Even if you were correct, would that mean that we should leave it at that? Society often seems to implicitly assume that it's right that geniuses are outsiders

Even if you were correct, would that mean that we should leave it at that? Society often seems to implicitly assume that it's right that geniuses are outsiders. People are probably used to this, as it is often depicted that way in literature etc. [1]. In fact, some appear to believe that the suffering might even help geniuses to focus on their work and to think outside the box. I suspect that this is a package deal fallacy [2], since there are also plenty of examples of people who didn't walk through hell to make great intellectual achievements. [1] http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IntelligenceEqualsIsolation http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IntelligenceEqual... [2] http://lesswrong.com/lw/hu/the_third_alternative/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/hu/the_third_alternative/