>>1809465Then why not just tell them the truth?
If you're wondering why they're concerned, it's because this behaviour is a slippery slope, and some people have been know to lose their footing. Slippery, because when you start dismissing everything that doesn't interest you as mundane, you lose a little bit of your ability to be empathetic towards others (in the way that you become uninterested in relating)
The other thing is: This behaviour can hide deeper hurts-- some people push everyone away because they're terrified of intimacy and being vulnerable. It's not necessarily because you're smarter.. it's actually a defense mechanism.