<p>I read cobrat’s use of was using the word “evangelical” metaphorically to describe people whose passion for spreading the gospel of, in this case, conformity matched that of people who are spreading the gospel in the more literal sense.</p>
<p>menloparkmom: Interesting article. Squares with my own sense of how this diagnosis may occasionally be relied on too much. </p>
<p>I just want to say, again, that I truly do not believe that uber-smart people are scary or socially inept. I know many who are quite the opposite. I don’t think there are as many out there as many people on this thread would have us believe, and I thank god for the ones we do have, because we need them! I do get weary of the recitation of SAT stats and the like. It’s so dull and so very juvenile.</p>