Do geeks make better adults?

"Robbins doesn't offer up any data to back up her claim about the link between standardized testing and a narrowing definition of popularity."

This is an artifact of competition, not standardized testing per se. The research cited by Alfie Kohn's book No Contest shows this clearly, although he doesn't exactly look at the problem through this lens.

Via Slashdot [1], comments there have a few good bits as well.

[1] http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/05/11/153228/Do-Geeks-Make...

If I and my reactions to cool gadgets are any indication, then no.