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| Lewis Terman |
"At best, a great intellect makes no differences to your life satisfaction; at worst, it can actually mean you are less fulfilled." So writes the author of this article, based on multi-year studies of psychologist Lewis Terman's original group of gifted children, 1,500 California students with an IQ of 140 or higher. My own years of observation lead me to believe that the theories put forth to explain this occasional disconnect between intellect and fulfillment are accurate. Like most shortcomings, of course, they can be mastered once understood. And like most characteristics, not all apply equally to everyone, nor are they necessarily limited to those with high intelligence. Still, they do seem to apply in many cases and to explain a lot where they do:
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150413-the-downsides-of-being-clever
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