i loved every answer! it's very interesting.
i was thinking that there has to be a similar intelligence to a group. not in every case, but i was kind of thinking that people tend to stick with those who are on the same intelligence level. in high school, for example, it seemed that people kind of stuck with those like themselves. it seems that levels of intelligence, whether intentional or otherwise, can really affect different levels of relationships.
i had a great party friend in high school. that's all we did together and we had a great time. she was not the smartest book on the shelf, and it didn't matter to either of us. when i went to college and that partying wasn't there, however, (due to distance,) when we got together, there suddenly wasn't much to talk about anymore. neither one of us wanted our friendship to die, but it did tend to take on less and less meaning, for each of us. we suddenly couldn't relate, and it was more and more uncomfortable for both of us. such is life.
it just seems that oftentimes there are varying degrees of senses of humor, wit, hobbies, passions, values, etc, but the one underlying similarity is that there has to be a sense of relation there, and it would seem to me that it comes from a certain level of shared intelligence, no matter what level of intelligence it is.(genius level or below average, for example.) thoughts?