> It's been shown to be strongly correlated with success in general

Has it? I was under the impression we could hardly define, much less measure that.

Tell that to the generation of autistics roaming America that were never properly diagnosed in their youth. High intelligence, often even high paying jobs, but all the other 'success' metrics will probably end up looking very wavy.

There are intelligent people who may not be necessarily be on the same scale socially and they do get burned by it.