I agree with the sentiment, but how can you know to trust someone's advice if they're acting in a way that's obviously very socially stupid? (I'm not huge on excessive politeness, but I think it's quite stupid to be aggressive for no reason. What purpose does that serve? Why should I trust the advice of a person that acts that way?)
It feeds into teaching me about people...I'm currently trying figure out how to work with really smart people and how to build and sustain high performance teams.