Hi Sondra...
-> As a matter of fact, people who can't cope at all (because they are
-> extremely schizophrenic, for example) may have very high IQs.
People with high IQ's can fall into 'intelligence traps'.  For instance,
a highly intelligent person may be able to come up with a half-baked
answer to a question very quickly, at which point he or she stops
thinking about the question, satisfied with the answer and confident
that they'll be able to defend their position convincingly.  This is why
highly intelligent people can be so shockingly out-to-lunch, why
intelligence has gotten a bad name, and why the English have the
expression 'too clever by half'.
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