Anonymous wrote:Middle age.

I always thought I wasn't living up to my potential, and now realize I overestimated myself.

Lolz this made me snort. Your sense of humor is genius!

I never thought I was one. I am reasonably intelligent, have excellent executive function skills, and get along with people well. It makes things easy. But genius I am not b

I never thought I was a genius but I was hot stuff academically until college. Then I learned I had just been in a smaller pond.

When the power went out and I got stuck on the escalator

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Anonymous wrote:I found this out when I could not solve a Rubik’s cube. How about you?

Almost no one can solve a Rubik's cube. Most people who "solve" it follow a tutorial.

There's an easier way. My six year old figured it out. He simply took all the stickers off and rearranged them so that everything was "solved."

It took us a very long time to see that the stickers were crooked. In the meantime, grandparents were called. A lot of wonderment at the family prodigy. Six years old! Figured out the Rubik's Cube! Prepare the MIT application!

Obviously the parents aren't geniuses.

Anonymous wrote:I’m a genius but used my smarts to orchestrate a life where I can be a SAHM and pursue my own agenda. I get a lot done on my own terms, my ambition lies in mothering and my volunteer work.

It didn’t take me much longer than nine years to figure out that having an IQ of 140 really sucked in a lot of ways.

I breezed through school all the way through grad school. Then I just stopped. Lots of my friends went to law school and med school and I just didn’t have it in me. I’ve done something I enjoy but is not intellectually challenging and my brain hasn’t kept up with theirs. So if I was really a genius (which I’m not) I would have stayed curious and eager to learn. I’m not that way at all anymore and haven’t been for a long time

When my kindergarten teacher made me sit in the corner with a Dunce Cap

I’m a genius but used my smarts to orchestrate a life where I can be a SAHM and pursue my own agenda. I get a lot done on my own terms, my ambition lies in mothering and my volunteer work.

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Anonymous wrote:I found this out when I could not solve a Rubik’s cube. How about you?

My kid can solve them and sadly my kid is far from a genius.

Me too. I figured it out on my own as a kid when they first came out. I'm not a genius.

Anonymous wrote:Middle age.

I always thought I wasn't living up to my potential, and now realize I overestimated myself.

Similarly, though I was definitely humbled going from my piddling small town high school to elite college took me down a peg, but realizing I’m just hard working not that smart was in 40s.

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Anonymous wrote:I found this out when I could not solve a Rubik’s cube. How about you?

My kid can solve them and sadly my kid is far from a genius.

He does have awesome skills though.

Anonymous wrote:I found this out when I could not solve a Rubik’s cube. How about you?

My kid can solve them and sadly my kid is far from a genius.

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Anonymous wrote:I found this out when I could not solve a Rubik’s cube. How about you?

Almost no one can solve a Rubik's cube. Most people who "solve" it follow a tutorial.

If you memorize the steps/strategies from the tutorial, you can easily solve them…I just can’t be bothered.

Anonymous wrote:I never thought I was one.

This.