r/Gifted • u/Anyusername7294 • Feb 06 '25
Interesting/relatable/informative What is something you take granted, what for others is hard to achieve?
For me it's definitely fast reading and quick learning skill
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u/JustaMaptoLookAt Feb 06 '25
I can make a conceptual link between things or ideas really easily. It made writing book reports really easy and serves me well at work as an adult.
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u/ruralmonalisa Feb 06 '25
I made so much money in college writing papers for other people lol
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u/bhooooo Feb 08 '25
how much did you charge?
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u/ruralmonalisa Feb 08 '25
50$ labor fee and an add on fee based on the grade they got for example 150 for high A 125 For A 110 for low A and so on Also depended on minimum page/word requirement
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u/leichendienerin Feb 07 '25
What do you do for work?
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u/JustaMaptoLookAt Feb 07 '25
I work with data, so I do data science stuff but also a fair amount of writing and public speaking.
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u/Bestchair7780 Feb 06 '25
Exams.
It's alien to me that people panic THE DAY BEFORE over what seems to me is an easy exam. I panic fifteen minutes before it starts because I didn't study.
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u/Dry-Home- Feb 08 '25
I used to be this way, before my autistic burn out hit the second semester of university, and I couldn't physically get out of bed. Brushing my teeth and trying to eat was daunting. For two years straight I stressed over exams, but couldn't even get up to read, or do anything. Anything.
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u/Hattori69 Feb 08 '25
The repetitive aspect of it, if the individual making it doesn't have a rubric they will rely on deterministic procedures, so if you don't play that "language" of format you can get screwed by illogical evaluation reasonings and tactics. At least that was my experience, in my country of origin.Ā
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u/rjwyonch Adult Feb 06 '25
The ability to look at an object and implicitly understand the process to make it. I can pick up new hobbies and crafts without struggling through initial shitty results. I can also actually learn things from those shitty 2-min process videos on Pinterest because I'll implicitly know the critical step they don't show you between video cuts.
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Feb 07 '25
people meed to study. for me If i learn it "correctly" the first time its stuck. I can watch someone do something and do it perfectly for forever. I tell people I study but I dont, I spend my time on school work reading the material and thats it its stuck like glue. I feel like a walking camera or recorder
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u/mgcypher Feb 07 '25
I'm feeling this right now. I'm taking accounting in college and so many of my classmates are asking the professor to slow down, go over concepts again, struggling to make grades..
And here I am with an almost perfect score on our first exam, acing the homework, and not even reading the book. I do pay attention in class and write notes vigorously, but once I make the connection of the concept it becomes intuitive.
I've had other students ask me for help in math classes and I honestly felt bad because I really did wish I could help it be easier for them, but I showed them my methods and I think it just made them more confused because it was a lot of jumping around. I didn't know how to help better or I would have. Luckily they were able to find better help and also succeeded in class
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u/Hattori69 Feb 08 '25
The dreading slowdown of input, that makes me tune out. I often used to ask for ulterior information about a subject other than considering others slow, it really affected my academic life.Ā
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u/mgcypher Feb 08 '25
Yeah. I try to ask questions but it's literally early in the class and I can't think of anything that I'd be curious about yet.
I wouldn't call the others 'slow' because the professor prefaced the class lectures by saying this class is a lot for many students and goes really fast. My challenge is just trying to stay engaged, especially when we go over something that already clicked. I'm sure this is gonna bite me in the ass later when I hit my wall at some point.
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u/Hattori69 Feb 09 '25
Maybe you don't and that could be terrifying too, some teachers like to put a ceiling on people, specially if there is a PhD involved.Ā
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u/ghostlustr Feb 06 '25
Honestly, I notice more what others take for granted that I struggle to achieve, which is carefree casual chit-chat. I canāt enjoy conversation because I have to spend the whole time consciously taking in what the person wants me to hear instead of the words and grammar. Not to mention making sure I have the right facial expression and not ālooking weirdā/stimming.
But the flipside of my autistic polyglot savant coin is that I can hear a word once, imitate it exactly, and remember it forever. I can speak in sentences in a new language in a week or two if Iām granted the free time to do so.
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u/Auergrundel Feb 07 '25
same. If only someone would pay me to learn languages... have to toil away at the tax office in a cruel twist of fate
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u/ghostlustr Feb 07 '25
That sounds awful. I donāt know what options you have available, but if you can demonstrate linguistic competence, you could certainly find interpreting work.
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u/Hattori69 Feb 08 '25
Could you elaborate on this? I've been caressing the idea of doing linguistics work without a degree using different resources and platforms. But I wonder if you have any insight to offer... I do have competence and experience but it's something that is not standard.Ā
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u/ghostlustr Feb 08 '25
If you donāt have a degree, you could still become licensed as an interpreter. Iām not licensed as an interpreter, but I am licensed as a bilingual therapist as part of my graduate degree. You could also complete translation work if you prefer written material to speech. If I got to do it over, Iād look into how to become a forensic linguist, analyzing messages and documents.
I hope this helps; also regulations will depend on your location and linguistic competence.
