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When did you realize you were more intelligent than all of your peers?

>> No.7172184

12

>> No.7172186

I was 16 if I recall correctly. I never understood how everyone struggled with calculus.

>> No.7172188

>>7172180
When I tried cocaine at age 20. Of course its an illusion and you are not really any smarter than you were before you sniffed that white powder into your nose. But it certainly feels like it!

>> No.7172190

10, when I skipped 2 classes and started to learn to skip school because it was boring

>> No.7172203

I believe I was 12 when I realised I was just an average in this gifted education high school which I was forced to attend. I missed my old classmates every single day.

>> No.7172205

>>7172188
hehe

>> No.7172209

>>7172203
>I believe I was 12 when I realised I was just an average in this gifted education high school
iktf
I think it was better for me to feel special as my self esteem is shit now
confidence is powerful

>> No.7172210

I realized I was less intelligent when I went to a real university. You realize you're average at best amongst very gifted people.

>> No.7172211
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7172211

12 when I bought a fedora and posted on 4chan for the first time

feels good to post in a place with enlightened individuals such as myself

>> No.7172214

>>7172209
My feelings exactly. I'm still suffering from extremely low self esteem.

>> No.7172218

when i went to uni and i learned some people go to class

>> No.7172219

>>7172188
this is why i dont do cocaine it is bad for you not like other safe drugs

>> No.7172224

>>7172219
I think that cocaine every once in a while is safer than something like alcohol or cigarettes every day multiple times a day. But of course there are people who do cocaine every day which definitely can't be good for you.

In general I think drug safety depends on many factor such as
the dose
the constitution & health of the person
the purity of the substance
the way they do the drug, like sniffing, oral, injection etc

>> No.7172242

>>7172219
Pure cocaine is probably fairly safe in small doses, but there's no way you're getting pure cocaine if you buy from your average street dealer.

>> No.7172244

>>7172218
when I went to uni and I learned that some people actually open their books

>> No.7172271

>>7172244
When I went to /sci/ and learned that some people actually need to enroll at uni to learn

>> No.7172274

>>7172180
Standardized tests. I always got shit grades for not trying but almost aced the ACT with little to no prep...

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7172276

when i went to uni and i learned some people take exams

>> No.7172277

>>7172274
This is sarcasm and because of Poe's law I'm not able to identify it, right?

>> No.7172290

>>7172180
>school
>be best in class
>dont think that makes me special since its a small school
>get to university
>lei awake at night worrying that im going to fail
>talking to people at class makes me feel like an idiot
>everyone seems so much more organized and smarter than me
>first semester ends
>second in class
>above 2 people that the class considered autisticaly smart
>everyone must have been partying, ity was just luck
>second semester ends
>2nd in class
>continues like this till graduation
>walk on stage to get degree in those nun outfits
>suddenly realize people are idiots and im smarter than anyone else getting on the stage that day (autisticaly smart guy wasnt there)

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7172300

6

>> No.7172308

>>7172188
Stupid-ass druggie nutcase, you don't even realize that you've probably become way dumber because of cocaine right??

>> No.7172309

at age 12(ish) when I acquired the fundamentals of logic

>> No.7172310

>>7172308
>stimulants
>making anyone dumber
nope

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7172314

>>7172308

This is what cocaine does to your brain, read the text?

See that?

Lesion causada cocaina!!!
That means cocaine caused this brain lesion you dumb degenerate idiot

Can't believe someone was really stupid enough to try cocaine, the hardest drug of all, in the 21st century. What is DARE even being paid to do?

>> No.7172321

>>7172314
So? alcoholism can cause a shriveled-up damaged brain too, but you're not going out and hawking about the dangers of drinking are you?

The fundamental point here, is that the person whose brain that is probably did WAY too much cocaine, or more likely, that lesion was caused because the cocaine triggered a stroke or a brain aneurysm, which is a special circumstance. Smoking a cigarette could've caused the same thing, any stimulant would've lead to that result.

The cocaine, does not rot your brain like this guy is implying, please don't spout bullshit, especially anything suggesting DARE is a legitimate organization or is to be admired...

>> No.7172328

>>7172314
That's a massive stroke. Most people using cocaine suffers no ill effects like just most people getting shitfaced on alcohol doesn't stumble and break their neck by mistake.

> What is DARE even being paid to do?
To create retarded propaganda that destroys their credibility.

>> No.7173002

>>7172328
I'm too lazy to read out what you're trying to say, but if you're saying that cocaine isn't that dangerous, well then too bad think again.

>> No.7173153

>>7172290
>everyone who does worse than me is an idiot
>everyone who does better than me is an autist

I don't like you. Hopefully you being an asshole doesn't fuck with your social life too much.

>> No.7173840

>>7173153
>thinking autistic is a negative term
>on /sci/
he is autisticly smart, as in he can multiply 2 4 digit numbers in his head instantly, and remembers the textbook word for word. hes a cool guy, never see him at parties or anything, but talking to him between classes hes ok.

>everyone who does worse than me is an idiot
they are

>social life
>implying anyone on 4chan has that

>> No.7173847

I can always remember feeling smarter than other kids in my classes, but I've never given a shit.
You guys are pathetic.
If anything, you guys remind me of my older brother.
He was never good at school, majored in philosophy, later realized how stupid that was, changed his major to math, and then promptly began tirelessly trying to prove how he was smarter than everyone else even though he's not.
He's such an idiot, and since you're all like him, that means I'm smarter than all of you too.
Dumb asses.
I bet none of you can do triple integrals like me.

