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>Some people are indeed much better. At what? I consider myself a quick thinker and generally high IQ. But my sister has a way of connecting with children that
by aurareturn 3y ago
>Some people are indeed much better.
At what? I consider myself a quick thinker and generally high IQ. But my sister has a way of connecting with children that I will never be able to replicate.
So who is "much better"? And at what?
- bbor 3y agoHigh IQ. I don’t believe in IQ but the commenters above are discussing inherent talents that our society chooses to reward. Ps, I personally don’t find “I’m smarter than you but at least you can do X” to be a super comforting thing. I’m sure that comment makes sense in your context with your sister, but I definitely bristle whenever I read it. Smacks of prideful engineers & scientists trying to appear nice while still affirming their base insecurities about being superior to others. But maybe all that’s just pedantic
- collingreen 3y agoI think the comment you're replying to has the same sentiment, ie who is to say what "talent" is better than any other
- aurareturn 3y agobut I definitely bristle whenever I read it. Smacks of prideful engineers & scientists trying to appear nice while still affirming their base insecurities about being superior to others. Growing up, my sister had better grades than me and was tutoring me in math. inherent talents that our society chooses to reward Society doesn't work if we can't raise children.
- mewpmewp2 3y agoYou just said it yourself, you are much better at abstract thinking, while your sister is much better at connecting with children.