Emil O W Kirkegaard

I do wonder, @JonathanLWai @PsychRabble @Russwarne, this supposed stereotype of the gifted I highlighted. I've never seen any actual survey evidence of it. Do you know if such surveys were actually done, or did researchers just presume their view reflected general stereotype?

I mean, maybe there was a stereotype about frail gifted, but only among academics/intellectuals, not among general population. Possible that these people were imputing their own experiences as dorks/nerds into general class of gifted kids who are usually fairly ordinary looking.

There was a proverb at the time: "Early ripe, early rot." It originated in agriculture and apparently was applied to child-rearing in the early 20th century. Terman (1954) claimed that this was a common slogan about gifted children in the 1910's and 1920's. (1/3)