>> No.7173850

>>7173847
I dont think being able to do triple integrals makes you smart. Unless youre doing triple integrals a weird different way Im not aware about? lol

Hmm as for me.. I dont think Im particularly intelligent. Ive got my strengths and weaknesses and I use them to overcome my problems.

But it always did bother me how certain things at school seemed so much easier for me than for a certain amount of people. Doesnt make me feel smarter than them as Im sure theyre able to make something easy that I cannot do. I think this applies to everything and everyone

>> No.7173857

>>7173850
>I dont think being able to do triple integrals makes you smart. Unless youre doing triple integrals a weird different way Im not aware about? lol
it's just a stupid /sci/ meme

>> No.7173859

>>7173857
Oh... I see...
Regardless, feeling smartest around your peers sure feels great! Whenever your peers are in fact less smart than you

>> No.7173861

Since always. I guess at 6 it was most obvious because I went to school.

>> No.7173880

>>7173847

"You're a classic example of the inverse ratio between the size of the mouth and the size of the brain" - Someone smarter than you

>> No.7173887

I feel like most of you people are overstimating yourselves and underestimating the others. Sure... the average person isn't all that academic so we can disregard those people since they dont have the education to compete.

In university, theres gonna be a range of people between "how did you even get into this school" to "you should be the one teaching this class instead" types of people. I feel like most of you guys are comparing yourselves to dum dums of the school.

Although... I guess I am guilty of feeling smarter than most people when exam averages are posted and Im placed way above average.

HOW CAN THE CLASS AVERAGE AT A C WHEN IM EASILY GETTING THE As?!?!

WHO IS BRINGING THE AVERAGE DOWN!? holy shit i guess there really are dumb people out there... lol

>> No.7173899

My god /sci/ for supposedly intelligent people you are completely incapable of subtle bragging. 'Yeah I realized I was an ultra genius when I got straight A's without going to class. Not that it matters though' seriously? Anyone who isn't either a total moron or playing the same game is going to think you're a pretentious little fuck.

That said I knew I was smart when I was young, I reached milestones faster than the other kids. Did terribly in high school though.

>> No.7173907

>>7172180
> tfw going to Stanford and feeling dumb

>> No.7173920

>>7172180
I never have, and I never will do. Because I'm not self satisfied, fedora tier sperglord.

>> No.7173929

>>7173920
Thank you, mildly self-satisfied but nevertheless acceptable human being.

>> No.7173935

>>7173899
Why even bother being subtle around these parts though? This place is the default venue for dick-waving contests. Always have, always will.

>> No.7173976

>>7172180
this thread
>all intelligence is based on one's ability to do math

>> No.7173977

>>7173859
>sure feels great!
>exclamation mark
kek

>> No.7173978

>>7173976
But it is

>> No.7173980

>>7172211
This :^(

>> No.7173985

>>7173978
Debatable.

>> No.7173989

>>7173840
>they are
So you're borderline idiot

>> No.7173990

>>7172210
>very gifted people.

Even in elite universities like MIT and Harvard most people there aren't "gifted" in the autistic savant sense.

>> No.7173991

I have an IQ of 144 according to tests, and I am keeping my grades at a medium of 8/10 in my 11th year of school.
Do note that I don't study shit, and instead browse 4chan and play videogames pretty much all day. Also, last year I was smoking weed pretty heavily; so that strengthens my position as the laziest shithead alive.

>> No.7174001

>>7173991
I have an IQ of 177 and also have good grades and lovely wife. 11th grade too.

>> No.7174003

>>7173978
One of my best friends scored a 143 on the WISC IV when he was in school. He's better than average at mathematics, but me, with my pleb tier 128 mark -- have always naturally excelled in the field. People have different strengths (his is words)

>> No.7174004

When I went to uni and started meeting really smart people.

Before that, I was the smartest guy around and didn't truely realize differences in intelligence. It's only when I met people who were way smarter than me than I started to notice the existence of big differences in intelligence.

>> No.7174005

>>7172180
I was five years old and I always used my diving goggles when cutting onions because I didnt want to cry. A few months later I saw this in a TV show as a "special trick" and everyone in the audience was mind blown. Thats when I realized that im more clever than some adults.

>> No.7174007

>>7172180
honestly like 3rd grade

>> No.7174008

>>7174005
wow thanks for tip! damn u used to be smart

>> No.7174013

>>7172180
I was never and will never be smarter then anyone else instead I'm wise

>> No.7174017

>>7173989
i always thought i was average

>> No.7174051

>>7172180
I am just a little above average (I don't trust online IQ tests, when they try to convince me and everybody else beeing above 130).
But I manage my time well and put way much effort in everything and try to be the best. Actually I am in the end, because effort is way more important and it is something to be proud of. So fuck the hype around intelligence, it is not as important as the most people think it is.

>> No.7174055

>more intelligent than all of your peers?

luckily never, one of the first friends is about equal or smarter than me. Stupid people are nice for physical activity but being at the top alone is bad - it kills the drive to grow. Someone else to compete against is godsend.

another issue: do you feel regressing as you get older?

>> No.7174060

>>7172277
No, this was me as well but with the SATs. The only reason I got pisspoor grades was because my school system forced our teachers to weigh homework heavily and I had better things to do than that. When I got a 2270 on the SAT everyone was blown away.

>> No.7174061

>>7174055
>Someone else to compete against is godsend
agreed.
>do you feel regressing as you get older?
absolutely. i think it's related to not getting out and finding someone to compete against.

>> No.7174062

When most of the shit that I thought was common knowledge ended up being totally foreign to everyone around me. Some of the shit was really basic and happened around them everyday as well.

