> Finally, scott, high IQ does _not_ equate to asocial behaviour and/or
> poor dress sense.

You must admit there is at least a bit of a correlation though, 
especially with intelligence in maths/proper science subjects?

> Your perception is skewed by the popular
> misconception, usually starting at school, that being intelligent makes
> you a nerd.

It's mainly by meeting people throughout university and in the 
workplace. At school we had to wear uniforms so everyone looked the same 
and dress sense didn't come in to it. At university the math/engineering 
students dressed differently, most times you could spot one just by 
looks, heck still now when watching Universtiy Challenge you can usually 
spot them before they open their mouth. Also you only have to look at 
the Christmas dinner at my old company (where almost all non-admin staff 
had a PhD or an Oxbridge degree in science) and note the dress sense, 
compared to where I am now (a manufacturing company) - the difference is 
very obvious.

> I was lucky. Firstly, my family were all above-average in intelligence;
> that gave me a good support group to fall back on.

I was lucky, my dad brought me home a BBC B from work before I started 
school, I was far more interested in writing programs than going out and 
playing with friends. The most annoying thing was being right in the 
middle of some complex piece of coding and my mum would force me to "get 
outside" and go and play.

BTW I only have a bit of dress sense now because my gf forces it onto me :-)

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