聰明人越見朋友越不開心？

　　It might seem obvious that, for most people, happiness is positively correlated with friendships. But a paper published last month in the British Journal of Psychology found one notable exception: Extremely intelligent people become less happy when they spend more time with their friends.

　　對大部分人來說，友情可能是一種正能量，可以帶給我們快樂。然而英國心理學雜志上個月刊登的文章中提到一種引起關(guān)注的例外：對于非常聰明的人，與朋友相見的時間越長，幸福感越低。

　　Researchers, led by psychology professor Norman Li from Singapore Management University, used evolutionary psychology to explain why some people are happier than others. They theorized that situations that led to positive consequences for our ancestors would also boost happiness today.

　　由來自新加坡管理大學的心理學專家Norman Li領(lǐng)導的研究者團隊用進化心理學解釋了為什么有些人比其他人快樂。他們推測能夠?qū)ξ覀冏嫦犬a(chǎn)生積極影響的因素在今天同樣可以增加我們的幸福感。

　　People who live in rural areas tend to be happier than those in urban areas, they argue, because our ancestors lived in groups of 150 people and struggled to maintain cooperation and reciprocity in larger groups. Living in larger groups could then create feelings of unease and discomfort. Meanwhile, friendships could be key to happiness because our ancestors relied on such relationships to overcome hunting challenges and share childrearing duties.

　　他們提出在鄉(xiāng)村地區(qū)生活的人往往比生活在都市的人快樂，因為我們的祖先生活在150人的集體里，并力爭在這個大集體里實現(xiàn)合作和互惠。所以集體生活會給人們制造不安和不適的感覺。同時，友情成了快樂的關(guān)鍵，因為我們的祖先依靠這種關(guān)系來克服狩獵的挑戰(zhàn)，分享育兒的責任。

　　But, the researchers posit, these rules would not hold for extremely intelligent people, who would have less difficulty living in high population areas and not associating with friends. These theories held when the researchers analyzed data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health survey of more than 15,000 people aged 18 to 28. In fact, they wrote, "intelligent individuals even appeared to become more satisfied with life when their frequency of socialization with friends was lower."

　　但是研究者斷定這并不適用于極度聰明的人，生活在人口密度大的地區(qū)以及和朋友交往對他們來說沒有那么困難的地區(qū)。研究者們基于國家青少年健康縱向研究的數(shù)據(jù)分析出了了這個理論，15000名被研究者的年齡在18到28歲之間。他們寫道“事實上當聰明的人和朋友見面的頻率較低時，他們甚至對生活感到更滿足。”

　　Of course, we’re no longer living in the same circumstances as our ancestors, thanks to the wonders of technological advancement. And the researchers argue that more intelligent people simply have less trouble adapting to our new reality. Those with higher IQs have less of a need to rely on our ancestral hunting and childrearing networks, and can adjust to life in high-population environments.

　　當然，多虧了奇跡般的科技發(fā)展，我們現(xiàn)在的生活環(huán)境和我們的祖先不一樣。研究者提出更聰明的人只是更容易適應我們新的現(xiàn)實環(huán)境。那些IQ很高的人不怎么需要依賴我們祖先的狩獵和育兒網(wǎng)絡，并且可以在人口密度高的環(huán)境里適應生活。

　　But the researchers’ theory is not the only explanation for such findings. Carol Graham, a Brookings Institution researcher who studies the economics of happiness, told the Washington Post that she had a slightly different interpretation. More intelligent people "are less likely to spend so much time socializing because they are focused on some other longer term objective," she said. In other words, work is so important to them that they don’t have time to waste with friendships.

　　但是能解釋該發(fā)現(xiàn)的并不只有研究者的這個理論。布魯金斯學會研究幸福經(jīng)濟學的研究員Carol Graham告訴華盛頓郵報的記者她有稍微不同的解釋。她說比較聰明的人“不太可能花很多時間社交，因為他們專注于一些較長期的目標。”也就是說，對于他們而言，工作更重要所以他們沒有可以浪費在友情上的時間。