To some extent, I wonder if the perception that your peers aren't that smart is just due to getting adapted to your environment. I've met people who I would de

To some extent, I wonder if the perception that your peers aren't that smart is just due to getting adapted to your environment. I've met people who I would describe as "bonkers smart", as the comment I was replying to had it. That is, people who are literally 2-3 times faster at getting to the next step, and just leave the entire room behind, when the room contains a dozen graduate students. They are not that common, even in a place that's supposed to be populated by the intellectual elite. how well behaved people were in classrooms and also how quick/smart people were to grasp what I was saying and build on it These are just skills/habits that can be learned!