Curse Of Intelligence | House M.D.

House discovers how a once child genius has been drugging himself to reduce his IQ.
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Season 6 Episode 9 "Wilson"
An old friend and former patient of Wilson's experiences paralysis in his left arm. Wilson takes this case himself. House thinks his friend has cancer like before, however Wilson stays optimistic until the worst happens. Now he is forced to make radical decisions. Cuddy continues her search for real estate.
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[@windy1439]

this is how every dude that uses reddit sees himself

[@matthew-vw3pw]

i actually died over this

[@babaku3062]

Bravo!!

[@babaku3062]

@Julia Mimi House was a good show, but some scenes had some cheese writing forced into them

[@neataesthetic3199]

i think im in love with this comment

[@12801270able]

Also, Quora ;)

[@jtdarelli1871]

Knew a guy like this in college. A real mousy little kid who, unbeknownst to all the rest of us, also happened to be some super genius. In fact, I kind of thought he was stupid for a while. He never got his driver's license, and whenever I'd ask why, he'd just say "I won't need one." He never had a girlfriend as far as I knew, and would spend all his free time playing Dota. Still, dude was chill af, and he had the biggest dorm so we'd hang out at his place. It went like that for about 2 years. Then, out of nowhere, the guy disappears! Doesn't tell anybody and no one knows where he's gone (this was before Myspace and Facebook). A week or two go by and we all think he quit or got expelled or something when he shows back up in town. Obvi we all get together and ask him where tf he's been and what he's doing back. He says that he's just back to pick up his computer and that's he leaving again the next day. I ask him where he's going, and he just turns to me and goes "Sweden." My immediate response is "Wtf you doing in Sweden?" Turns out this little kid had been enrolled in some military rocket engineering course for like three years straight, the ENTIRE time we'd known him! None of us ever talked about classes or nothing so I no one ever knew. Apparently, he'd managed to score a free ride to some crazy military engineering project in Europe, where he was allowed to CHOOSE where he was stationed. Where'd he choose? Sweden. Why? Well, according to him, it's because "Sweden has the best ping." This mfer joined the military as a rocket engineer, did four whole years in college and left the country so he could have better internet to fcking play Dota. The best part? Boy asked me for a ride to his parents place to pick up some of his stuff. I asked if he had his license yet. Dude just shakes his head and goes "Told you I wouldn't need one." To this day, I have never respected a mfer so damn much

[@TheFreeBard]

I bet his favorite hero is Invoker 😂

[@weckar]

Sounds familiar. Good on him.

[@lewqitz]

Invoker main right there

[@someonerandom8552]

What a fucking legend lmao!

[@arbaazhasan4627]

I hope you stayed in touch with him😂

[@Great_Olaf5]

"Have you ever tried to kill yourself?" "Not quickly!" Best line-response pair in the clip.

[@Phagocytosis]

Probably true, though I also really enjoyed House's quip about what happened to his face (3:21).

[@krisgaines3661]

Yeah, only every day for the last 20 or so years...still here tho

[@Sandux930]

He's being brutally honest

[@Volkbrecht]

The fun part about this that we can even do it subconsciously. Seek high risk, engage excessively in unhealthy lifestyle choices like food and alcohol - I'm sure that when you put people on the spot they mostly know that what they are doing isn't good for themselves, but they do it anyway - my guess at least some of those behaviours are escapism paired with the hope for the ulitmate escape.

[@loganskiwyse7823]

One that I have said before the show even came out. Just gifted not genius. This episode does hit a few not so pleasant high notes.

[@Alan7997]

My brother has an IQ of 164 Stanford-Binet and a Phd in maths. I once asked him if he wondered what it would be like to be even more intelligent than he is right now and he said something that will always stick with me: "No, I'm miserable enough as it is" which came as a shock as he's always came across as a very sociable and happy person; a true and upsetting insight into his inner world.

[@reptiles3244]

By the 4th grade I had an i.q of 164 everyone expects so much from you it starts weighing you down I dumbed myself down with marijuana by middle school because everyone would go "you're so smart why don't you do this" or "you should be doing this with your intelligence" not letting me just be a kid or do what I wanted to

[@reptiles3244]

The problem with the world is they want geniuses to fix the world instead of fixing the idiots in the world, they want to pass the work onto people without thinking of what it'll do to them

[@ClussyPomni]

How tf did you get 164 IQ?

[@taekwondotime]

Imagine being the smartest person having to work with a bunch of incompetent co-workers. It would feel like you're the only grown-up in the room. The only person getting any real work done. That would be infuriating. Now imagine that everyone you deal with in your life is far less intelligent than you are. It would seem like the entire world doesn't function properly.

[@aidanrock8719]

@@ClussyPomni By not being dense

[@hallenedarland1938]

Okay but when I gave that same speech to my doctor, he didn’t give me my meth back.

[@ngufanikojo6430]

LOOOOOOL. Sorry! MEAN doctor!

[@julieloves_arts]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheWatcher802]

did you remove your accessory spleens?

[@ratirl6474]

Tell Heisenberg to cook some for you.

[@filipwolffs]

For shame.

[@insertcommaname1388]

Just tell him to stop watching Rick and Morty.

[@cartoonken5060]

He’s so smart he watches Scooby Doo! Where Are You?

[@stupidmclovin]

@@cartoonken5060 Your comment was painfully unfunny and ruined the joke

[@cartoonken5060]

ok

[@SuperPointlessblog]

stupidmclovin it was supposed to be ironic. Making fun of the insane people who believe enjoying that show makes them geniuses.

[@_____Black_____]

@@stupidmclovin Why? Because you said so?

[@MsGustavis]

Most people watching this: "I can relate to him struggel, noone knowsed how hardy it is to bee a jenius"

[@janelleodionu3631]

Lol.

[@williamwallace4080]

You can be a genius without knowing how to spell. My grandpa never finished school but he was really smart. My dad was lucky enough to go to finish school and go to uni. Now he works at NASA. Ignorance =/= stupidity

[@MsGustavis]

​@@williamwallace4080 Sweetheart. Do you understand that what I said was a joke, not a sociopolitical commentary about the basis and lenghts of human knowledge, right? BTW, your dad works at NASA? That's amazing.

[@bait5257]

@@williamwallace4080 well you aren't smart as your dad i guess

[@williamwallace4080]

@@MsGustavis Yup but I just wanted to point something out. You also spelt "lengths" incorrectly but I'm sure you did that on purpose ;) Yep pretty cool.

[@bartekobarteko]

After seeing dr house 3 times I became interested in medicine and pharmacology and ended up addicted to opioids. thank you dr house

[@felixdunsoir1997]

💀💀💀

[@Salbren_boi]

Poggers

[@sr.mental5876]

At least it’s not lupus.

[@dennykeaton9701]

No lupus.

[@therealchristfollower]

I manifested myself a bad right knee just like House. I even use my cane the same way House uses his. I already had the opiate addiction. So win win.

[@rcnelson]

If intelligence is a curse, then I must be very blessed.