>> No.7174066

>>7174055
Holy shit, you've explained my problem. In elementary and middle school, there was this one kid that I would always have in most of my classes. As the two kids chosen for the "accelerated" program at our primary, we developed this ridiculous rivalry where we always tried to one-up one another. This seeped into everything, from sports to academics. He had to move away my Sophomore year and I grew lazy as a result. I just stopped caring cause I was already at the top with nobody to challenge me.

>> No.7174074

>>7172180
Kindergarten. I was talking about solar cells to my mates and they just looked at me with their STUPID child eyes.

>> No.7174078

>>7174017
aka a borderline idiot

One bad fall or night of drinking from being a moron :^)

>> No.7174101

>>7174003
>(his is words)

Verbal intelligence is culturally dependent.

>> No.7174138

>>7172180
When did you realize you were just a prize chicken?

>> No.7174177

>>7173880
>Someone smarter than anyone who replied to OP

>> No.7174180

>>7174074
So how did you end up as a kindergarten teacher?

>> No.7174393

>>7173991
>>7174003
Yeah, well I have an IQ of 300 and casually build robots for hedgehog hunting.

>> No.7174481

>when i have been walking through school and always getting A in maths/science never doing homework, doing my dissertation the night before (despite it requiring 700 individual samples and experiements, 10,000 word write up, then presenting it without sleeping to a nationally famous skeptic who specialises in false claims, conspiracy theories and calling niggers out on their bullshit).

I was in a special class for gifted kids, then a seperate extraschool class for special kids, and when I realised that my mother speaking 30+ languages fluently is not normal, and that my dad has 2 MSc's and an MBA and is a computer scientist so I probably have extremely autistic genetics

>classmates lamenting the duration of school
>I leave school and lament the simplicity of the material then read more complex material till the early morning

>tfw meeting middle aged adults who can't understand economics or classical philosophical theory

>> No.7174665

>>7172180
when as a Junior in US Public HS taking the PSAT/NMSQT I imposed upon myself a time limit each of the five day.

WE had six hours for the test yet each day I put my #2 pencil down hours before everyone else.. I made sure by looking around the cafeteria and saw everyone esle still working.

I still scored in the 98th percentile.

there were three others who were named in the yearbook as National Merit Scholarship awardees but I finished in perhaps 30% less time..

Any questions I couldn't answer immediately with confidence I passed then went back over and so on.

Any I couldn't grasp enough to find confidence in my answer I guessed.

I felt this accelerated time limit more honestly reflected the real world with all its enormous pressure.

>> No.7174670

>>7172180
17

When I finished my private school and was put with the mass in university. (that sound pedantic as fuck, don't it ?)

>> No.7174840

6yo. At the end of the 1st yr in school i helped 3rd graders with math (specificaly multiple digits multiplication). droped to near average through middle school after family issues and drugs. Went better, now I am ending robotics at uni and never opened mathematics or physics book (just fucking humanities - eco and history of technics).

>> No.7174921

If you're more intelligent than your peers then you're in the wrong company

>> No.7174958

>>7174921
this attitude is what leads to mathfags and physicians being socially isolated hermit autists

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Y'all stupid mudafuckas

>> No.7175170

>>7174481
>Takes pride in his intelligence
>brags about his economy/philosophy knowledge
Get your fedora on because I think it's time to tip it.

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>>7172188
I always believed that drugs can really be "awakening" sometimes. When you take a drug there are more connections in certain areas and loss of connections in others in the brain. Any sort of "click" you get from drugs, that in the end makes you happier is always good,some ideas or connections can't really figured out so easily when sober.

And by awakenings I mean more in the philosophical sense or "how should i live my life" not like you figured out god or other hippie pseudoscience bullshit(aliens mannn)

Of course responsibility and moderation is key

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7175237

>>7172180
>>7172180
I've been told that a lot of times. I used to be a bit smarter and got myself to university (physics and compsci programs) but then lost interest in anything, started playing vidya, lurking 4chan etc. (full blown degeneration I guess) and had an emotional breakdown followed by year long depression with "an hero" attempt somewhere along the way and few reemissions later. Now I feel/am dumb as fuck, like someone has cut out parts of my brain, unemployed with suspended education (99% it will stay that way) looking for another corporate-IT-monkey job and thinking about settling down :^(

You can't increase your "IQ"/intelligence/cleverness or whatever substantially as an adult but sure YOU CAN fuck it up!

>> No.7175244

>>7175237
This. this so much
Exactly the same in every way, except i'm still in the "an hero" + feel dumb as fuck phase. Hopefully i can get out of it

>> No.7175251

>>7172180

ITT: ivory-tower idiots who think that intelligence is something other than the result of winning the genetic lottery and being born in the right place at the right time

>> No.7175259

>>7175251
b-but Ramanujan...

>> No.7175291
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7175291

I was considered smarter than most while in High School, but when I got into college I was just another guy, getting average grades while struggling. Far more difficult than HS.

I wouldn't say I'm more "intelligent" than others. Intelligence can't be measured by simple things like grades or I.Q.

Of course, I'm jealous of those math-geniuses in my class, but I have other qualities they don't.

I think that -- in the end -- what really matters is how successful you'll consider yourself, and not by the standard of strangers. If you feel like you're living a fulfilling and peaceful life, it's useless to compare how intelligent you are to your peers.

Life is much more than being the best is class.

>> No.7175297

>>7175291
>best in class
FIx'd.

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7175301

>>7175291
>whatever works for you!

>> No.7175302

>>7175291
but I don't have life, Therefore my only purpose is being the best in class and shitpost here

>> No.7175306

>>7175302
what will you do when there is no "class"?

>> No.7175309

When I bought my first fedora and made a Reddit account to talk about my favorite memes.

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>>7175302
Well, you're alive. Therefore, what you're saying has no sense.

