Dr. Alex Benzer has written a list of dating tips for smart people with dating problems, over at the Huffington Post. To save you reading it, they boil down pretty simply.

1. Relationships with other people are the most important thing in life.
2. People like people who make them feel good.
3. Sex is important and it’s hard to be sexy and distracted, or bored, simultaneously.
4. Be open to change and possibility.
5. Act confidently, even (especially) if you’re not.

All pretty solid stuff.

The more interesting thing is the idea that smart people – and that’s almost always a self diagnoses – who lack social graces are smart. Wouldn’t a more obvious answer be that people with these communication problems aren’t very bright when it comes to people? Isn’t the other assumption just a by-product of the geek-scientist cliche? What about brilliant people with charm like Einstein (quite a ladies man), or Neil Degrasse Tyson?

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