[@mimi-xw5se]

R C Nelson trust me you are

[@mimi-xw5se]

Buddhafollower i knew he wasn’t intelligent becuase intelligent people often doubt themselves and don’t think they are intelligent when actually they are capable of a lot they just don’t know it yet .....

[@disdain7143]

Buddhafollower no human can do that lmao good try tho, cryptic shit is cool

[@phillipmele8533]

Ayyy lmao

[@jacobharris5894]

Buddhafollower He’s right. Subatomic particles do exist. Here’s a link to prove it. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subatomic_particle

[@stephenh7336]

Being smart is easy. Being stupid is easy. When you're smart enough to want more, but too stupid to obtain it. Now that is hard.

[@eli8069]

Stephen H broooooo

[@Ryan-wx8of]

Being stupid is hard because you never know what's going to happen next. Being smart is hard because everyone around you is like a dumbass.

[@xero9ravity150]

If only it's that easy 😂

[@razofdead]

Good... im not stupid ... im not smart enough... because is it'n easy been

[@UshankaMaster]

Oh shit, that’s deep

[@ivanadriazola1991]

Love how house feels relieved when Chase explains he wasn't actually mad when he punched him, it was just the more logical solution to his problem, he must have been worried that Chase was actually so angry as to punched him.

[@raven4k998]

yeah it was simple social tactics and House respected it

[@cmilla111]

I love that pretty much the first thing the patient said was "Just because I am smarter than you doesn't mean i know everything you know," which is what House most needs reminding of.

[@BeeWaifu]

"I'm so smart I can't actually simplify the functions of this machinery to explain to a normal person."

[@Gatitasecsii]

Do you enjoy dumbing everything you enjoy down for every person you meet? Especially when they show as much interest as she did? It's like going to a party with people you don't know, what do you even talk about. And then some people take offense or feel patronized whenever you try to explain shit to them. I don't think the premise is ridiculous. Just think about it not as him being r/iamverysmart, but as you trying to share your passion for whatever you like with people who have 0 interest in it.

[@BeeWaifu]

@@Gatitasecsii If you want someone to understand, especially if they show an interest, you put in the effort to teach them. He's essentially going at the hardest difficulty level of a game and throwing her in it when she's never played before. You cannot build a tower without foundations.

[@BeeWaifu]

@@Gatitasecsii Then why would you say that she showed interest if she has none in the end?

[@Gatitasecsii]

@@BeeWaifu I mean, yeah at first she was like "omg wat r u drawing?" and then she realized it was something she didn't care at all. Did you watch the clip?

[@BeeWaifu]

@@Gatitasecsii I did. You implied she seemed interested. You didn't give the full context of your example. The issue is not that she's a dumbass, it's that it's a subject she doesn't care about. Yes, there are idiots, but just because something isn't what you like doesn't mean you're a dumbass. Even a 'genius' can be a dumbass when they're confronted with something they aren't interested in and never looked at.

[@alexislane7034]

Nobody: Dude in his moms basement watching rick and morty: I relate to him

[@Nicholarse99]

Alexis Lane no u

[@venomouszebr9755]

Are you a 5 year old kid who tries to fit in to use a dead meme?

[@alexislane7034]

VenomousZebr sounds like someone lives in a neckbeard nest with a stack of rick and morty dvds

[@venomouszebr9755]

@@alexislane7034 dont tell me you liked your own comment

[@jamespfitz]

That's just gibberish.

[@MugenKaz]

I’m not even sure I know why, but the phrase “I was mowing the lawn when the phone rang” is one of the funniest lines from anything I’ve ever heard. I can’t even pinpoint why it tickles me so much lmao

[@Bayo106]

you're probably high bro

[@iLikeToColor69]

He answered the lawn mower

[@notme222]

There's an old joke about a burned ear and the person says "I was ironing and the phone rang". This is a twist on that - perhaps to explain a black eye instead of a burn, or perhaps just to be more ridiculous.

[@PeterOla-Itan]

@@notme222 thanks as non native english speaker I'd never fully have understood the joke

[@iamlalapalooza]

Well, I find it hilarious because it immediately conjures up in my mind the rememberance of things that have gone oh so terribly lol wrong. to me. by me. The old dropping something like a glass and then grabbing grabbing for it catching it batting it around trying to get a grip on it, maybe tripping in the process and also yeah bumping my head. Oh. yeah. and the glass winds up on the floor broken. And all that is left to do is stare and breathe and marvel that it wasn't worse. lol

[@OccumsChainsaw]

Given the information portrayed at the beginning of the episode, this fictional character was the youngest person to graduate from MIT, has an IQ of 178, published 3 books and 35 paper before the age of 18. If in correspondence to real life standards? No. No this guy is SCARY intelligent. Without debate.

[@geraltofrivia9424]

Maybe a ref to William James Sidis

[@brattrox2939]

178 and he said his wife was 91 points below him?? He went with someone below average?? That honestly sounds like hell to me

[@NegatingSilence]

@@brattrox2939 Exactly. The world is full of 105 people and a genius picks an 87-pointer and complains about it? People don't start getting miserable because of intelligence until much higher ranges.

[@henrykkaufman1488]

If you have 178 IQ you don't really see diffirence between 91 and 105.

[@meatisomalley]

@@henrykkaufman1488 I disagree. A person with an IQ of 87 isn't even capable of having complex conversations whatsoever on politics or science, etc. A person with an IQ of 100 is more likely to be engaged and well-read on certain topics

[@l8dawn]

"If you can't explain it to a child, you don't know it well enough yourself."

[@tecs513]

It's not that he can't explain it, it's possible he's just frustrated about HAVING to explain it not-stop. It's also very possible that he's somewhere on the spectrum, people with genius level intellect are more commonly on the spectrum as opposed to people who aren't. Combine his frustration with her below average intellect, his genius level intellect, his depression, and his possible position on the spectrum, and voila. You get this.

[@tecs513]

@@l8dawn I'm perfectly calm? It's just a basic explanation.

[@IkeanCrusader1013]

@@l8dawn He is calm. He's just giving a breakdown of the guy.

[@nathaliea9877]

Always go with "Explain it as if you were talking to a child"

[@djm7323]

tecs513 why would he have to explain stuff to everyone? Just explain shit to whoever is asking. Just tell them it’s a device, that does something.

[@helloworld-ll8ko]

smart guy clishe: instantly creates plasma heat meter or something like that.

[@veronikadrol3982]

Nice spelling of cliché genius

[@simonkamau7208]

veronika Drol r/iamverysmart

[@zerolayne8245]

Why are we ripping on the guy who misspelled Cliché? Aren't we too old for that?

[@Eagle45678910]

@@zerolayne8245 because the word is immediately preceded by "smart guy."

[@zerolayne8245]

@@Eagle45678910 Ah. ... Shit, did I just wooosh myself?

[@Dollybirdy]

I had a friend like this. The solution for him was dancing. The isolation is the curse of intelligence. Dancing is motion that body’s find together, a kind of togetherness that is separate from any conversation. He could find connection through the motion, his self reflected in others and others reflected in him.

[@michaelanthony4750]

That's why exercise is so helpful for depression and anxiety. It removes you from your head and into the world.

