Having met more bears then the average park ranger, I don’t know that I would use them as an objective standard by which to measure my intellect. Centaurs, on the other hand…Would be less interested in argumentative myself. Vastly more about engaged and interested in participating in conversations and ideas...presuming that we are talking about within the context of wives.
I am smarter than the average bear but I have a real hankering for intelligent women...that is amazing on so many levels, not to mention just super attractive...and while I am as big as any guy on being head of the family, if a wife knows things or has ideas I dont...I damn well want to know.
I like being objectively correct and if that requires being corrected, then I can be right next time.
Not so much being challenged, more being shown evidence or shown a process or new factor.
Not saying the quiet and less engaged couldn't work but I do enjoy dialog not just my normal talkative monolog
I don’t think debating on forums is necessarily a sign of intelligence. Come to think of it, the opposite might be more true. I wonder if that is why my smart wife doesn’t mix it up too much on the forum here