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10-08-2007, 01:03 AM
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Does is bother you that other people are much smarter than yourself?
In ternms of intelligence I am way above average. I do not think I am a genius or anything even remotley special, but just your average (if this even makes sense) guy who is alot smarter than most people. I am not saying this to brag as I am sure that many many posters on this forum are much more intelligent than I am, but its just the way I am. The problem I have is that I while I'm certaintly intelligent in my own right I just pale in comparison to some of the peopel around. This bothers me alot.
I realize that I should be thankful to be born with above average intelligence, but its just so frustating to see people automatically understand concept I struggle immensely with and can only understand after a great deal of effort is devoted to the subject. Sometimes I wonder if it would almost be better just an average person who wouldn't be bothered by this kind of stuff at all. Mainly this is just a rant, but I would be curious to see if any one else gets irrated by this. 
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10-08-2007, 01:09 AM
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Re: Does is bother you that other people are much smarter than yourself?
Yes and people with better memories and those better than me at tennis and especially those so much younger.
but at least I'm not australian this week edit: or Welsh chez
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10-08-2007, 01:34 AM
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Re: Does is bother you that other people are much smarter than yourself?
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but at least I'm not australian this week [/ QUOTE ] If I had a DS-type list you'd have dropped a whole bunch of places just then... [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]
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10-08-2007, 01:48 AM
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Re: Does is bother you that other people are much smarter than yoursel
Yeah, this bothers me. I'm probably the smartest of all my friends and usually the most intelligent in my college math classes. But, yeah... there are many groups in which I'd be the idiot in the room. It shouldn't be a big deal, but it still inspires some level of annoyance/jealousy in me.
Same thing goes for creative talent- I write songs on occasion, but the vast majority of them are terrible. Listening to my favorite bands leaves me dumbfounded at how they manage to create what they do. Oh, well. It's really no big deal, but it's still a bit of a bother.
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10-08-2007, 11:31 AM
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Re: Does is bother you that other people are much smarter than yourself?
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[ QUOTE ] but at least I'm not australian this week [/ QUOTE ] If I had a DS-type list you'd have dropped a whole bunch of places just then... [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] sorry mate. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Have you noticed Snowballs avatar grinning at you?
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10-08-2007, 01:15 PM
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Re: Does is bother you that other people are much smarter than yoursel
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Not really, mostly I get bothered when the dumber people have better results/ are more succesful than I. [/ QUOTE ]
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10-08-2007, 01:15 AM
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Re: Does is bother you that other people are much smarter than yourself?
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In ternms of intelligence I am way above average. I do not think I am a genius or anything even remotley special, but just your average (if this even makes sense) guy who is alot smarter than most people. [/ QUOTE ] This sounds a lot like something Sklansky would say except for the part about not being a genius and the other self deprecating stuff. pokervintage
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10-08-2007, 02:01 AM
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Re: Does is bother you that other people are much smarter than yoursel
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In ternms of intelligence I am way above average. I do not think I am a genius or anything even remotley special, but just your average (if this even makes sense) guy who is alot smarter than most people. I am not saying this to brag as I am sure that many many posters on this forum are much more intelligent than I am, but its just the way I am. The problem I have is that I while I'm certaintly intelligent in my own right I just pale in comparison to some of the peopel around. This bothers me alot. I realize that I should be thankful to be born with above average intelligence, but its just so frustating to see people automatically understand concept I struggle immensely with and can only understand after a great deal of effort is devoted to the subject. Sometimes I wonder if it would almost be better just an average person who wouldn't be bothered by this kind of stuff at all. Mainly this is just a rant, but I would be curious to see if any one else gets irrated by this. [/ QUOTE ] I think people with less mental capacities are also less capable of enjoying the aesthetics; seeing beauty, colors and patterns in works of art and structures around us. So they may be less 'bothered' by it all, but it works two ways. i.e. I'm not jealous of a worker ant who is clueless of what his life is, and rushes to his death.
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