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Re: I don't feel too smart...

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Originally posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts
I just spent a bunch of hours last night trying to solve my wife's Rubik's cube (Christmas present). I'm a pretty smart guy (two degrees with high honors from MIT), but I tell you, after seeing videos like this, I feel pretty, pretty dumb:


Mind boggling...

-Wayne
Intelligence is a dynamic attribute that is extremely difficult to measure using static tests. Most folks are "gifted" in one area or another. The trick is to discover where your individual talents lie. I can't finish Rubik's cube either, but I'm sure the people who can do it well have a special talent for pattern recognition and spacial arrangement that can translate into useful skills.

For what it's worth, graduate degrees are a greater measure of perseverance than intelligence, and that's a gift that is far more rare and valuable.
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