[@abxvistro]

I have a friend that has found the exact same outlet, the most intelligent person I've ever met, must have an IQ of 170+, he loves dancing as well and I've always found that amusing

[@singsingmei]

That is profoundly beautiful.

[@TheGreatWerebear]

There are honestly a lot of ways to cope with being smarter than other people. Dancing is a really good one--finding ways to connect with people that don't require them to match your brain power. Intellligent people can also direct some of that intelligence into developing social skills, patience, EQ, kindness, ways to help others up. Some of it can also go into cultivating inner spirituality, healthy grounding, and peace. Or learning how to appreciate what other people do bring to the table, when intelligence isn't one of those things. By diversifying interests, one can get good enough at a lot of things to connect with people over things they're passionate about, but not so good one leaves them completely behind. Basically, in my experience, a lot of the isolation and frustration intelligence brings often actually come from overspecialization, and from choosing to look down on others. One can mitigate that by diversifying one's own areas of interest; and by releasing expectations of others and instead learning compassion, appreciation, and patience.

[@Lochnivar]

Isolation isn't a curse when you have plenty to be thinking about.

[@seoulesskorean7311]

At 3:40 he realized just how smart House was and how miserable he is. What a moment.

[@jmackmcneill]

It's more that he picks up on House as someone who alienates people around him due to his way of thinking, recognises that they are both "broken" in the same way. (a key point of the show is that that all of House's bad behaviours are totally something he could overcome, but people tolerate them for the sake of keeping the golden goose around, this guy recognised that, and took himself out of the game so no one would have any incentive to keep him smart and "productive".)

[@neft16]

Yes, exactly what all geniuses do. Draw devices to measure energy expended by subatomic particles...

[@RisenSlash]

Or perhaps, this single fictional one?

[@nathaliea9877]

Its a doodle of a "what if"

[@maxheadrum5452]

I have a wheel that goes round and round round and round I have a wheel that goes round and round all day long 😊

[@hendrixlynch5918]

neft16 duh.

[@neft16]

@@lizardbashkins9042 no, they can, on a calculator, you doofus

[@jasoncarto]

_You're not the only one cursed with knowledge, Stark._

[@formerunsecretarygeneralba9536]

"I am groot" -tree

[@aggroknight4259]

KZbin Algorithm Stop putting random "House M.D." shit in my video feed.

[@Ovendodger]

cringe, grow up and stop watching kids movies

[@MrFuzyUnibrow]

Ovendodger They are definitely not kids movies...

[@Ovendodger]

@@MrFuzyUnibrow Superheros punching each other is literally for children. Grow up.

[@samsajor967]

"I can outrun you" as a user myself, Im deligthed to see that the call of friendship between those who use a cane and those who don't is universal.

[@alfredkabatay656]

When he said house's intelligence wasn't like his, I laughed. House is always on drugs.

[@CamberGreber]

This is a Dumb Persons Idea of a Smart Guy.

[@Cosiek7]

Maybe this guy IS dumb and that's why he thinks he is so smart. I like to believe that this is what they meant to do.

[@mcoates3649]

Smart people are just idiots who know a lot -from a formerly “gifted” kid who doesn’t know how to spell r̶e̶s̶t̶a̶r̶a̶u̶n̶t̶ ̶r̶e̶s̶t̶r̶a̶u̶n̶t̶ ̶r̶e̶s̶t̶a̶u̶r̶e̶n̶t̶-̶ or use a toaster or read anything properly (I swear to god I don’t read half of the words and that’s why I haven’t compleated a book in over a year)

[@tomstokoe5660]

@@Cosiek7 That's called the "Dunning-Kruger" effect.

[@giantslug6969]

@@mcoates3649 The word gifted gets thrown around too much. You were probably formerly average. "Compleated" lol

[@or3687]

@Mr WasHere According to what statistics? Being smart is a pain in the ass, a smart person can not be happy in this life. And that's a fact.

[@kaicullen4760]

Ahh yes I’m drawing a complicated machine because I am smart did you get it yet I’m the smart one

[@ImperativeGames]

That's what really smart people do for fun. At least I do.

[@Orome96]

I guarantee you, if a physicist who absolutely adores what he/she does, would also prefer to run equations rather then just sit in bed doing nothing.

[@admiralampere5513]

And as the show implied, it looks wacky to those that don't understand it

[@WillyWankstain]

Imperative Games r/iamverysmart lmao

[@londonm3161]

this may shock you, but most people don't like just sitting around doing nothing. drawing complex machinery or running equations is like. kinda relaxing tbh. you probably just hated math in school and think anyone showing actual skill in the subject is the epitome of r/iamverysmart

[@StudioMod]

My best friend (before he passed) was into this stuff. He would take 2 bottles a day before even coming over. He was a philosophy guy like myself and eventually became obsessed with insane ideas about magic and the darkness. Soon he was seeing people and I realized he was taking these pills before he'd arrive at my house; I found the empty bottles in a Rite Aid bag. He was a good kid and I miss him. Drugs are sometimes the only escape when you live in poverty.

[@howiegaming9985]

I wonder how far I have damaged myself with my escapist desperation of consuming these poisons, I really need to stop before there is nothing left of my mind.

[@StudioMod]

@@howiegaming9985 It's okay. I have heart disease now from Covid and honestly? I'd do anything to be healthy. To just be able to walk up and down my stairs without palpitations. You're just taking life for granted. Hit up some girls on Facebook or something, get laid, work on a project, listen to some music, smoke some weed, and relax. You don't need that stuff to be happy. Reality is a joke and we all get to escape eventually anyways.

[@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269]

​@@howiegaming9985Are you doing well now?

[@howiegaming9985]

@@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269 I am doing great now, things are fulfilling and im succeeding in life.

[@howiegaming9985]

@@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269 completely rid myself of all vices as well

[@prestonexzabe2997]

This episode has my favorite joke in the entire show. House is talking about how he has all his players back, and goes "I feel like Mike Tomlin!" then he looks over to Foreman and goes "Well, maybe not as much as you"

[@Kiki-7]

The geniuses I have known get super excited at the thought of sharing their knowledge it's usually frustrating when people don't want to listen or there isn't enough time.

[@DMWayne-ke7fl]

That is where the depression comes from. So few have the aptitude or attitude to love ideas for their own sake.

[@NigelTolley]

And what of the geniuses who didn't want to explain and so left when they knew you were coming? How did they feel?

[@newt2120]

Those geniuses are not at the level of this guy. He is a super genius. 0.00000001% type of smarts

[@spongmongler6760]

@@newt2120 clearly not smart enough to let himself be happy. paradox: you claim he's so intelligent but too stupid to be happy making him not smart at all. potato potato think it through

[@newt2120]

@@spongmongler6760 ah never fucking mind dude. I just meant his character was written to have a genius level intellect. And for a character of that level of brain power to be believable in a show, the writers need to be just as smart. In this case, they are clearly not. They are writers, and really good ones, but they have no undersranding of how such prodiges would behave in real life. Now if he was written by Nikola Tesla, or Einstein, im sure the character would make much more sense.