>> No.7175320

>>7175259
How does this refute >>7175251

>> No.7175322
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7175322

this entire thread is full of retarded faggots

nobody gives a shit about your grades in highschool or college, try doing research and you will see how little you actually know about everything

>> No.7175331

>>7175322
>nobody gives a shit about your grades
sub-4.0 pleb detected
>my grades are bad, therefore grades don't matter!
fucking lol

>> No.7175335

>>7172186
I didn't pay attention in class and the school I attended always valued the exams as 100% of the grade in math and physics. I had to study integral and infinitesimal calculus three days before the exam. Aced that bitch.

>> No.7175339

>>7172180
Never, because I'm not.

>> No.7175346

when i am solving of poincaré conjecture

>> No.7175348

>be 4 yr old
>coordinator was intimidated by my intellect
And so I knew.

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>>7175331
lel fuck off you dorm-dwelling autistic

why don't you find a lab to actually do shit in instead of jacking off to your triple integrals, homological hamiltonians, and naked cantonese cartoon girls all day?

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7175375

when I was 13 and took the SAT for the first time

nearly a perfect score without even studying, people who can't do that should be eliminated from the gene pool

and my CC I was told I'm so smart that I literally will be hired as a physicist without doing anything but keeping my 3.1 GPA up

>> No.7175381

I know everyone will doubt you and call you a fedora wearing faggot if you claim to be a "thinker" or a "intellectual". But you must know that there are people who really are odd, intelligent and different. And others who just think there fucking geniuses. Not everyone goes to college and pursues hard sciences.

>> No.7175392

>>7175357
I still don't understand the split mouth thing.

I really don't.

>> No.7175396

>>7175381
Or you could be in the masterrace intersection of the sets you described there.

>> No.7175404

>>7172180

When I cucked your dad.

>> No.7175411

>>7175392
muh lighting
dot noses tho

>> No.7175416

>>7175381
>think there geniuses
>think there geniuses
come on

>> No.7175480

>>7175416
dude just take in what said don't nitpick on English errors. yes i know the difference its just not that big of a deal...

>> No.7175484

>>7175237

Help! I think I am going through this right now and it's scary. This depression is really heavy - I can't shake it and I feel so stupid.

>> No.7175491

>>7175484
stop overusing internet, it dumbs you down.

>> No.7175752

I realized I was actually dumber than most people in college, after the first year.

>> No.7175914

I am less intelligent than all of my peers

>> No.7175936

>>7172180
The more important question is, "When did you realize that you're not more intelligent than all of your peers?"

>> No.7175937

>>7172180
>When did you realize you were more intelligent than all of your peers?
I realised the opposite.

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7175947

>>7172180
>be me
>6 or 7
>bumped up a grade
>clean out desk
>need that pencil box
>walking out of class
>look back at former classmates
>mfw.thisseemsappropriate

>> No.7175953

>>7175480
Of course in hindsight you feel a need to prove you knew the difference? Funny, how that only ever happens to people who make such mistakes

>> No.7175956

>>7175312
*social life

>> No.7175959

>>7175306
I don't have idea

>> No.7175965

>>7175936
yes, OP is an autistic faggot

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>>7172180
this first time i posted on /lit/

>> No.7175972

>>7172290
And /sci/ was that person always 1 spot above you. :)

>> No.7176234

lol im in 5th grade and i got the best score in algebra so im smarter than everyone in my school and u guys

>> No.7176309

>>7174066
>As the two kids chosen for the "accelerated" program at our primary, we developed this ridiculous rivalry where we always tried to one-up one another.

Kek, I also had such a rivalry in high-school. Man, I remember how we tried to overtrump each other at maths and physics. It was fucking intense, I learned way beyond my curriculum.

>> No.7176422

>>7175291
I can somewhat relate to what you said. I've been making shit ton of cash through pirating stuff/online businesses since I was 14. Being rich feels good, hopefully I can transform my skills into something good when I get into uni.

>> No.7176584

I always 'knew' I was 'smart'; I took a legit IQ test going into second grade and got a 145 (I've been meaning to take one again, but my understanding is that IQ scores don't really change), never had problems with tests or learning material in general, and multiple professionals have confirmed high-functioning ASD. But honestly, I wouldn't say I'm neccessarily BETTER than my peers; for one, I'm terrible at doing work, so my homework grades are shit. Also, I'm basically a social retard and, as someone who's self-aware about this, I have to constantly be on my guard and stop myself from doing stupid cringey shit 24/7. So honestly it all pretty much balances out.

>> No.7176610

when i realized smart people are as dumb as everyone else when it comes to actually solving problems

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>>7172180

I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in Triple Integration Theory and I’ve been involved in numerous secret math classes on triple integrals and I have over 300 confirmed triple integrals computed I am trained in triple integration and I’m the top triple integrater in the entire US. You are nothing to me but just another triple integral.

I can wipe you out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, with the barnett's identity. Mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with pretending to better than me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting jacob barnett so we can kick your ass. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your ego. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I out triple integral you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands.

Not only am I extensively trained in mathematics, but I have access to the entire arsenal of geniuses like jacob barnett and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of any math competition. You’re fucking owned, kiddo. Consider yourself triple integrated.

>> No.7176920

>>7172180
I realized I wasn't more intelligent around 20.

>> No.7176928

>>7176880
>whiteboard
You can't seriously believe anyone who uses that. Even if he has autism.

captcha poopp

>> No.7177093

>>7172290
the exact same thing happened to me

>> No.7177152

When I realized that I had no peers

>> No.7177242

>>7176880
>calc 2 shit
yup sure is a prodigy

>> No.7177990

I'm not that handsome, I'm not athletic and I'm socially awkward. At least I should have been quite smarter than average (and it seemed I was going to be, before college). But I'm just a regular guy and I have to deal with it.

