There is something to this: most people (i.e. the majority but not all), when faced with intelligence beyond their own, get excited and interested automatically

There is something to this: most people (i.e. the majority but not all), when faced with intelligence beyond their own, get excited and interested automatically. This is good for intelligent kids and gives them a fighting chance. Those positive feelings aren't true of other evolutionary advantages in kids, like when people are faced with sociopathy beyond their own.