Lazyness. As someone who did coaching for lonely high-IQ guys, I know firsthand that there are lots of self-absorbed lazy pricks that feel like they deserve to

Lazyness. As someone who did coaching for lonely high-IQ guys, I know firsthand that there are lots of self-absorbed lazy pricks that feel like they deserve to be successful and loved just because they're intelligent. And the advice I hand out is always the same: This world is run by normal people. Learn the ways that normal people use to express their emotions. That regularly incites complaints, like the usual platitudes that they just want to be loved for who they are or that true love should just happen by itself. But the simple fact is that many of these intelligent guys feel like it's either too much work to learn about how normal people talk, or they are too arrogant to do it. Especially when you use a lot of brainpower in one area of your life, it is very tempting to slide into intellectual laziness in other areas of your life. Lowest common denominator slapstick comedy is quite popular with my high-IQ friends. Nobody is super clever all of the time. Also, I find it fascinating that the article presupposes that high IQ should lead to success, as pure intelligence is mostly just useless. Being rich is obviously helpful to your friends. Having good genes or being athletic is also obviously helpful for many tasks. But for intelligence, the skills that you derive from it are the important part, not the intelligence itself. And if you use your intelligence and your superior learning abilities to learn a useful trade and become a good communicator, you will most likely end up being successful. So this article is similar to asking: "People with strong biceps, why are you still unsuccessful?" And lastly, I don't buy the concept of a communication range. Most deep connections are made by sharing emotions. There's no reason why your talking partner would need to understand the specifics of your mathematics problem, in order for him/her to be able to relate to you feeling frustrated about it.