.

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Comments

Jon Peltier
Jun 20, 2008, 12:54 am

Ignorance is Bliss.

Josh
Jun 20, 2008, 9:36 am

[sigh]

Hisham Abdel Maguid
Jun 20, 2008, 1:42 pm

Not True. I have both !!!

Jon Peltier
Jun 20, 2008, 2:30 pm

Hisham: Ignorance, or bliss?

Hisham Abdel Maguid
Jun 20, 2008, 4:28 pm

Jon: Intelligence and Happiness :)

Nathan
Jun 20, 2008, 4:32 pm

all the above for me

Tim
Jun 20, 2008, 6:50 pm

and humour nathan ;-)

Hisham Abdel Maguid
Jun 20, 2008, 7:27 pm

If you are Intelligent you should be Happy.

Greg J. Smith
Jun 20, 2008, 9:29 pm

If you are intelligent you probably won’t make statements telling other people what they “should” be. :P

Hisham Abdel Maguid
Jun 20, 2008, 9:40 pm

same to u Greg :)))

Harry Joiner
Jun 20, 2008, 11:01 pm

See Matthew 18:1-9

website design
Jun 20, 2008, 11:09 pm

** No kidding, Sherlock? Well done, having the dependent variable happiness on the Y-axis, and the independent variable intelligence on the X-axis, showing the inverse relationship (negative correlation) between the two.

Nathan
Jun 20, 2008, 11:37 pm

good god, people. it’s a joke - from the simpsons.

Bryan
Jun 21, 2008, 2:31 am

Happiness is relative, so only make friends with people who are smarter than you.

fiony
Jun 22, 2008, 11:42 am

not too!

fiony
Jun 22, 2008, 12:11 pm

not true!

Harry Joiner
Jun 23, 2008, 7:21 pm

yes, it’s a joke — but it’s actually true. simplicity rules.

Spinoza
Jun 26, 2008, 12:34 pm

Well, I’m stupid AND unhappy !

Paul
Aug 6, 2008, 4:04 pm

When you’re smart, you see everything that’s wrong.

David Emad
Aug 31, 2008, 9:07 am

hey guys i don’t think there is a relationship between the 2 variables … i think they are independent on each other

Talos
Sep 4, 2008, 11:11 pm

I probably will never see the site again as i only wanted the pricture of the graph. However it is very true that intellegence makes ya unhappy. When you are stupid you don’t realize how crappy things are. Oh and intellegence is very bad for your love life… get too smart and you overanalyze the relationship till ya find every possible fault and flaw and talk yourself out of even trying. This is my love life with my little angel.

I refer you to along came polly for proof.

brijesh
Jan 3, 2009, 12:52 am