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My friend isn't obviously-to-me wrong, but their argument is unconvincing to me.
It's normal for a smart kid to be kind of lonely - if true, that's sad, and by default we should try to fix it.
It builds substance - citation neded. It seems like it could just as easily build insecurity, resentment, etc.
Lousy social life - this is a failure mode. It might not be the worst one, but it seems like the most likely one, so deserving of attention.
Ditzy adolescent - how likely is this?
FWIW, I'm an adult who was kind of lonely as a kid, and on the margin I think that having a more active social life then would have had positive effects on me now.
There may be a choice between a lot of time thinking/learning vs. a lot of time socializing.
It seems to me that a lot of famous creative people were childhood invalids, though I haven't heard of any such from recent decades. It may be that the right level of invalidism isn't common any more.