This is a response to a recent article that reached the front page on HN. The author, Jonathan Wai, is one of the leading young researchers on the special characteristics of individuals near the peak of the IQ scale, participants in the Study of Exceptional Talent. I met him briefly about a year ago at the 2010 International Society for Intelligence Research conference. Several of his scholarly publications
http://www.tip.duke.edu/node/960
are available for free download.