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Comment by andrewstuart2

  > Psychopathy, noun
  > mental disorder especially when marked by egocentric and antisocial activity [1]

  > Antisocial: adjective
  > hostile or harmful to organized society; especially :  being or marked 
  > by behavior deviating sharply from the social norm [2]
So if you're more intelligent (deviating sharply from the social norm) and you know you're intelligent (egocentric), you're kind of a psychopath, by definition of the word psychopath. What's the surprise there?

Not being accepted or understood by the society that you excel above would also be expected.

[1] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/psychopathy

[2] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antisocial

parent andrewstuart2 12 years ago

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