>> No.7178272

To be frank I've known as far back as I can remember myself. Had a lot of luck since I was born, parents invested a lot in me. Even in first grade I felt the classes were too slow, so my parents bought me workbooks to study ahead and I a lot of fun learning about math.

I think the real interesting question we should address or people on this board is - when did you realize you weren't actually special?
For me it was 5th grade, before that I was always the first in every subject, and it seemed to me like the natural way of things. In 5th grade a really smart guy moved into my class from another school and started to occasionally beat me. Later in middle school I met guys even smarter than him, and then guys even smarter than those guys.
Took me years of dealing with inferiority complexes to come to terms with the abilities I have, and the abilities I don't have. Sure, I'm smarter than most of my peers, but I also find it funny when people call me (or others) a "genius" or "future noble prize". Those people don't understand how large the world is, and how smart some people are.

>> No.7178540

>>7175484
Go outdoors and praise the sun

>> No.7179719

Probably in grade 2 when I claimed that Jack (Jack and the Beanstalk) was a morally dubious protagonist. Also, when I suggested mnemonics that I had just realized and were more helpful than what my teachers had suggested.

>> No.7179741

>>7172180
Well, I've always been smarter than the people immediately around me. Up through high school, I figured it was just because in a small school of a couple thousand students didn't have enough smart people. In college, I was honestly too much of an autist to have any idea how smart anybody else was although the fact that I could do my schoolwork in like 10 hours a week outside of class and for everyone else it was apparently a full time job clued me in.

It didn't really hit home til graduate school though. Because I'm not that good at math, it takes a lot of work for me to get it and I have a terrible work ethic, and most of my professors and a few of my fellow students are clearly 'smarter' than me in terms of pure logic, way, way better than me at math. And they are all total fucking autists, aside from the obvious poor social skills most of them are complete illiterates and every single one is politically unaware, philosophically undeveloped, uninformed about current events and generally ignorant of everything that isn't math or a few other niche nerd interests. And while I've met a few people who have an overall more well-rounded education and knowledge of the world than me, none of them has a STEM education and as such I'm not convinced they were on my level of reasoning.

So, it was really a couple weeks ago on LSD that I realized I'm more intelligent than all my peers. And that is a scary fucking feeling.

>> No.7179774

>>7179741
Same feeling here.
It actually deeply depresses me how I don't have a discussion partner who's on the same or higher level of understanding.
I think there must be some sort of specific behavioral trait which makes people like us to constantly feel the need to self-improve in different areas.
Throughout my whole life I've constantly tried to be on the same level as other people, because I wanted to feel included, this made me pretend to be someone else and adopt behaviors of other people. But after enough times of being let down, I decided to just stop trying to fall into their level, and instead try to inspire people to come to mine.
But that just makes me a conversation killer, because every time people start discussing something, I usually know exactly how to approach the problem and find the informational void, this makes them silent for a few seconds, and then they just start another topic.

>> No.7179893

>>7172180

At about three years old. I hated having to be around other children.

It was like being trapped with wild animals every day who couldn't form memories, read, or speak coherently, and who were impossible to reason with. Adults were the only people I believed were human in the same way I was human. I lost all faith in adults later, at around the age of nine.

Until I turned 14 and met a bunch of other prodigies who made me feel normal, that was my outlook on life: trying to accept that I was trapped forever in an insane asylum, surrounded by animals with simple intentions who lacked the cognitive capacity to understand that the things they did and said were wrong - or even the capacity to understand that they were hurting me.

I had nearly talked myself into suicide, so meeting people as smart as I was might have saved my life.

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7179994

Grade 5,

and then when i got suspended from university for 4 years total for poor academic performance.

>> No.7180014

When I realized I need feminism because as a member of the patriarchy I am oppressing women.

>> No.7180053

>Fedora: The Thread

I don't even need to read it to get the tone

>> No.7180068

I'm probably not, I'm just a lot less lazy.

>> No.7180090

>>7179774
I know exactly how that feels, anytime I start talking about serious stuff or new events in science my friends just kind of either ignore me or start a different topic. Sometimes one or two people still engage in the conversation but then we get made fun of by the people not listening anymore. I've found that the conversations that keep people engaged is a drug topic, I usually tell them about different experiences or how they work. It usually ends in me debunking someones thoughts about how damaging drugs are then they get all pissy.

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>>7172180
There's an old saying amongst jazz musicians: "If you're not the worst player in your band, you're in the wrong band."

If you're more intelligent than all of your peers, you've got the wrong peers.

>> No.7180154

just popped in this board because I've never been here before and good lord is it full of autists, although you're probably proud of that

>> No.7180162

>elementary: no friends
>highschool: no friends
>university: no friends

>everything else people though was hard, was easy for me

>currently Statistician
>work as a small analyst for a mutual fund

my skills are both a gift and a curse, made me special and extremely sad person

>> No.7180261

>>7180162
It's not because you're "special" that you have no friends, it's because
you *think* you're "special".

You come across as a condescending cunt.

