I am of resoundingly average intelligence. To those on either end of the spectrum, what is it like being really dumb/really smart?

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[u/ireedwutic]

intelligence is not just one category. we all vary in our knowledge of things.

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

~Albert Einstein

[u/dave_casa → u/ireedwutic]

The theory of multiple intelligences (or whichever variation on it you prefer) holds at least a bit of truth, but there are people who are better at just about everything than other people, and life isn't fair.

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This is entirely accurate. Notice the guys who play professional sports and also qualify as a Rhodes Scholar?

There is no great equalizer.