Usually incredible geniuses in certain areas are lacking other types of intelligences. Doesnt help them when they cannot relate to other people, get simple tasks done, cannot physically do normal things, of get addicted to drugs. One relative of mine has a great theoretical mind but has terrible personal skills and has had serious drug problems.
Exactly. I have known a number of them over the years. There has been a couple I call super geniuses on FR. I really liked one of them even know no one could talk with him here. He knew he was smarter then everyone else and had no modesty about it. He was eventually banned from FR. I never seen him again.
I actually followed his posts here never talked with him unless I was stuck with something I couldn't figure out. Which he did answer.
The other one hasn't posted in years.
What do you do with people like that?
I known one that worked for Litton Industries. The company hired a manager ONLY For him because only that person could get along with him.
very odd.
What you said makes me think of what David Spade said in Tommy Boy, there is book smarts and there is street smarts.