Re: Self Proclaimed Child Prodigy Starting Over Originally Posted by FoundMyCalling 
I find intelligence "in theory" to be overrated. There are people as dumb as **** to do great things with their lives. And Geniuses who haven't done too much of anything. There are congressmen and scientists in Mensa just as there are welfare recepients. I guess I AM just now getting with the program, as I see that you are. What's your story?
Hmm, fair enough. It is true that, ultimately, effort has more to do with success than native ability, and I'm sure that, given enough determination, you'll reach whatever goal it is that you have. Perhaps something about your post "rubbed me the wrong way", so to speak. I'm one of those people that becomes easily annoyed when I feel like people are inventing reasons for their failure or why they dont measure up to some standard or other ('my life is hard', intelligence is overrated, anyway', etc., etc.). I recognise that this was not neccessarily your intention, but statements like that still feel borderline insulting to those of us who feel that our native intelligence is perhaps our greates asset (that is, the statement seems to negate the value of something I treasure).
My appologies if I got us off on the wrong foot.
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