Why do a lot of people with extremely high IQs seem a bit off?

@WonderGirl1 Why is that? Whether they are good at math or not is immaterial. Why do people think that they are?

@KiwiBird many people think Asians are bad drivers. That could be true in my case. lol

@WonderGirl1 a man I worked with told me that in Hong Kong the streets are really crowded and nobody goes above 30km/h (20mph) so going above that here is freaky because of inexperience. 🤷

@KiwiBird That was @WonderGirl1's question...

@WonderGirl1 Pre-covid I usually spent some time each year in either Indonesia, Malaysia or Thailand I can tell you with certainty they are very very good drivers. The money exchangers do not count money very well and make mistakes that is not to say they are bad at math....just at trick the tourist.

@WonderGirl1 I think that this is a generalization/stereotype based upon scant evidence, though

• learning is pushed, and/or
• academic accomplishments are widely celebrated

in at least several Asian places (Singapore for at least the latter).

A counter-example: a graduate "answer book" for problems in graduate electricity & magnetism created by Asians & published in Asia was written by people who had no understanding of the material whatsoever.