Undoubtedly, friends play a significant role in people's daily lives in many of the places where they work or play. Some people might think that intelligent friends is helpful to one's life, while others do not. Both sides may have their own reasons to support their views. If I had to choose one, I would say that intelligent friends have more benefits than humorous friends. There is one reason as follows.
To begin with, when people have intelligent friends, it will help them improve their work performance. Intelligent people can make better advise for their friends. when such advise are well taken, it is likely to bring a better result in work performance. For example, according to a study conducted by a team of researchers at Korea University, the researchers found a huge difference in two groups of workers in work performance. One group consisted of those who spent their free time with intelligent friends, and the other group was composed of those who spent their free time talking with humorous people. The researchers found that the former was more likely to outperform the latter by fifteen percent in their work places. In particular, the first group completed their tasks faster and accurately. On the other hand, the second group tended to procrastinate and act on impulse. The researchers analyzed this tendency and maintained that the many of the first group frequently think about methods to complete their work and discuss about the ways with their friends. On the contrary, much of the second group talked with their friends. This implies that intelligent people is the key to success academically as well as professionally. Without spending intelligent people, one would fall behind.
All things considered, I firmly believe that the advantages of intelligent people far outweigh of those of friends with a good sense of humor for the reason I have mentioned above. All in all, the importance of intelligence cannot be overestimated in the pursuit of success in life.