[@MultiDam23]

Once a smart person said: "Sometimes My Genius... It's Almost Frightening."

[@thetransporter8585]

I thought it generated its own gravity.

[@drewp.weiner5708]

Sometimes if you listen very closely you can HEAR his genius.

[@davidcuddy5552]

Mr Clarkson😂😂😂

[@NotRezzOnYT]

The scope of his genius literally knows no bounds.

[@NormanTiner]

-Michael Morbius

[@nh8444]

I strangely love how Chase and House settle the issue at the end.

[@elihg3827]

4:20. "Happy... and dumb," took me from drama to comedy in an instant. I love this show.

[@shapeshiftinghorsejisung3335]

The epitome of r/iamverysmart

[@Avenus112]

Right? Every other character in that room wanted to leave.

[@boringperson-zb8vy]

@Rachel J He called himself out on that in that very conversation. He feels more arrogant and dreary when he's more intelligent, and he wants to stop that.

[@boringperson-zb8vy]

@Rachel J Yes, but plenty of people don't realise that. It's not just intelligence either, it's any characteristic someone has that makes them feel different to anyone else. It feels very lonely, but as you said it doesn't have to be.

[@boringperson-zb8vy]

@Rachel J lmao it does, actually!

[@scottvelez3154]

But I am very smart. When I was in school they put me in special education! I must've been too smart for all those silly math questions, they had me play with blocks instead.

[@knocknockify]

Netflix took this show away, and now I’m stuck watching these damn clips because I miss watching House 😢

[@mrtechpat]

knocknockify it’s ondemand through Xfinity from nbc

[@PCNix-zj3bt]

If you have an Amazon Prime account, all the seasons are on Prime Video for free.

[@weisshxc]

watch-series.io thank me later and make sure you have a good adblocker.

[@Oh-xp3fv]

I can help you out if you want

[@seymourbutts3716]

knocknockify it's called buying the dvd seasons

[@FlameG102]

"16 splenectomies. Pretty sure he gets a set of steak knives with that." Underrated line

[@flo721]

His problem is not intelligence; his problem is that he is depressed with a feeling of extreme loneliness, and his intelligence just allows him to find more creative ways than most people to be miserable.

[@doofusleloofus]

Exactly

[@sebgrootus]

Guy: "I´m so smart it hurts" Also guy: jumps off building to die, into the one thing that would result in him not dying.

[@user-zg3gh8xg9v]

That's why he says it hurts. Those ribs & collar bone weren't thankful for his decision.

[@Gatitasecsii]

He mentioned "the day before pickup" so you can infer that he didn't really wanna die, he was trying to get attention and it worked, because that works.

[@sebgrootus]

@@Gatitasecsii or maybe he just knew his body would get disposed of nicely.

[@Gatitasecsii]

@@sebgrootus nah, these types of people tend to do that, just to get attention, it works.

[@arditm2178]

@@Gatitasecsii Yeah , but this is not real people , it's tv drama... I agree with 'sebastian grut' , the point was that his body would be disposed of quickly. Still a stupid idea , when he could just die at sea or in the woods , but hey it's tv...

[@DeltaDanner]

This guy watches Rick & Morty

[@eatingmage603]

Danner I’m a pickle, House!

[@davida.7967]

Or... Maybe Rick and Morty watch House MD

[@coolguy02536]

Well, he is indeed a vegetable here!

[@kR-qj7rw]

no those are 14 year old kids TRYING to sound smarter than they are

[@rickysmith1739]

Danner bruh, no way; I watch Richard and Mortimer and there’s no way this dude is anywhere near my level; he just doesn’t meet the 5000 IQ threshold requirement necessary.

[@mannysmith5397]

Intelligence is misery because you're enlightened to things beyond the understanding of your peers. You're then isolated and left with only knowledge for company.

[@druidzown]

I binge watched this show when I was younger so there was no I way I could have picked up on how great a listener House really was. He made the patients he cared enough to meet feel heard but also managed to pick up on some very important clues they would often disclose.

[@Hexanitrobenzene]

Hm, dunno, I think the greatest listener in that show is Wilson.

[@betnobodythoughtofthis6397]

This episode should be called "Redditor's Curse"

[@r3ll282]

Being smart and being intelligent is 2 different things, you can be intelligent enough to know that touching a live wire will shock you but be dumb enough to still do it

[@betnobodythoughtofthis6397]

@@r3ll282 You sure sound like a redditor to me, you might want to check in with Dr. House.

[@r3ll282]

@@betnobodythoughtofthis6397 god I wish

[@petesthename1588]

@@r3ll282 it’s more the difference between being educated and intelligent. A genius with an IQ of 180 may still not know as much as the 105 plumber regarding their house house pipe system

[@Teal_Bird]

@@r3ll282 Being smart and intelligent are basically synonyms, as far as I can tell. Being wise, however, is another thing. You can be wise enough to know that an electric wire will shock you. Wisdom is accrued knowledge. The speed and ease at which you learn these things , abstract concepts etc. is in turn dependent on you intelligence/smarts. (not trying to nit-pick, these are just things I've run into a bunch studying psychology and IQ stuff, thought I'd share.)

[@shent1853]

It takes a different kind of smart to allow yourself become happy.

[@user-zg3gh8xg9v]

^ This ! When ppl understand that EQ is *at least* as important as IQ we'd have a much easier time living our lives as individuals and as a society.

[@MylesKillis]

@St. Haborym someone obviously has a low q

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

1.When you are smart your thinking is different from your average individuals thinking. You find different things interesting 2. Friendship can be formed around common interest and relatability.

[@steampunkastronaut7081]

@St. Haborym someone obviously has a

[@turolretar]

@@steampunkastronaut7081 someone

[@Dan_Chiron]

There's a big difference between being outsmarted by someone and being belittled by someone. Most people tend to think they're synonyms, and can get _very_ agressive about it. I see so many comments about the "big ego" of smart people, but no one talks about the huge ego of people with regular intelligence: most of them can't just accept there are people with higher mental capacities, and that is not a personal attack. There are also a lot of comments on the line of "if you're smart enough, you can explain it to a 5 yo". Well... no. There's a limit where both levels of knowledge and comprehension are irreconcilable, especially if you strive for precision. I don't remember where I heard it, but someone was saying somethig like: "It's like giving a level 1 cooking class and saying 'today we start by beating an egg in a bowl' and students answer 'what's an egg?, what's beating?, what's a bowl?'". I've seen the frustration in the eyes of high level teachers about students not being able to understand something that, for them, are basic concepts, even when both parties are trying so hard to reach out for the other. So, I imagine being "genius" level, like this character, must be indeed a very lonely place to live in a world made for average only.

[@Icidulon]

The people that need to see this comment don't care and never will.

[@zamzamazawarma928]

​@@Icidulon By definition, you can't reap 10k likes by saying things beyond the average person's understanding, even less so if said things are beyond that person's willingness to be taught different. Should you care? I don't think so.

