(07-21-2013 01:38 PM)blackglasses Wrote: In reality, I have never had any intellectually stimulating conversation with women because they live in a totally different reality.
They don't live in "reality" to the degree men do. They never had to. Men had to worry about where the enemy was going to attack from and where they could find the next sabre tooth tiger to kill for food. Unpleasant but necessary thoughts. The women were off playing with children, gossiping about who had the nicest cave, and picking berries.
Another example: Look at the modern U.S. economy and why it's in shambles on the consumer level. It's built on debt, and if you've been around women in their 20s, they have a lot of it. They think the party will last forever, they don't realize that something has to give. But they can't really handle these thoughts to the degree men do, so they need (see: love) distraction. If you talk to them about the economy (bad idea, but if you must), many are optimistic about the future without any real factual basis behind it, but that idea makes them "feel" good. Any dude with half a brain between his ears realizes that things are going to get tighter and tighter. Yeah, it won't happen overnight, but it'll happen. Women don't extrapolate into the future very much.
I can't tell you how many women I know who love to read, yet almost exclusively read fiction. Reality sucks, so they would rather live in fantasy. They prefer pretty lies to ugly truths. They really can't handle reality (a lot of men can't either, but there is a significant difference of degree), so they want a guy who will distract them from it. It's why you don't seriously discuss world issues with them, even the ones that claim to love talking about issues. They have a relatively superficial grasp on things, and if you really get to the gruesome details, it gives them bad feelings, and women want good feelings from a man (even if it's built on bullshit).
Furthermore, it's why women love complicating things. I was listening to this beast of a woman talk to her friend about reasons x, y, z that men aren't interested in her. The truth is simple, she's a beast, but it's an ugly truth. The world is simple, it's just brutal. That's why complication is so great for them, it shields their minds from exploring these simple yet dark aspects to the human reality.