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8333080 No.8333080 [Reply] [Original]

>be interested in mathematics as a kid
>read about the origin of several mathematical ideas
>go to college, feel smart for quickly grasping very abstract ideas because they are familiar
>realize that my actual ability to manipulate these ideas is barely enough to allow me to solve harder problems
>practice exercises like a pleb

Who else fooled themselves into thinking they aren't brainlets?

>> No.8333265
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8333265

I'm still fooling myself -- and it works. Why think that you're stupid when you could think that you're genius?

>> No.8333465

That is why I actually practised math as a kid, and didn't just read about it.

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8333470

>tfw you're going to become a high school science teacher and there's nothing you can do