Is this possible? If so, perhaps we can learn alot from them... maybe that'll be a good head start for those who have social phobias.

Whatchu talkin' bout Willis?

I expect that a certain amount of social skills would be somewhat helpfull in everyday life as opposed to having non!

but there would need to be a line drawn between that and manipulation, sadly a good many blessed with "social skills" tend to use it for this purpose

your Idea has merit and in an ideal world would be a great idea! have no doubt about that!

but sadly the reality is somewhat different and such people would be (and are) head hunted for other manipulative purposes, the socialy skiled and altruistic ones are few and far between!