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Thought this was interesting.

http://www.prometheussociety.org/articles/Outsiders.html


"Terman's longitudinal research on the gifted included a constant assessment of mental health and social adjustment. Subjects were classified into three categories: satisfactory adjustment, some maladjustment, and serious maladjustment. Terman defined these categories in the following way."

"The single greatest adjustment problem faced by the gifted, however, is their tendency to become isolated from the rest of humanity. This problem is especially acute among the exceptionally gifted."

"The implication is that there is a limit beyond which genuine communication between different levels of intelligence becomes impossible."

"There appear to be three sorts of childhoods and three sorts of adult social adaptations made by the gifted."