[@greentea5038]

Maybe the point is not if ppl care or not...but making it bearable for future

[@literallyanangrymoose7717]

I've completely stopped explaining things to most people. I can absolutely dumb it down (whatever 'it' is) to the lowest possible point while also still retaining enough of the crucial information to actually convey the knowledge. Most people either can't understand or refuse to.

[@jadoremakeup1422]

Beautifully said!👏👏👏👏

[@evilm3274]

"You'd be surprised what you can live without" as House hobbles away. It's a heavy sentence from him.

[@jamesd.6979]

This guy is actually one of the best developed House patient characters IMO. The whole point here was to have a character for one episode that House could identify with so that at the very end they could unexpectedly connect on a deep emotional level which helps House start to piece together his diagnosis. Simple enough idea, but the writers had to find a way to neatly compress the hallmarks of House's character into one guy that would only be around for one episode. When you look at it from that perspective, they really couldn't have done a better job. That isn't an easy task. He was instantly abrasive and unlikable, but by the end we could start to relate to him and recognize his redeeming qualities. Brilliant writing for a basic, run-of-the-mill medical drama.

[@WalterLiddy]

You're right. Dramatically, it makes perfect sense. It's just completely unrealistic. So it comes down to what you want to get out of the show. And frankly, anyone looking for realism in House is a bit... dumb.

[@leivadaros]

House was never a basic, run-of-the-mill medical drama though.....

[@RyanPassek]

House relates him or his team to every patient. That's why he takes a patient. He sees a reflection of something he knows and clings on to it.

[@NewWesternFront]

@@leivadaros indeed and as a matter of fact, I am shocked, hurt, and offended at the remark. Abysmal.

[@xSkitZx]

Eh, House was never a run of the mill medical drama. It was also never about the medical drama, it was about House, that is what's realistic and that is what the draw is.

[@Juan-zl3fy]

Ignore the bullshit this case was, the fact that Chase is confident enough to punch his boss as a strategy and then telling House about it knowing he wouldn't be fired, knowing that House would actually appreciate that, is very cool

[@shrapnel77]

House had punched him earlier in the series. Then again this series had ridiculous scenarios that House would not get away with in real life.

[@mephostopheles3752]

It’s one of those scenes that makes it really obvious why Chase became the sort of House Jr. that he did at the end of the series. None of the others adapted to House’s style like Chase did. Foreman obviously became similarly bitter and apathetic for a bit, but Chase was the only one who really started pulling the strings like House did.

[@MachallaNaNaNa]

Weirdly enough, House was a ride or die in his really weird, House way

[@Aaron-zu3xn]

total bs to fit his whole personality dxm is like ketamine and it doesn't make you dumb or do any of that,a medical show should be accurate about medicine

[@nationalsocialism3504]

@@mephostopheles3752 Foreman only cared about the "Power" that House had from his position... but Foreman crumbled under the pressure of the Responsibility that House position came with. Having to replace Cutty cause the actress wanted more money ended up being the best thing the show could do cause being an administrator was perfect advancement for Foreman... he got all the "Power" that he craved with none of the Responsibility for saving human life.

[@BlackenedGold]

"I can out run you" Still makes me laugh lmao

[@kbrown4ou]

Only “genius” I’ve ever known got his PhD in astrophysics at about 22 years old; then, immediately moved to Colorado and got a job making screen doors, which I believe he did for the next forty years. This episode helped clear up that strange behavior to me.

[@projektkobra2247]

There was a news report a few years back, the guy with the highest IQ in Canada is a bouncer...the next highest was a waitress. I liken it to the Japanese love for blank tatami rooms, or why most everyone likes the ocean. Simplicity is very calming.

[@SeaMammal]

​@@projektkobra2247 There's the correlation of being smart and having to perform at that level consistently, especially when that smartness in the past basically just made everything very easy throughout childhood until suddenly it wasn't. Very dissonant with your comfort level of being, discipline that not everyone can handle or relearn. Not a particularly unique case among gifted kids who are mismanaged by society.

[@projektkobra2247]

@@SeaMammal -Indeed!

[@whatteamwildcats4033]

"she was so happy...and dumb" talking about his wife here.

[@2126Eliza]

tyana sevilla haha amazing that men like this can't find happiness

[@ryanking5689]

I think it’s different with this guy. He doesn’t seem to intend to belittle her by calling her dumb. He envies the bliss of unintelligence because it’s the norm. He literally can’t communicate on the same level as everyone else. The presence of his intellect alienates him by making other people feel insignificant in comparison. Kinda tragic.

[@SirZeph3]

@@ryanking5689 Grats to you for understanding what other people in this comment section can't seem to comprehend =D

[@blitzcrankreplica674]

To someone whos considered a genius (over 140 I.Q.) Everyone seems dumb. If you could go back in time, lets say 100 years, and talk to someone with the same hypothetical I.Q as yours, he would seem hella dumb to you as well…

[@jervisyoung46]

Guessing you're the latter

[@bigchief1669]

Im just smart enough to realise how stupid i am... still not winning

[@KurasakiBleachigo1]

Dont worry, that only gets worse the smarter you are. So you didnt get screwed over or anything

[@bilibull1]

Thats a trait of intelligence; isn't intelligence such a marvelous contradiction of itself.

[@SC-zq6cu]

I am stupid enough to know that I'm smart but on the other hand I'm smart enough to know how stupid i am. So am i smart or am I stupid? Only the smart ones can answer this. But they are unfortunately stupid enough to not realise that and at the same time smart enough to understand me. Oh what a conundrum !

[@ReportTheHackers]

The more I know, the more I realize I don't know. Mark of wisdom my friend. Learning is a life long journey.

[@ReportTheHackers]

backspace 0 A person can be only as brilliant as they functionally be. As long as that ability to learn, process, integrate, and produce actually results in tangible advancement in any number of ways, then it means something. Otherwise it was just some variability in human physiology that the person neither earned or deserves.

[@RichardBirdsall]

A brilliant line of logic and emotion from the patient, great writing

[@Zehahahaa]

Yes.

[@alphamineron]

No, if you think this show has any idea of what intelligence is then I’m sorry but you are not intelligent… intelligence is the greatest tool, it solves problems BY NATURE not create them.

[@natl5692]

Chase : "I can out run you" was too funny not to be mentioned

[@kiriducker3548]

House: *looks back sees chaise* Also, house: * speeds up* Chase: "I can outrun you."

[@johnmd6332]

I can chase you 😂

[@St-ef9ru]

Wow I literally read this comment when it happened on the vid.

[@rcslyman8929]

Unless someone's smothering her baby.

[@rickysanowara8254]

A house (noun)is stationary Chase on the contrary is a verb and not stationary

[@wobby1268]

@@rickysanowara8254 Chase can be a noun as well, though.

[@luiszamora2504]

I have a degree in Finance and Accounting and my GF is a Nurse Practitioner, neither one of us knows what the other is talking about half the time 😂😂😂😂😂

[@robertcranston7427]

Lol

[@mariuszj3826]

I would have no fuckimg clue what either of you were talking about.

