First, same question as Douglas: what is it with the brick wall at 40?
Second: This is another great post, its rare for people to expose their thoughts about theirselves in such an open way. Congratulations!
Regarding your ability, I’m just a regular guy(studied Math in college) but your writings are the most inspiring I’ve ever read. So much self-reflection about intelligence and the thinking process. The insight about how certain mental processes feel is totally new to me. You have helped me a lot to identify my own blind spots and mistakes. Now I can look back and see exactly where I did go wrong in the past and I see with clarity where there was once confusion. I wish I’ve read this stuff when I was still 13 years old, maybe this could have prevented a lot of the mistakes I did later in life.
Also one of the things I learned from you is that hard work can substitute for intelligence. Think of evolution, even a stupid person can accomplish great things if he bangs his head long enough against the problem. Well, there is still the need of a basic level of intelligence, but I guess you have that.
Did you read Richard Feynman’s biography? AFAIK he was also not the smartest and had moments of great self-doubt in his career where he even thought of giving up. I think this turned out to be a blessing because it forced him to visualize things in a more intuitive manner if my recollection is correct. Hence the invention of the Feynman diagrams.
Regarding College, well I went to one and it was one of the biggest wastes of time in my life, together with school. I wish I had been as smart as you and left school at the age of 12.
First, same question as Douglas: what is it with the brick wall at 40?
Second: This is another great post, its rare for people to expose their thoughts about theirselves in such an open way. Congratulations!
Regarding your ability, I’m just a regular guy(studied Math in college) but your writings are the most inspiring I’ve ever read. So much self-reflection about intelligence and the thinking process. The insight about how certain mental processes feel is totally new to me. You have helped me a lot to identify my own blind spots and mistakes. Now I can look back and see exactly where I did go wrong in the past and I see with clarity where there was once confusion. I wish I’ve read this stuff when I was still 13 years old, maybe this could have prevented a lot of the mistakes I did later in life.
Also one of the things I learned from you is that hard work can substitute for intelligence. Think of evolution, even a stupid person can accomplish great things if he bangs his head long enough against the problem. Well, there is still the need of a basic level of intelligence, but I guess you have that.
Did you read Richard Feynman’s biography? AFAIK he was also not the smartest and had moments of great self-doubt in his career where he even thought of giving up. I think this turned out to be a blessing because it forced him to visualize things in a more intuitive manner if my recollection is correct. Hence the invention of the Feynman diagrams.
Regarding College, well I went to one and it was one of the biggest wastes of time in my life, together with school. I wish I had been as smart as you and left school at the age of 12.