>> No.7180356

In primary school. Was the only one in my class for about half a year in my 1st grade who could not do reading homework if I didn't want to cause was reading good.
It was up to about 13 years or so. I had a very good memory, wouldn't even have to put much effort memorizing something, could read some text and it would just stick in my head. Was the only one (except my best friend, who was also labeled "nerd") who read books for his own pleasure in my environment. Everything in school seemed so easy...Except math (yeah, I'm on /sci/, you can start throwing rocks at me lol,) at this I was mediocre at best. Chemistry and physics were easy too (understanding concepts etc.), math part was bit harder in physics (HS chemistry hasn't any hard maths), biology was a cakewalk and languages (both my primary and secondary) were easy too. Were doing homework always until about age of 13, when started playing MMORPGs. After a couple of years made new friends, started smoking weed hard, grades fell down, but still I managed to do pretty well, although noticed that peers who were as I thought not smart as me started to outperform me more and more often with their effort in studying.
So yeah, finished HS not with best grades...Got into UNI where I realized that im one of the dumbest among my coursemates. And that idea "Hurr durr I'm smart enough will study the night before test and it will be allrite" is still deep in my blood though it tends to get worse and worse as I realize that I'm not smart at all and that I shall put some effort in studying as my other fellow mortal peers do.
I sometimes regret my teenage years when my bad habits started to form...

>> No.7180370

>>7180356
Shit.
I'm a senior in HS, still have "hurr durr" mindset.
Teachers always said "learn to study now so you don't have to learn in college" but I figured I was way smarter than all these fucks so I didn't need studying. Once again, shit.

>> No.7180387

Highschool math class, me and this other indian kid dominated the class really hard.

Like it would just be two 100%s at the top of the public grade sheet (using ID numbers) and then there was everyone else, we also dominated chemistry and physics class. My ego was pretty big as a result, but now its back in line due to college. Like I guess I mastered the highschool curriculum so much that I felt I knew more than the teacher.

Now I don't think I'm a god, just above average in STEM.

>> No.7180486

>>7176584
are you me?

>> No.7180735

>>7172180
Six yo

>> No.7180787

8 yo. Excelled in frst scholarship exam. Age of 15. Ranked 7th in the national talent search of India.
Population of india and my rank. Do your math guys.

>> No.7181832

I'm just trying to understand here how IQ tests are related to intellect whatsoever.

>> No.7181859

>>7181832
Read this: http://sci-hub.bz/929262286c0bd12db5a0777ea5ca3d58/bouchard2014.pdf

>> No.7181880

4-5
Always been called smart by people for some reason

>> No.7181896

>>7172180
After I lived in a cave for 10 years:
>Hangin' out with my Eagle for the last 10 years in a cave
>I be all like "yo Eagle bro, time for me to leave and condescend a bunch of people"
>Eagle's all cool about it.
>Walk onto the road
>This religious guy is walking down the street
>Starts talking to me about his silly deist bullshit
>I have to tell him that he's a retard inferior for believing in god
>Adjust my fedora and give him a lecture for 20 minutes about how he needs to be enlightened
>He gets pissed off, just walks away like a cuck.
>Get into town, circus is in full swing
>No, my philosophy is more important than these jocks on the tightrope
>Interrupt everyone, one of the acrobats falls and dies
>It was just natural selection, that stupid Chad deserved to die
>Proceed to lecture on the Overman for the next 3 days nonstop
>Villagers eventually kick me out after I insult all their women

Some people don't understand my genius.

>> No.7182437

11yo, I tutored my cousin (let's call her "Anna") in her high-school Algebra, which I had learned at age 9. At the time, I thought Anna was just a stupid cow (great tits, tho) but subsequently realised she's just an average girl. Would never show me those tits ("that's just wrong, Anon") but was knocked up by graduation. This was a foreboding of my life to come.

>> No.7182447

>>7172180
Eh... I thought I was, from ages around 10 to 16, because I had it waaaay easier than all of my peers with all of my classes, read and could understand things way more complicated, etc, etc. Then around my 17s I just realized that most of this was a product of the way my father raised me, but I think this was a good thing. It made me more dedicated and work way harder, which, in turn, set me even higher above most of my classmates. Then again, I'm not sure if what I've just said is actually being intelligent. I don't think it's too important, though, in the end it's all about trying to be happy, I feel.

>> No.7182467

If anything, I was humbled when I went to university. Most people there run circles around me, they are all ex mathematics olympiads participants, or just all around more intelligent than me.

>> No.7183171

>>7172180
Middle school,
Knowing I was smarter than my peers wasn't a thought before that, I was home schooled.

>> No.7183235

>>7181896
heh
>calling the hole below your moms hut a 'cave'

>> No.7183294

When I was 10. My peers were struggling with maths, I already had a graphic calculator and made programs on it. Now, 6~7 years later, I learn in high school how to make programs on calculator and I see my peers struggling with that.

>> No.7183998

If I recall correctly,
>take psychology course around age 16
>learn about Asperger's
>learn that I have Asperger's
>think about my life
>really compare myself to others for the first time
>teachers have commented about the speed at which I did arithmetic
>some substitute in elementary noticed I was a special snowflake and thought that I could figure out the 'trick' to adding all the numbers from 1-100 quickly (I didn't btw)
>may have been tested for a gifted program, but was too emotional about not being educated yet at the first problem of the test
>enjoyed building things including projectile weapons until my mother thought I'd 'act violently' with them and made it so I didn't have any material to build things with in general
>had a "passion" for music
>learned how to play the guitar and learned peices at a faster rate than others
>poor parenting, growing up poor, drugs, poor social skills, etcetera made it so I didn't care about and perform well in school, which led me to believe that I was below average in intelligence my whole life
Also,
>wasn't paying attention to lesson math class in middle school
>didn't know how to solve problem
>got some wrong answer
>teach asks me how I got it
>I explain to him my process
>after class tells me that he can tell that I'm an intelligent child
>puts effort into making time for an extra math class for me and some other children
>me: did he say I was smart?
>ask father if I'm smart
>my father says that to be honest, no
>then he asks me why I ask
>I tell him it's because my math teacher said that I was smart
>he said something along the lines of "what do I know,"
>I didn't interpret that what he said was that he was admitting that he was wrong
>kept living thinking I was stupid
>I felt uncomfortable getting the extra attention of the math class, and the teacher probably noticed and asked me if I wanted to continue, so I stopped going

>> No.7184373

>>7172203
>>7172209
>>7172214
>not utilizing that neuro-plasticity and working to become geniuses

>> No.7184389

When I read this thread.