[@slovell920]

Smh

[@Maya-sv1pz]

nice.keeps the mysteries alive

[@nerored6235]

That's just knowledge of very different topics. It's totally different than being able to understand things on a fundamentally different level than the people around you. I

[@JessiJamesRideOrDie]

It's miserable. You have no one to talk to, unless you come across an expert or someone knowledgeable in the field of whatever you want to discuss. Then you have momentary happiness. You are always the fixer in relationships. People roll their eyes and talk badly about you when you state things factually. I can definitely relate to using substances to just chill and have a good time hanging out with people, talking about nothing.

[@DoneBrokeDatBack]

I haven't seen House in quite a few years and had completely forgot how amazing Hugh Laurie was in this show. Just A+++++.

[@maritiafeighan7129]

"You'd be surprised what you can live without." -House

[@kissofdeath4449]

"You'd be surprised what you can live with" -Wilson

[@fiucik1]

@@kissofdeath4449 "What's a conscience?" - House

[@JimmyBoy9878]

"I need to go to the bathroom" A famous poet

[@smoothbrained4channer976]

"i sold a dude's kidneys, intestines and liver once to sell them on ebay. he survived, surprisingly. for about 30 minutes, if I remember correctly." -probably House

[@Bluz1]

I like how this character makes everyone angry in the comment section

[@jidmoore10]

Lmaoo

[@kaitlyndaenzer9799]

same

[@kilvesx7924]

He's just poorly written and shallow as a kids pool

[@infjelphabasupporter8416]

I know right!

[@98mita]

Yeah because he's praised as a genius, yet they represent intelligence as being depressed, lonely and hopeless in everyday life, and everyone nods as if that's okay and there is no argument to be made to that because he got it all figured out. It comes of as pretentious rather than smart. A person like him in real life could easily get employed to work at CERN on the Large Hadron Collider, there he could work on quantum physics and subatomic particles. He could watch as subatomic particles and hadrons collide at near speed of light, so that he could calculate the "expended energy from a subatomic particle". As someone else commented this is a really dumbed down version of an actual intelligent person.

[@gandalf8216]

When you're really intelligent, logic becomes a figurative sixth sense of sorts. The line between emotions and sensations separates from what appears obvious and predictable, and the more emotions are put aside the more predictable and simple things appear to be. In the end it becomes an intuition, when logic becomes less of a focused action and more of a subconscious process that never truly ends. The genius, then adolescent, must learn and exercise choice, because happiness by default will not happen to him or her, but must be an active choice. If unhappiness and depression sets in, anxiety will follow, and that cloud of anxiety will forever haunt the genius - in all probability leading to addiction and asocial patterns of behavior. Forever will the genius suppress his or her genius, and such is often the case with humanity's tendency to abuse and fight whatever strays too far away from the average. There are more geniuses then you know, the few you hear about are those lucky few that society chose to nourish rather than oppress. Especially now, when schools would rather put psychiatric (and social) labels on them just to avoid the extra effort beyond the bare minimum.

[@ilhammaulana2134]

Well said.

[@terabit.]

5:02 "Hey wait a minute he cannot be smarter than me. I'm the smartest on this world!"

[@mathewdeering]

Classic Aussie response at the end by Chase. "Cheers".

[@markyochoa]

The "cheers" at the end cracks me up every time.

[@abi-sk2cb]

it’s british tho

[@abb5596]

@@abi-sk2cb same thing

[@jasonmason6910]

Mat Deering isn’t that what every English speaker says?

[@jasonmason6910]

queeditchable what

[@jasonluong3862]

When you are smart enough, you will begin to believe you are psychic because you seem to know what someone is about the say before they say it. It's amazing how predictable people can be when it comes to their reaction to things.

[@AnonYmous-spyonmepls]

That is step 1. After that you will start to see yourself as a neurochemical circuit and realize you can alter your behaviour entirely, to better your life. And then you realize that this was the most predictable thing to do having this knowledge.

[@Silencer796]

Yeah but sadly I am psychic

[@Kramchuck]

Very new surgical tech here, couple weeks after being hired was doing a basic GYN case when the two GYN docs got very confused about the anatomy we were looking at. Paged a general doc to the room and as soon as she scrubbed in she said "got a rare case of splenectomy here." Patient had been involved in a car accident 15 years prior and it was never diagnosed

[@mgaydos8]

This episode frustrated me. They wrote it like smart people explaining their stuff is a burden. Smart people love talking about what they're studying to other people. It's like their favorite thing to do.

[@solar2607]

They're

[@mgaydos8]

@@solar2607 Good catch

[@funkiebutch9690]

But not when you have a partner who knows nothing about your field. It feels like talking to a wall.

[@mcoates3649]

There’s two types of smart people: smart people who just like learning, but can function well because they’re good people with great work ethics, and “smart people” with overinflated egos who are either average or slightly above, but take everything they do and exaggerate it to compensate for their insecurities. IQ has nothing to do with it

[@Kurlzzz501]

Molly Coates well I mean there’s also the possibility of mental illness especially in extremely smart people a lot of geniuses kill themselves young because they can’t fit in modern society

[@cawsmean5920]

Oh boy....here come the geniuses in the comments!

[@JustJimmyNYC]

Coman Cosmin this entire comment section will eventually have it’s own page on r/iamverysmart

[@HUNGRYHEART48]

XD

[@javannapoli2018]

Saintprick Pretty much hahaha

[@mrcokez1]

Coman Cosmin, hold this W

[@murmandamus5137]

I SUFFER FROM THE SAME THING!!!!!11!!! :P

[@breathing_helium_art]

This will come off as really pig headed, but I'm going to say it in case anyone else feels this way. I know there's plenty of people smarter than me, it really sucks being intelligent. It really sucks talking about what you really want to talk about and being looked at like you're insane or laughed off because they don't understand. I have three brothers, my oldest also has a photographic memory like me. He's the only person that I feel myself with. In highschool I thought it would be better when I left highschool. It's sad to feel so alone, alienated and socially limited because of something most people admire you for. One of the best days of my life was when I was sobbing in the bathroom, my brother came in sat with me and said "it's sucks being smart doesn't it" I laughed and sobbed, it was such a relief for someone to understand.

[@NarraJoker12]

The whole "I am smart therefore I am miserable" (and its twin, "That person is happy, therefore dumb") has done untold damage to suposed geniuses.

[@KINKYmustache]

I have not met a single person with above average intelligent who is even mildly happy.

[@mothh7600]

@@KINKYmustache once you'll start looking at the average and below average people you'll realise that most people aren't happy and that being intelligent isn't an outlier. Harsh world.

[@andrewcpu]

Jesus. House created nearly perfect replicas of himself by the end of the show...

[@andyelgrand0]

i think youll find thats why he hired them. who does an egomaniac hire? himself

[@KageNoTenshi]

Andrew Stein forgot to break his leg

[@Anthony-yu6ib]

“I just didn’t remove... all of his spleens” Why is that so hilarious

[@IzNebula]

Cause the word "spleen" is fucking hilarious to say, specially plural XD

[@NewWesternFront]

@@IzNebula spleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen ectomyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[@elavarasu1921]

It's telling that House gets really angry when anyone screws up a medical procedure but is cool when his subbordinates punches him in the face...

