Most people like people who dont think in complex and conniving ways, and who dont manipulate situations. Such people may even be preferred when it comes to chosing mates. People find such people 'cute'.
Why do such people have an advantage? There is a theory of the evolution of intelligence, which attributes intelligence to social interactions. People needed intelligence to understand the actions of others, and as people grew more intelligent, other people tried to outdo them.
This created an avalanche, and there was a sudden spurt in intelligence in people. 300 cc for chimps to 1300 cc for humans. This avalanche went against the general lack of resources for such large brains.
So wouldn't it be bad for a person to have a low degree of social manipulativeness? Yes it is. So, it is easier for other people to survive in his company, and hence the preference of having less socially intelligence companions.
Compared to a lack of social intelligence, a lack of other logical intelligence is less tolerated. Why?
I can think of two reasons:
1) Social intelligence helps a person gain out of the loss of another person in a social situations, hence less preferable to companions.
2) The high levels of social intelligence in humans may imply that additional social intelligence may be of lesser help than additional other forms of intelligence.
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