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Ever wondered if being properly clever might actually make you a bit miserable? (And no, we're not just saying that to make ourselves feel better about our own brains.)

Jack Austin and Adam Garcia are tackling the bizarre paradox of intelligence and happiness - where apparently having more processing power upstairs might mean you've got fewer reasons to smile about life in general.

Bit depressing, that.

We're chatting about everything from how the military won't even let you get shot at if your IQ's too low, to why the bloke who can't imagine skipping breakfast might actually be living his best life.

Plus, some properly eye-opening stuff about why your smart mate keeps having existential crises at 3am while the happy-go-lucky ones are sleeping like babies.

Fair warning: This episode might confirm what you've always suspected - that overthinking absolutely everything might not be the path to contentment... or is it? (See what we did there? Classic overthinking.)

🧠 The Bits We Waffle On About:

00:00 - Kicking off with the cold hard truth about brains and blues

02:00 - What actually goes into your IQ score (and why one of us is rubbish at one bit)

04:00 - Why the US military draws the line at an IQ of 83 (it's grimmer than you think)

07:00 - That awkward moment when low-IQ folk can't imagine hypothetical breakfasts

10:00 - How being proper smart might mean you're aware of just how rubbish everything is

13:00 - The "ignorance is bliss" chat (and why it's probably actually true)

15:00 - Does being clever mean you're destined for a better job but a sadder life?

17:00 - When intelligence testing becomes a touchy subject (unlike football)

19:00 - Are we putting too much stock in some arbitrary numbers?

21:00 - Why that village kid who can butcher a chicken at age 8 might be smarter than all of us

🤔 If this episode's made you question whether getting smarter is actually worth the grief, subscribe for more existential crises disguised as mate chat.

We'll keep overthinking absolutely everything so you don't have to.

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