In my experience, it's not ordinary people who look for the downside to intelligence, but above average intelligence people who don't want to believe that there

In my experience, it's not ordinary people who look for the downside to intelligence, but above average intelligence people who don't want to believe that there are people who are beyond them. On HN, people who are hard working, above average intelligence, and well rounded with good social skills, don't want to accept that a "rock star" kid out of college should earn much more than them. I say this as someone who never worked very hard (although by the end of my PhD I had learned to be focussed and work consistently), never reached the point where the people around me were smarter than me (even though I went to a top school and then a top tech company). I feel a sense of gloating and smugness when people say "you won't be able to rely on your intelligence forever" or "when you get to X (company/university) you'll be shocked that you're not the smartest person around". Why can't people let very smart people enjoy their intelligence?