throwaway942

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   by throwaway942 10y ago

   Don't even start with Mensa. You'd be hard pressed to find a more smug collection of assholes on this planet
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   by throwaway942 10y ago

   I'm sure some people do that. That's business acumen, however, not my personal forte. Not many brilliant people ever become rich. To become rich takes not just cleverness or even genius, but the ability to convince others to inv
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   by throwaway942 10y ago

   Sometimes that is certainly part of it. Do you go out of your way to explain calculus or particle physics to children? Or do you simply not bother? When a person has spent their entire life trying to communicate whatever they were excited a
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   by throwaway942 10y ago

   Thankfully I had some teachers, like you, who thought I was fun to work with. When I exceeded her class, she had a college professor friend of hers slip in work for me, and occasionally supplemental tutoring. It was awesome. Being able to c
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   by throwaway942 10y ago

   Throwaway for obvious reasons. I do not mean this comment as a brag. Far from it. I am one of these people - I tested with an incredibly high IQ (nearly 200 at the time, though I know that fades). I graduated with a 4.2 GPA, and a 3.9 avera