I think you're making the point that there's different kinds of smart - I couldn't agree with you more. What I meant by smart and what I got from the original

I think you're making the point that there's different kinds of smart - I couldn't agree with you more. What I meant by smart and what I got from the original article is someone who is a systemic thinker who likes to categorize things. That's a very valuable skill. Learning to get along with people who don't naturally do that (most people) is a skill you can expedite by using systemic thinking and figuring out how emotion-based conversations go :)