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Seeing articles like this is almost hard to read. My kids are very smart but this girl is 1000 times what they are doing. This girl is 1000 times what I am doin

by 14 1y ago

Seeing articles like this is almost hard to read. My kids are very smart but this girl is 1000 times what they are doing. This girl is 1000 times what I am doing. Maybe it is just imposter syndrome but sometimes I read articles like this and think I fell short in life. But I am also top of my peers at work and I am a health care provider and my clients all request me so I know I am doing good. Sometimes I just wonder what mark I will leave on this world.

Glyptodon 1y ago
My experience is that stuff like this isn't because someone is wildly smarter than everyone but because there are connections, support, and resources of some form.
- 14 1y ago
  I understand that and I do know that I am actually very intelligent and smart. Same for my children I mean damn I have already taught my 8 year old how to solder as good as a professional and am working on programming with him. And as a health care worker I can look after even the most difficult complex care clients where other health care workers struggle. That is what I am known for at work. But sometimes seeing literal teens doing things that seem so far ahead of me it
throwawaymaths 1y ago
it's just a four step synthesis. with the help of a phd chemist you could probably learn the steps in three months, and if you put your mind to it you could learn the ochem in a year. this project is the culmination of at least a year-maybe even up to three-of work. whats surprising is that parents let their kids do ochem at 17!! thats some toxic shit :). safety is why chemistry is not a super popular field at high school level science fairs.
- mofunnyman 1y ago
  C'mon, who doesn't like their kids dusted with methylmercury?
nenaoki 1y ago
it's sad to compare. apart from that: the word "mark" comes from a root for "boundary" or "border", and really it doesn't need to be about that; we're all in this together.
kranner 1y ago
I think the idea that one has to leave a mark on the world before one dies is overrated and not super useful. First, what would such a mark be like for you? Is it something you could plausibly achieve with all the resources within your reach? Is it well-defined or is it nebulous? Is it likely to remain stable over the time you would require to achieve it, or is it more defined by the whims and fancies of the world which seemingly change every other week now? Then, even if you did achieve it, how long would it continue to matter to you? Would you remain satisfied with it or could you become habituated to the achievement in a week, month or year and replace it another mark that would then become the one task you must complete before you die? Even if you did remain satisfied with your great achievement, would it really matter to you at the end of your life, or would you completely forget about it in the physical and mental anguish that many people seem to experience at the end of their lives? And after you are dead, how long would that achievement be remembered before being supplanted in the public eye by something bigger? And would it really make a difference to you at that point? Whether it remains a grand success for a thousand years or is forgotten in a day, you won't be there to know the difference anyway. It really only matters to you for the brief periods of time in which you're thinking about it right now. During times that you're distracted, tired, enjoying and appreciating something else or are simply asleep, it's hard to believe it matters at all. If you're happy, healthy, not harming others, making a decent and honourable living, raising kids, I think you're already winning. If the idea of having to leave a mark is making you unhappy, maybe it's better to just drop the idea.

by 14 1y ago

Glyptodon 1y ago

My experience is that stuff like this isn't because someone is wildly smarter than everyone but because there are connections, support, and resources of some form.

14 1y ago
I understand that and I do know that I am actually very intelligent and smart. Same for my children I mean damn I have already taught my 8 year old how to solder as good as a professional and am working on programming with him. And as a health care worker I can look after even the most difficult complex care clients where other health care workers struggle. That is what I am known for at work. But sometimes seeing literal teens doing things that seem so far ahead of me it

throwawaymaths 1y ago

it's just a four step synthesis. with the help of a phd chemist you could probably learn the steps in three months, and if you put your mind to it you could learn the ochem in a year. this project is the culmination of at least a year-maybe even up to three-of work. whats surprising is that parents let their kids do ochem at 17!! thats some toxic shit :). safety is why chemistry is not a super popular field at high school level science fairs.

mofunnyman 1y ago
C'mon, who doesn't like their kids dusted with methylmercury?

nenaoki 1y ago

it's sad to compare. apart from that: the word "mark" comes from a root for "boundary" or "border", and really it doesn't need to be about that; we're all in this together.

kranner 1y ago

I think the idea that one has to leave a mark on the world before one dies is overrated and not super useful. First, what would such a mark be like for you? Is it something you could plausibly achieve with all the resources within your reach? Is it well-defined or is it nebulous? Is it likely to remain stable over the time you would require to achieve it, or is it more defined by the whims and fancies of the world which seemingly change every other week now? Then, even if you did achieve it, how long would it continue to matter to you? Would you remain satisfied with it or could you become habituated to the achievement in a week, month or year and replace it another mark that would then become the one task you must complete before you die? Even if you did remain satisfied with your great achievement, would it really matter to you at the end of your life, or would you completely forget about it in the physical and mental anguish that many people seem to experience at the end of their lives? And after you are dead, how long would that achievement be remembered before being supplanted in the public eye by something bigger? And would it really make a difference to you at that point? Whether it remains a grand success for a thousand years or is forgotten in a day, you won't be there to know the difference anyway. It really only matters to you for the brief periods of time in which you're thinking about it right now. During times that you're distracted, tired, enjoying and appreciating something else or are simply asleep, it's hard to believe it matters at all. If you're happy, healthy, not harming others, making a decent and honourable living, raising kids, I think you're already winning. If the idea of having to leave a mark is making you unhappy, maybe it's better to just drop the idea.