Have you heard of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-world_hypothesis? The idea that being really smart comes with major pitfalls most of the time is part of it IMO. I love the idea of the tortured genius, and really enjoyed Good Will Hunting. But by every study out there, having high IQ almost always leads to a better life across the board (relationships, physical health, mental health, money). There are exceptions, but some people are just smarter and that pays off in many ways. It's not fair, but neither is life.
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Average quality of life is higher, but the variance may well be different also. Survivorship bias. Kind of like how senior leaders tend to have higher incidence of psychopathic traits than the general population, a trait which is also more common among the lowest-status individuals in our society (the prison population).