I get what you're saying, but I think the "nerds typically have subpar social skills" meme is often used as an excuse for behaviour that shouldn't be acceptable anywhere. I'm not even sure it's that true. Most of the more capable people I've worked with have been very emotionally intelligent, and I don't think I've ever found nerdy behaviour to be a useful judge of genuine skill or interest in a subject.

But in a reply to your comment there's already someone talking about nerds not getting on with "MBA types", like this is some American high school film and not real life...