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I believe in this. Smarts are more like a distribution curve, even in a single individual. There are areas I am in the 1 percentile, I think I can say without
by Nevermark 5y ago
I believe in this. Smarts are more like a distribution curve, even in a single individual.
There are areas I am in the 1 percentile, I think I can say without exaggeration. Those areas I seem to have insights in without effort, coupled with thousands of hours of focus.
But I experience a high cost of many things I do very very badly compared to almost EVERY SINGLE PERSON I know.
I am not alone in this assessment of myself. Friends & family all agree.
My many areas of remarkable incompetence, besides occasionally causing me great shame, make it very clear to me that everyone I know or meet has something to offer, at least to me!
- msrenee 5y agoThere's so many facets to intelligence. There's a lot of areas that I'm more competent than most in and I learn very quickly. Then there's things like math where I have plenty of education, but the simplest real-world applications throw me for a loop. Add in frequent blonde moments and I can go from looking like the smartest person in the room to the stupidest in no time.