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If you can only speak in terms of partials/other-math-lingo - it speaks more to your own limits than the limits of others. This is something you should - uh -

If you can only speak in terms of partials/other-math-lingo - it speaks more to your own limits than the limits of others. This is something you should - uh - think about. I mean this honestly. Being able to convey ideas to many people of different backgrounds is a skill and an intellectual pursuit. If you’re incapable of talking to people except in nerd shit - you’re not really any smarter or whatnot than them. You’re just insular.

melissalobos 5y ago
> it speaks more to your own limits than the limits of others. Indeed, and that is totally okay for a 13 year old to have limits. You can't expect a kid to have any real maturity. People only really get good at communicating with age, and even then it is hard.
- bradlys 5y ago
  I agree to some extent. I have forgiveness for pre-teens and early-teens going through these phases. After all - it’s a phase. It is no different than when a kid is obsessed with Minecraft or some other shit. (Which is see as less intellectual than mathematics - eyeroll) It’s when that goes from “it was a phase” to “I was better than everyone else” is where I clearly draw the line.
screye 5y ago
OP was nice enough to answer a pretty intimate question. You’re just insular We don't know this person personally, so it would be wrong to make assumptions about their communication. you’re not really any smarter You are using their innocuous comment, to project your insecurity onto OP. Well done on proving their point. Yeah, some people are better at tasks that are traditionally considered to signify intelligence. The kind who go to study difficult majors at university at 13, are very very likely to be smarter within that definition than the majority of the people they run into. It is fine to accept that. It is not like OP is going around taping 'stupid signs' on people's foreheads.
- bradlys 5y ago
  Gatekeeping math at its finest. Only the most intelligent can go and study math! Only the most bright of us can ever do it! God damn. So cringe. I say this as someone who also studied math and got his degree in it. Incredibly cringe.
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cperciva 5y ago
You're absolutely right -- as a 13 year old I was quite limited. I was mature enough to carry a conversation with 20 year olds, but not mature enough to carry a conversation with a 13 year old. (I like to think that I've grown up since; and while I don't talk to teenagers very often, when the situation arises I do manage better now than I did back then.) This is exactly my point, and why University was a far better social experience for me than high school.

melissalobos 5y ago

> it speaks more to your own limits than the limits of others. Indeed, and that is totally okay for a 13 year old to have limits. You can't expect a kid to have any real maturity. People only really get good at communicating with age, and even then it is hard.

bradlys 5y ago
I agree to some extent. I have forgiveness for pre-teens and early-teens going through these phases. After all - it’s a phase. It is no different than when a kid is obsessed with Minecraft or some other shit. (Which is see as less intellectual than mathematics - eyeroll) It’s when that goes from “it was a phase” to “I was better than everyone else” is where I clearly draw the line.

screye 5y ago

OP was nice enough to answer a pretty intimate question. You’re just insular We don't know this person personally, so it would be wrong to make assumptions about their communication. you’re not really any smarter You are using their innocuous comment, to project your insecurity onto OP. Well done on proving their point. Yeah, some people are better at tasks that are traditionally considered to signify intelligence. The kind who go to study difficult majors at university at 13, are very very likely to be smarter within that definition than the majority of the people they run into. It is fine to accept that. It is not like OP is going around taping 'stupid signs' on people's foreheads.

bradlys 5y ago
Gatekeeping math at its finest. Only the most intelligent can go and study math! Only the most bright of us can ever do it! God damn. So cringe. I say this as someone who also studied math and got his degree in it. Incredibly cringe.
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cperciva 5y ago

You're absolutely right -- as a 13 year old I was quite limited. I was mature enough to carry a conversation with 20 year olds, but not mature enough to carry a conversation with a 13 year old. (I like to think that I've grown up since; and while I don't talk to teenagers very often, when the situation arises I do manage better now than I did back then.) This is exactly my point, and why University was a far better social experience for me than high school.