> Moreover, I have noticed that these ‘hardware’ traits vary greatly in the smartest people I know -- some are remarkably quick thinkers, calculators, readers, whereas others are ‘slow’.
This strikes a chord. I am much more of a nerd than my girlfriend, but I notice at almost every opportunity that she's a much quicker thinker and a much better learner than I am. I have studied math and computer science, but she regularly out-thinks me in puzzles, even when they are math-related.
This strikes a chord. I am much more of a nerd than my girlfriend, but I notice at almost every opportunity that she's a much quicker thinker and a much better learner than I am. I have studied math and computer science, but she regularly out-thinks me in puzzles, even when they are math-related.