Sure. I never claimed that.
I'm basing this on experience with people I knew growing up (some of whom were geeky, most not), plus the children of friends and family.
Kids want to learn to play guitar, hot-wire cars, assemble weapons, throw strike-outs, pick up girls (or boys), pick locks, cheat on tests, tape up their hockey sticks; the list is near endless.
It may be that, once they became adults, that passion fades (or, more likely, gets stifled), but that's a different matter. My experience is that, up until people enter the workforce, they are generally interested in learning about things of value in their world.
"That may be sad, but let's face it: the world also need doers, not just thinkers"
Doing without thinking is a nightmare. If you find someone doing that, slap them. (So to speak.)
Dies, or is killed?