[@user-tm9qs7jo9j]

The most concrete connection made in psychiatry is the link between intelligence and clinical depression.

[@ramarao5814]

Im smart enough to realize I'm stupid... 👍

[@atticus2581]

Congrats on being self aware and self analytical

[@jacobshirley3457]

I'm smart enough to know I'm smart yet know my limits. :P

[@delraybrewer]

Mark Twain?

[@WingMaster562]

@@delraybrewer More like Socrates but he will do

[@nebuchadnezzarkkoma6950]

ted rebel u mean they put their dick in their own Backdoor? Self analyzed

[@joneelillard892]

They met while he was on painkillers and they got married on the strength of THAT? Oh, for crying out loud...

[@jacobshirley3457]

He dumbed himself down, so....

[@Wowreference]

No wonder their relationship was a mess.

[@henk-3098]

it's a tv show...

[@nathaliea9877]

Nightingale syndrome?

[@josephwilles29]

Also, the power of boners. His wife was cute.

[@williamunderhill427]

"What happened to your face?" "I was mowing the lawn when the phone rang." God mode 🤣🤣🤣

[@danr.1299]

I love the scene where Cuddy confronts House about chase punching him 😂

[@brynnaandersen7739]

When the dude started to doodle his super smart thing and was disappointed that his girlfriend had no clue what he was talking about, all I could think about was all the engineering guys I know that talk about their projects or computer guys that talk about coding and I'm like "uh-huh." It's super interesting to them but not to me. I get the same reaction from people when I talk about language science or music theory - they dont know what I'm talking about. This guy was egotistic and rude as heck

[@asas14444]

this is not intelligence, it is narcissism... trust me.

[@gangsterspongebob1539]

It's only not interesting because they/you don't understand it. You/the computer guys shouldn't expect people to find something complex interesting, because they/you don't have the required years of learning for the conversation. This is what popular science is good for: make it entertaining, simplify or don't include the hard stuff, use metaphors/analogies to explain, and cover the basics to catch them up to speed. Make it fun for the general audience. I teach programming to kids: making video games makes it entertaining, start by creating tic tac toe not Grand Theft Auto, etc etc. Conversations like these should be mutual learning, gotta be a good teacher and student

[@srikanthxxxxx]

@@gangsterspongebob1539 well said sir. You can teach people things easier if the subject can be made interesting.

[@Sight-Beyond-Sight]

That is why we have jobs. Generally our colleagues can be on our wavelength while the mundanes are at home. I have worked with computers 25+ years, but when I get home, I don't even want to look at one. I generally save my intellectual pursuits for work.

[@ichigokurasaki100]

You are Dumb Bc he Clearly says that about himself

[@GabrielKnightz]

"It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise." The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (sometimes i wish i didn't believe that)

[@HikoSeijuroXIII]

Dostoevsky was a masochist.

[@charliesuarez1033]

Ignorance may be bliss, but wisdom is power.

[@LyneaSilver]

Redrop IML Wisdom isn't power per se, because someone who is truly wise knows when and, more often, not to use it. That said, knowledge is power. Knowledge and wisdom may also be affected and attributed by intelligence, but they are not equivalent to it.

[@iramorsnox6583]

Agreed.

[@GabrielKnightz]

Wisdom is knowledge tempered with experience, or so i've heard. Knowledge by itself is inert i think, it's in knowing how to make use of that knowledge that makes it powerful, like a blade, which makes it lean over to the wisdom side of things again? i don't know.

[@ACTUALLYRICH]

One of the best cases in the show. I was a child “genius” (hate that term) skipped a grade, and blew my whole life because it was pure pain and I haaaaated school. Dropped out of three universities. Now I’m 36, work in civil engineering (basically labour) on SSRI’s and binge drink to cope. I’m getting better after being broken for a decade. I still have suicidal issues, mainly because I gave up on my gifts, however I’m still a musical and phonetic prodigy. Wish me luck as I need it. Not bragging, not at all. Learn from my mistakes. Embrace what you hate if you’re good at it. It will pay off in the long run.

[@iafog]

How do you know you are a musical and phonetic prodigy?

[@chrisporter9397]

@@iafogBecause he told himself he was, and the 36 year old boy genius just couldn’t be wrong, right? 🙄

[@kcor4]

This guy is probably around 110 IQ hanging out with 95s and excusing his failure due to a perceived genius.

[@Meowverick]

​​​​​​​@@chrisporter9397Nobody ever said high intelligence means incapable of being wrong, but it's obvious you're so selfish and insecure that you don't mind accusing someone wrongfully just to make yourself feel better while someone else is trying to share their pain and suffering. So go ahead, keep making it all about you. You, your kids, everyone you ever care for will pay the price of your own pattern of lacking empathy. That's a 101 guide to how to be the kind of dumbass that tears your own world apart without even seeing it--so there, you've been called out...so are YOU able to admit you're wrong, for accusing someone of something you don't actually know is true and was never even implied? Are you willing to do the same thing you baselessly judged someone else for being unwilling to do? Or are you even worse than what you judged for: someone who can't be wrong, yet simultaneously condemns others for what you're the one doing?

[@VandalXXI]

6:58 and there it is: The rarely seen House nod of respect

[@antonradke5943]

That last scene with chase explaining himself using that old prison yard logic of “knock out the toughest guy and no one will bother you” For punching out House is so fantastic. I love chase, he was my all time favorite supporting character.

[@jack42011]

loved the short haircut on Chase too! Later in the series that is...

[@Alegost1]

the moment house realises that chase is more housish than any of his other puppets

[@xali2008]

he actually smarter than others, there is was a case with little girl sensitive to light, House was wrong and he wants cut girl in half because of infection, Chase was only one get diagnostic right, and he gets punched in the face by House. also, House was under a lot of pressure by that cop and cuddy cut his Vicodin, I don't blame House.

[@Alegost1]

yeah well he was a junkie that had lost his drug, of course his mental capabilities would be reduced

[@Frankiarmz]

Doesn’t take great intellect to solve problems of the heart , takes great compassion, honest self examination!

[@johnm1720]

House respected and even enjoyed the punch once he knew there was reasoning and logic behind it.

[@yuncannon6165]

“Ignorance is bliss”

[@jeremiahb8601]

Yun Cannon if thats true, how come not more people are walking around happy.

[@LyneaSilver]

J Butt'a "Happy" is relative. What can be said, though, is that the more naive you are about the world and people around you, the more content you are with said surroundings.

[@traveleralden4867]

"Because learning is a joy".

[@yogsothoth7594]

“We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.”

[@okie9025]

Mercy knowing the truth/taking the redpill is a terrible way to live, and is overrated

[@ederanged7960]

This wasn't a depiction of intellect, it was a demonstration of isolation and misery. Very on the nose but it was meant to reveal his loneliness and confliction as well as provide the basis for House's revelation.

