Why high IQ people tend to be deficient in common sense ??
Why high IQ people tend to be deficient in common sense. 🙈 Charlton BG . This is something I found that I had to share, for others out there who wondered, why? In previous editorials, I have written about the absent-minded and socially-inept 'nutty professor' stereotype in science, and the phenomenon of 'psychological neoteny' whereby intelligent modern people (including scientists) decline to grow-up and instead remain in a state of perpetual novelty-seeking adolescence. These can be seen as specific examples of the general phenomenon of 'clever sillies' whereby intelligent people with high levels of technical ability are seen (by the majority of the rest of the population) as having foolish ideas and behaviors outside the realm of their professional expertise. In short, it has often been observed that high IQ types are lacking in 'common sense's and especially when it comes to dealing with other human beings . General intelligenc...
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