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Why I like this board : I was also pondering the etiology of this "if I'm smart then I'm better than you" assumption. I'm sure there is a huge historical component with education being only for the "elite upper class". Here's another stab:

Intellectual giftedness is much more overarching than specific "skill" giftedness. People often attribute skill giftedness with an admirable work-ethic, as if there was no genetic "headstart". But people often see I.giftedness with the same contempt as fashion models: "They didn't DO anything special. They were just born that way.
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