>refusing [to develop skills] to whom?

Not sure what's the point of confusion here, but the way I understood the question, my answer is "to themselves". I don't get how one can develop skills "to anyone else", but themselves, unless we are talking about teaching or mentoring or something similar.

develop social skills towards themselves?

I was simply answering with the same convoluted wording that was used in your previous question.

I still have no idea what you mean by your question or what's your point of confusion. In my original comment, I said that some smart people "refuse to develop social skills". How is this confusing at all? This is just a simple example of using that word in a context of "someone refusing to do something".

refusal implies that someone required

When you refuse to get out of bed immediately after you wake up or refuse to work out at the gym, who are you refusing it to? I think the answer is "yourself", which is the same case as in my original comment.

P.S. If you were genuinely confused, I hope this answered your question. If you were just trying to nitpick in hopes to annoy, then congrats as well, because it was definitely somewhat effective.

that would be a case of split personality. in reality, people see a benefit to getting out of bed or working out, or else they wouldnt be willing to do either.

In analogy, it is entirely possible that a few people have weighed the pros and cons and decided to spend their time in something they find more beneficial than developing social skills. saying they refuse to, implies that they should be willing to, but that is just an assumption that we commonly make. The fact that they are supersmart allows them to get away with it: being able to solve your problems easier than other people creates an extreme sense of self-reliance

>in reality, people see a benefit to getting out of bed or working out, or else they wouldnt be willing to do either.

You haven't seen many people out there who refuse to work out, despite them obviously benefitting from it? Just because people refuse to do something, doesn't mean that they weighed all the pros and cons and made an educated decision.

If people refuse to learn social skills and are totally ok with not reaching their full potential, that's their right to do so. Just like if someone refuses to learn intelligence skills and is ok with being treated by others like a person with subpar intelligence.