>> No.7184415

>>7183998
The worst thing you can do to a person is say 'good job'

>> No.7184473

I was like 15
>My mom was an asshole and made me go to a school that none of my friends went to.
>Always had bad grades, was to "social" with peers.
>Had to do actual work instead of talking.
>Go onto having 80-90s.
>Think its normal for lonely kids to have high grades.
>Start working harder want to do great things with my life.
>Develop a great work ethic and confidence.

speed up a semester
>Make a lot of friends.
>Date a chick eventually lost my virginity to her.
>Done with women for now.
>Keep marks up.
>No longer a lonely kid.
>Teachers start to just post marks on there doors.
>Notice I have the highest marks out almost everyone.
>Always someone that got a 100 but never got them constantly.
>Start to really over think it.
>I'm better than everyone else.
>I'm better than all my friends.
>Its uncomfortable knowing I'm smarter then everyone else.
>Wanted to help them but I knew there was no use.
>Never talk about my marks to anyone.

speed up to graduation.
>Top marks in math.
>Get nice scholarship that pays for uni.
>On the stage receiving diploma.
>Notice all the stares.
>Notice all my friends.
>Most of them failed.
>Most of them thought I was since I never declared my marks.
>I had a lot of friends at that high school.
>But the seconded I took that paper into my hands.
>I never talked to them again.
>And I feel like the most empty person on this earth.

Idk but I feel like I'm missing something in uni. I have 3 friends that I'm super close with
that's all now. I really question how my life would have turned out if I went to the popular high school.

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>>7175335
>>7172180

>> No.7185442

>>7184389

>> No.7185471

When I was 11 and my teacher had to keep a dictionary on her desk to look up what I said.

>> No.7185499

>>7185471
>Communication problems are intelligence.

>> No.7185699

>>7181896
I kek'd

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>>7172290
The smartest guy in the room. Yes sir!

Hope u don't turn into Harvard edu cuck like Enron Fags

>> No.7186205

>>7172180
I was 23 when I dropped out of high school. Everyone else was too stupid to realize than they were being brainwashed and blatantly accepted what they were told like mindless sheep.

>> No.7186255

When I noticed I was able to understand Physics easily and never understood how people could struggle so hard with it, and more, people use to say I have a pretty hard to understand vocabulary -in my mother language, of course- for someone of my age when I write something.
And oh. Communication problems made me realize I was different too. Sometimes people used to don't understand me and it was (and is) a pain on the butt.

>> No.7186396

literally 10th grade. being in college has only made my ego more inflated, as I deal with actual pseudo-intellectuals in half of my classes.

Intelligence is more than autistic rambling and understanding complex math. My intelligence is such a fucking privilege, currently working on reclaiming my physicality and becoming very wealthy.

>> No.7186469

This has to be the most pretentious thread I've ever seen on 4chan.

>> No.7186471

>>7172180
Never, because I'm not.

>> No.7186473

>>7172180
When I started drinking. Then luckily, I wasn't more intelligent for much longer. Booze kind of takes the edge out of it.

>> No.7186475

>>7186205
>

>> No.7186951

I'm actually not that smart, I only browse this board to mind masturbate over things I will probably never accomplish.

>> No.7188426

>>7186951
>not that smart
Below average? Slightly below average?
Average?

>> No.7188436

>>7172180
When I tried helping my friend with their math hw and realized I couldn't because it was just obvious to me.

>> No.7188439

>>7172180
Never felt that i'm smarter than anyone. My parents and siblings are smart, i learn at top notch school, honors course, etc etc. Have yet to meet dumb people except myself.

>> No.7188987

>>7186396
What is intelligence? Sure, people may have skill in mathematics, music,memorizing, and understanding concepts, but what really counts? Is it a synergy of all these skills, or merely the ability to think critically and adapt with your findings?

>> No.7189082

>>7172180
>5 years old
>some psychologist tells my mom I should take an IQ test
>165
>branded genius for the rest of my life

Feels good man.

>> No.7189349

>>7189082
>took iq test when I was a sperm cell
>over 9k

Even potheads on /b/ are smarter than /sci/.

>> No.7189352 [DELETED] 

>>7188987
>or merely the ability to think critically and adapt with your findings?
>what is applied mathematics

>> No.7189355

I didn't, one of the things that depresses me most is how badly I want to understand the world. Hindered by my shit tier brain.

>> No.7189361

>>7188987
>What is intelligence
>mathematics
>music
>understanding
thinking critically
>adapt to findings
All applied mathematics.

>memory
is also a part of intelligence.

>> No.7189364

>>7172180
I took an IQ test at 11, got 178. Graduated high school at 13 and went to MIT. Discovered the higs boson with a figer up my ass and a dick in my mouth

>> No.7189514

>>7184473

You're better off like this.

I was in a similar situation but I kept seeing them every now and then out of pity.

Eventually they got me drunk at a party and raped me. They thought it'd be fun. At least they wore condoms.

It's a very peculiar feeling, to realize that the people who hurt others are not capable of understanding that they did anything wrong. They simply didn't know any better.

I can't even feel angry, just tired.

>> No.7189534

When all of my teachers told me that through elementary, middle school, high school and at college. Best part of that is that you get sweet extra credit for just being yourself.

