> After all it is only their integrity that allows their inner worlds to flourish. I'd be curious to hear a description of how that works. My thinking on the m

> After all it is only their integrity that allows their inner worlds to flourish. I'd be curious to hear a description of how that works. My thinking on the matter is that it's largely a product of habit: they think a lot and they're good at it, and they're socially rewarded for it, so they think more and get even better at it, etc. Then, if some social difficulties show up in life, the path of least resistance to feeling valued is to keep doing the intellectual stuff that you're so good at, which people praise you for. It can become an escape and an excuse for avoiding other, difficult social aspects of being human. Maybe that's a bit cynical—and I'd love to hear a counter—but it seems to me like that's typically (but not always) how it works.