Sometimes we don't like to be in the company of talented people, because you feel like so much less in comparison. It devalues you, in a sense--who are you among them? You have nothing to show, nothing that could place you as equals with them. And they will be talking to each other about things you don't understand. The troubles of talent and fame.
Doesn't everyone hate the feeling of being left out in a conversation? They just go on and on, and you want to join, but you can't, because you have nothing to say; you have no opportunity to jump in. Their conversation bores you. And you don't want to interrupt because why should you tilt the conversation in your favour?
It only makes you feel worse for not having knowledge in the same area. You feel almost ostracised. It's literally ostracism, except that no one can tell they're making you feel alien--and bad for it.
I know how some people handle it. They interrupt. They turn the conversation to a topic that they know they hold the most expertise in. Annoying. Why not let the rest continue with natural conversation?
But it makes sense, doesn't it. It's the only solution in that situation. But ultimately you're just as left out as before.
