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There might be a negative relationship between intelligence and success in having sex, which is a different issue not connected to asexuals.
Well, it's possible the asexuals got that way from accepting that they were never going to have sex.
Also smart people are more likely to take ideas seriously, including the idea prevalent in many social circles that having a sex drive is evil. See Scott Aaronson's recent comment about how he once begged to be chemically castrated.
While many things are possible, I don't think this is quite the way it works with asexuals...
On the contrary, I think smart people are more likely to recognize that certain "prevalent in many social circles" ideas are bullshit or outright malicious.
Scott Aaronson's problems in this respect did not arise because he is very smart.
I think that, while it is indeed possible for asexuality to arise that way, most evidence seems to point away from that conclusion....