>> No.7189536

>>7179893
8/10

>> No.7189552

>>7183294
Good one

>> No.7189785

>>7172180
Most likely when I discovered that my attempts at creative writing in year 5 (4th grade) surpassed those of the A(*) grade students in my GCSE class. (9th-10th Grade)

Maths-wise any prowess did not become apparent until I discovered that the "Engineering Maths" I'd educated myself in after stumbling upon my father's maths books in year 9 (8th grade) was in fact 2nd year A level Further Maths/1st year degree level.

>> No.7189905

>>7189534
I know that glorious feel :^)

>> No.7189951

my IQ is barely above 160, spent a lot of time in the gifted programs growing up and I moved a lot. I ended up jaded pretty early, I still have a warped view on reality. Ended up being diagnosed with a personality disorder around age 22. I spent a long time shutting myself out from the world. I am back at university now and I feel like a complete fraud only going through the motions. Sadly my youthful passion for math is gone, science is still there at least. I keep coming off as a sarcastic ass...so bad it even annoys me.

>> No.7189986

>>7172290
this feel. all of the time.

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>>7172186
Me on the other hand am always in awe at people who can naturally do math, I'm a Lil jelly

>> No.7190067

>>7172180
If you were actually intelligent, then you would have came to realise that you are not more intelligent than your peers.

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>>7172242
How hard is it to find? It can't be that hard if some countries are literally awash in that shit. I'm looking at you Spain.

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>>7172308
Studies show people that use cocaine have better working memory but its def not good in the long run

>> No.7190100

>>7175>>7175936
When I failed math while I saw my peers pass it without doing homework or studying, I repeated trig like 4 times. I know for a fact my dumbass is not going to survive any math related courses in college. All my other classes are tops so I know I'm not retarded but I'm def not gonna be making big bucks unless I wanna be an entrepreneur or something of the likes.

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>>7190067

>> No.7190188

>>7190100
Stop being a speshtard. Maths is difficult but it's just a matter of applying yourself enough. Try hard and learn. It smacks of spoon-fed intelligence if you are unwilling to throw yourself at something to earn the reward.
I am a bit of a hypocrite by the way. I was never spoon-fed, but I am lazy and find it very hard to dedicate myself to even my most desperate goals. I recognise my failings and I struggle to correct them. You should do the same.

P.S. aspiring to be and entrepreneur is a thick skull decision.

>> No.7190305

This thread is dying. I want to hear more delusional "epiphanies" about how damn smart you are compared to everyone else. Entertain me!

>> No.7190329

>>7172180
Never thought this. Not an arrogant prick. And I'm a postdoc at a decent university. Yeah, I always did well in school and throughout undergrad, got into a good PhD program, etc. But I never felt like a "smart" person. Maybe because I come from an academic family and went to nerd schools, so I never felt like I had to right to say for sure that I was smarter than someone. I'm comfortable saying I'm better at math than some people, or better at thinking about certain topics in a certain way, but I've never felt like I was smarter in general than the people around me.

>> No.7190346

>>7172180
Intelligence is entirely subective and a very broad spectrum to measure a person by.

In short I am not more intelligent than my peers and I realized such somewhere around 30. I have skills that some of my peers lack, but they have plenty that I lack as well.

>> No.7190348

>>7190329
This. This is maturity. Appreciating your own ingenuity and being proud of it is a good thing. Confidence breeds progress. But thinking you are better than others based on your cursory knowledge of their being is very stupid. Yes, you sometimes know you are smarter than someone, and you are probably right a lot of the time. But saying you are smarter than your peers arbitrarily is the height of ignorance and self aggrandisement.

>> No.7190363

>>7173907
it happens.
>tfw There's always at least someone smarter.

>> No.7190372

>>7186205
>23 in highschool

>> No.7190477

>>7190188
Thank>>7190188
Thanks for the wake up call but I am lazy like a disease

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>>7190305
>>7190346

>> No.7190823

>>7174055
>luckily never, one of the first friends is about equal or smarter than me. Stupid people are nice for physical activity but being at the top alone is bad - it kills the drive to grow. Someone else to compete against is godsend.

Described my exact situation. Having smart friends that you can level with or discuss things allows you to flex intellectually and influences you to do better. I think it's a little more than just competition since, if you need a bit of help, you can always level with that other person. The same logic follows when you look for a significant other. If they cannot hold a conversation with you or, at the very least, contribute to one then they may never truly understand you.

>> No.7190862

>>7172180

You are not special. You're not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else. We're all part of the same compost heap.

>> No.7190891

when I decided to dumb myself down to fit in

>> No.7190893

>>7190891
lol i never did that to fit in i just did that for fun

>> No.7192254

>>7190862
>I'm a retarded failure, so I try to cope with blind nihilism
So when will you kill yourself and spare us your defeatism?

>> No.7192306

>>7175484
happened to me once. You have to start enjoying your classes again, and rekindle your passion for learning.

>> No.7192308

>>7172290
Little did you know, you were the autist in all of your classes.

>> No.7192332

>>7174060
Similar to my brother and me, we both really enjoyed learning growing up but ignored tediousness. Therefore, we did really great on tests, especially the SATs, but because homework and classwork and nonsense were weighted so heavily, we ended up lower in class ranks than dumb people. However, that didn't effect my acceptance into Uni so that's a relief.

>> No.7193051

>>7172219

> safe drugs

Lel. All drugs are posion and cannot be classified as safe. They can be taken in a safe manner, as its dosage of poison that causes the issues. Please don't post so recklessly in the future.

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>>7172180
Never. Every time I start to get an inkling, I upgrade my friends.