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Originally posted by James
You know. Sometimes I wonder if the definition of brainy makes things a little confusing.
In studies of gifted people, they are usually giften in everything including social situations. Gifted being in terms of native aptitude versus studying hard, working hard, or being credentialed.
In facted gifted people gneerally fail of their full potential because they get caught up in the social aspects of life.
I think that when we are thinking of brainy, we tend to think in terms of credentials, and maybe over achieving. In which case it still comes down to social skills.
If you have good social skills, it doesn't matter what other things are going on.
The proverbial audio-visual kid often has less native aptitude than a popular bright kid that lazed his way through school because he/she didn't need to study. Even though the popular bright kid may not have had as good a GPA.
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does the definition even matter? a lot of men are intimidated by a successful woman egardless of whether or not they have social skills because they are weak minded and they feel that such a woman would emasculate them.
a lot people who overachieve aren't inept in the social atmosphere that's like me saying that the biggest losers as far as academic achievement are always the coolest people. you're just assuming that they don't have the requisite social skills because they do well in school, regardless of their natural ability. that's a fallacy of logic. one does not equate the other.
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