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> might not be able to do well anything else, or might not want to do anything else.

To some extent, this may be a failure of the educational system. A good number of high intellect folks are not actually challenged, and so they end up thinking that if they're not good at something right away, it's not worth their time or effort.

Perhaps what you're describing is actually the mechanism behind why people would tend to go for careers that match their unique abilities rather than those that have the best outcomes.

For example, consider somebody who would make an amazing doctor. However, if you kept their doctor skills the same but made them really good at some obscure skill which was socially highly regarded and paid well - but in both cases lower than they could do as a doctor - they might decide not to be a doctor.