Everyday Philosophy-I

How does it feel when a person doesn't value you?

Why do we feel so crushed inside?

What are the reasons why people laugh at others? Mostly, it is because they think that you are less intelligent when compared to them. In fact, they think that you are too dense to even fathom the insult that has been hurled at you.

But in order to judge if they are more intelligent/ knowledgable than you, they would, in reality have to be more intelligent/ knowledgable than you. This is something, that, most people very easily assume. And this assumption leads them to then mock others.

But, of what use is intelligence anyway? To get a job so that you can feel intellectually satisfied and lead a comfortable life? But that would mean that having both a comfortable life and intellectual satisfaction would point towards your being intelligent!

Of course, some cynics would still argue that your success is merely the result of what people call a stroke of luck. But, if your end objective of being intelligent has been satisfied, does the opinion of some cynics really matter?