poppy
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If they can not perform any of these tasks then what are they proficient in? I'd almost suggest they these NTs you know have some sort of classifiable disorder and their inability to conform to the norm isn't really stupidity.
Maybe my experience is skewed because many of the NTs I meet are my age (just graduated high school) or going to UC Berkeley (where you can meet plenty of talented engineering students who you can't have an intelligent conversation with). Also at the school I went to, tests and making the school look good were of primary importance, learning valuable skills came second.
I guess it isn't stupidity that comes from a lack of ability, but from a lack of experience or a lack of ever trying to do basic things because they've excused themselves from learning to do them. I think limiting yourself choosing only the intellectual over the practical is "stupid". It also ties in to what has been mentioned before, not considering other viewpoints (as opposed to being clinically unable to learn these things).
Of course people like that are still rare amongst NTs in my experience, but they're out there. Anyway that's just my take.