Above average intelligence in Bitcoinland? Hummmm, I don't know. How many people here have fallen for scams like Pirateat40 pulled even with other people screaming at them "it's a scam you fucking idiot"?
People can be academically smart, but socially naive or stupid and make poor decisions etc. I know some pretty slack people who've got degrees.
very true, a while back i've read up on research that proves this, some people with very high IQ 130+ have been found to fail at a basic social level (naivety, poor decisions, not questioning the status quo, etc).