There’s a pretty famous paper showing that math and verbal intelligence trade off against each other. It was done on students at a mid tier college; the actual cause was that students who were good at both went to a better school. So the effect definitely exists.
That said, I’m not convinced it’s the dominant cause here. Being known for being aggressive and mean while blocking people who politely disagree pollutes your data in all kinds of ways.
There’s a pretty famous paper showing that math and verbal intelligence trade off against each other. It was done on students at a mid tier college; the actual cause was that students who were good at both went to a better school. So the effect definitely exists.
That said, I’m not convinced it’s the dominant cause here. Being known for being aggressive and mean while blocking people who politely disagree pollutes your data in all kinds of ways.