[@chamandeepkaur5544]

I haven't seen the entire episode but this is the only sensible comment so far cuz everyone is so wrapped up in the idea of IQ and superiority complex when this scene is not about that.... It's about feeling that nobody is able enough to understand you, it is about being lonely deep down and you think that it's a consequence of your intellect (cuz why can I see the problems when everybody is okay with what's going on) so you treat yourself, medicate the brain down

[@gokaykeser7100]

yeah that episode was very on the nose

[@rampage3337]

@@chamandeepkaur5544 no judged based on this clip the sensible comment is the one that still agrees it's about intellect. it's the same thing as why rick in rick and Morty is depressed. when you are that smart it becomes harder for you and your brain to trick itself. the world is a worthless POS and life is pointless. it's better to just die than to keep on living that is the smart thing to think. that is the reality of the world. but because we can filter out reality and because we can make up our own reasons to keep living we don't feel that. when a human starts to feel that it's called depression. he is literally so smart that his intellect makes him over understand the complexity of the world and litteraly causes depression because of it.

[@degla232]

​@@rampage3337 nihilism isn't a sign of intelligence. Only reason some super smart people are depressed because their small talk is our peek intellectual conversation and by that he is isolated and has no one to relate and talk too. His IQ compression to his wife is true but even smart people realise that there is more to life then intellect and they have emotions with which everyone can relate.

[@1LY4x8s96r]

I think the episode is self-explained. But only those who lived something like that, will really see that. The others will have a glimpse of an idea of what is it like.

[@dartharaneus67]

I never noticed until now how often Dr. House opens doors on any given day.

[@johnsharkey2948]

Love House❤ great informative show...Was just talking about it yesterday...

[@porgy5978]

Que Thanos coming through a Portal, looking at him and saying: "You're not the only one cursed with knowledge"

[@ironzingotz]

yea

[@songohan5960]

Porgtorias You have My Respect, Porgtorias.

[@demogog3449]

"Cue" r/iamsosmart

[@maanyashukla326]

Eww.

[@DBZHGWgamer]

@@demogog3449 r/iamverysmart

[@ThePa1riot]

Wonder if House gained a tad more respect for Chase after that little talk.

[@rawad1017]

Anthony Clay he related heavy, cuz it was literally the most house thing Chase could do lol

[@ChefinBb]

Yeah, the people who worked with House the longest learned the most from him and became the most like him. The difference is that they could still live decent lives because they didn’t suffer chronic pain.

[@wolffiegaming]

I always thought house had maybe 2 more seasons in it. I miss this show

[@wobby1268]

That was such a "I have taught you well, grasshopper" little smile on House's face at the end.

[@mathewdeering]

Love House man, but it was dry by S6. A couple of good prison episodes and the swansong does not excuse two seasons of lazy and bored writing.

[@MrGriff305]

There is truth to the idea that intelligent people can be depressed and less driven. Seeing the bigger picture can be a curse.

[@Zvoosh25]

I love chase's "cheers" idk why, it's so perfect

[@KanjoosLahookvinhaakvinhookvin]

As a wise man once said "I'M SO SMART I'M SO SMART I'M SO INTELLIGENT NO ONE CAB FATHOM THE DEPTHS OF MY INTELLECTUAL COMPLEXITY"

[@ralphmacchiato3761]

That was really funny despite the spelling mistake.

[@archesworn377]

The Dunning-Kruger effect sucks. My confidence either means genius or moron and it's much more likely the latter.

[@JoeyFaller]

@@ralphmacchiato3761 that was really funny *because* of the spelling mistake

[@DeathByLego]

Why does that sound like trump

[@katarinailic1095]

That's sure path to full blown psychosis

[@lunargalaxy__]

"She was so happy, and dumb.." I don't know if i should take this as an insult, or a compliment.

[@jacobshirley3457]

Both, but mostly a compliment. He envied happiness over being that smart.

[@Tigressa101]

Not being as intellectually aware as other people sometimes has the benefit of not being afraid of trying new things, of going into something that someone of high intellect would be too critical about and ruining it. The happiest people in the world you will find are those who are not conflicted with knowledge and live day by day. Intelligence can be a curse and sometimes even I feel like the world would be much happier if I wasn't so smart, so critical, or so strategic over everything. If you think you are dumb and happy, then you should embrace it because you have more of a chance in finding what you want in life than those forced with high intelligence where options aren't as common as you would think. Never look at your IQ and think you're less than others. Chances are, you are probably more human than the rest of us will ever be.

[@r3ll282]

To be honest id rather be dumb and happy than be smart but knows that they are a insignificant person in this wide world

[@stevenuniverse1422]

Welcome to the world of backhanded compliments.

[@kooltyme]

@@Tigressa101 yea you would know since you're so smart right? that online iq test said you had an iq of 300 so you must be smart.

[@Howzernn]

It's so funny how House says "lowers the IQ" as if IQ is a hormone or blood pressure

[@iamlalapalooza]

brilliance is a fever.

[@Howzernn]

@@wyattrichards7587 eh? I didn't suggest that they were at all. "The IQ" isn't an intrinsic quality of human beings, it's a test score. It's exactly like saying "brain damage lowers the SAT." It demonstrates that the writers don't actually understand what IQ is.

[@krolmuch]

@@Howzernn yea you're exactly the redditor of which rest of the comments make fun of

[@justsayingguy]

@@krolmuch how did you get butthurt by such comment?

[@crisgetcrucified6972]

It's like Twitter in a bottle

[@mg123rules]

He was trying hard to not make her feel dumb 😢

[@TwoTwoFourSix]

It’s funny how when everytime genius is thrown about the internet goes into an uproar because literally everyone thinks they either know what a genius constitutes or secretly think they are one.

[@waverazor]

If say it's believable since they're in youtube comments and have no social interaction. So of course they're better than everyone since they're living in their loser minds

[@chrisdelzell8467]

Of course it could also be that these videos receive hundreds of thousands of views from a representative cross section of society, upwards of a thousand people of genius IQ actually are in the comment section, and the more pretentious ones are the most likely to self identify.

[@scottmatheson3346]

But the dunning-kruger paradox is that ignoramuses, not cognoscenti, are the people who are confident in themselves, so that cross-section of society picks up not the actually intelligent but the people who falsely believe themselves intelligent.

[@TetraSamurai]

Tentacles45 I know I’m smart, able to pass senior level college classes without studying, but I’m not gonna sit here and say I’m a world class genius like the rest of the kids in the comment section. My intelligence comes with anxiety, so I’d rather be average than above average

[@jurmum254]

@@TetraSamurai You just did exactly what you said you won't do.

[@callumclarke9384]

This account is the reason I'm rewatching house for the 4th time

[@CJXXxxUnknown]

Where? I need my fix.

[@CharlieQuartz]

Not on Netflix. I’m reminded of that fact every upload.

[@MrChoas966]

all 8 seasons are on amazon prime

[@JM-fo1te]

Your IQ must be at bonobo range

[@mathewdeering]

456th time for me.

[@copperdaylight]

In times like these, Reigen's words to Mob hold true.

[@medranodiego8641]

That's heartbreaking, being so inteligent that you see everyone as boring must be horrible.

[@keny1555]

the way chase dealt with people bugging him about Cameron leaving him, i.e. punching house, should have been the first sign to a lot of people that chase would have been his successor.