yo doug. cause i'm a lazy ass, could you set up some sort of lob poll -- and we don't have to confine it to lob. could ask for participation from other lefty email lists.
Poll would be something like: based on your own experience, do you think that, in your high school, being smart or an intellectual made someone popular at school? Did smart kids in your school have a lot of friends or were the friend of a lot of other kids?
yes, this is actually related to the issue. :)