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u/ailuromancin Feb 06 '25
The friends who I used to skip class to smoke weed with in college before I dropped out were a bit taken aback when I made deanās list lol. I also never made any attempt at studying for the SATs but scored higher than my friends who spent months doing study groups
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u/Sigmamale5678 Feb 06 '25
I'm asian and not to downplay but like, isn't SATs extremely easy anyway? Like it is legit middle school stuff I'm my country at least which is NOT china or korea. I'd assume it's higher in those countries. I just don't get the gist of "I got high SATs score". I am asking inquisitively, though, and not to try to one up anyone
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u/ailuromancin Feb 06 '25
Just to clarify a little, the friends in question who I beat out were genuinely very intelligent people who I took honors/AP classes with and have never felt like I need to dumb myself down with in regular conversation, obviously the fact that I did better than them despite never studying indicates that it was pretty easy from my perspective but Iām also biased since Iāve always found standardized tests pretty effortless. For example there was another standardized test we took annually called the NWEA which is administered via computer, the exact same test is used for elementary through high school but the algorithm adjusts the difficulty of the questions based on your correct/incorrect answers as you go along and itās used to measure improvement from year to year. Itās technically not meant for anyone to get a perfect score even by the end of high school (because itās supposed to always leave room for future improvement) but I maxed the verbal portion out as a third grader which was a bit of a shock even to the gifted teacher at my school, most other kids completed the test in a single session but I had to do it across several to get through it all.
But that said, I fully acknowledge that the standardized testing in the countries you mention are very next level compared to in the US, but it comes down more to the pressure from an early age to meet a certain standard rather than fundamental differences in innate intelligence (and from what I understand, also can come at quite a cost from a mental health perspective)
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u/Sigmamale5678 Feb 06 '25
My point is more on how different are our standards and if you were to speak in a gifted group of various groups, it should be a little bit more tangible because imo the US standardized system is very different from the rest of world(China, Japan,Korea,India, probably encompasses almost 40% of the world pop). Most standardized test I've seen are extremely harder than the US, which is not that the rest are hard, it's that the US is extremely easy. That said, it's not that hardness or ease of an exam matters, but using your example of standardized exams can't really express much to other international redditors. I'd just say this bc I'd love to hear your story but it's just kinda bad ref for most of the world imo
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u/ailuromancin Feb 06 '25
Yeah I get where youāre coming from, Iām just mostly talking from an angle of how I end up comparing to other people of the same cultural background/expectations since someone who isnāt on my level of giftedness but has all other factors being equal would have to try pretty hard/study extensively to get the score I did, which I do agree isnāt exactly a ringing endorsement of the American public school system and Iām sure people from places with a much more rigorous school system would have a pretty different experience. But the only kid I knew of personally who got a perfect score was also the only kid at my preschool who was a more advanced reader than me and he ended up at Harvard, so thereās also that.
The test they gave me in elementary school to place me in the gifted program didnāt give a specific IQ score (or maybe it did and I was just never told, idk) but it put me in the 99.99th percentile for the generalized score and even on my āweakerā subsections I didnāt get lower than 99.9th anywhere, but I always hated school and literally slept through class semi-frequently and Iāve had lifelong mental health issues so I donāt think I would have done well in a higher pressure setting even though I could keep up fine as far as the actual learning is concerned, but I also will never know that for sure in this lifetime so whoās to say š I dropped out of college pretty early on after taking a gap year because I didnāt even know if I wanted to get a degree and then realized I was right the first time, in general I think I have very different priorities than the average person but I love learning about all kinds of random subjects in my down time
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u/Sigmamale5678 Feb 07 '25
Interesting, what do you like the most to learn about? I really like to learn about chinese history and about pharmacology. I just wonder because I can't get in touch with an administered iq test too, but it's pretty clear to me that I am considerably gifted because how easy most concept comes to me compared to my classmates, who as of now is studying one of the hardest major in my country. That said, I'm also pretty sure I'm not 99.99th, I'd probably say like 99.6-99.7 at most. I just wonder how many more hobbies do you probably have? I can have only 2 honestly because else I also can't keep up with the complexity too
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u/ailuromancin Feb 07 '25
My biggest interests/hobbies are creatively oriented, in particular Iāve always been a music person and took classical cello and voice lessons when I was younger which is how I became interested in opera (I enjoy most genres tbh but I actually considered going to school to sing opera for a bit in my teens). Iāve been teaching myself guitar for awhile now and have been trying to take it more seriously lately with theory and scales and stuff, Iād love to get to the point where I can improvise freely. I really enjoy writing fiction and poetry, although I havenāt been doing enough of it lately. I do most of the cooking in my household and Iām always trying to perfect dishes and learn new tricks and techniques, growing up I would just sit and read cookbooks cover to cover for hours.
I dabble in pastel drawing and photography as well, I had a phase as a teenager where I was developing black and white film in my bathtub but I havenāt had as much time for that lately, digital photography is much more convenient lol (my dream house would have a designated dark room though for sure). Iām pretty into exercise and nutrition science, the underlying biology is fascinating to me and I figure the healthier I am, the longer I can hopefully live so I have more time to explore all my other interests lol. I do yoga pretty much every night and also enjoy a mix of walking, jogging, and weightlifting for the sake of a balanced routine, itās also just a good way to shut my mind up for awhile.
Research-wise Iām really interested in psychology and philosophy, and I also have some weirder occult interests, in particular traditional (Hellenistic) astrology and Hermetic qabalah which both appeal greatly to my pattern-seeking brain (especially as they relate to each other, thatās where it really gets fun). As a kid whenever I saw bugs or plants that I didnāt recognize I would go home and look them up in these field guides we got from my dadās uncle and Iām still really interested in topics related to the natural world and ecology/biology. I also always end up going down the most random research rabbit holes because my brain just likes to latch onto things and then follow the threads until it wears itself out, but these are the things that have been really consistent throughout my life. Also sorry for the infodump, I get excited š
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u/Sigmamale5678 Feb 07 '25
Not at all info dump! I am interested in more of the research things though. Lately, I've been really, like really interested in chinese history. It's so so so fascinating to me how the chinese did it. The social darwinism was interesting, the fact that China had like giant walls in almost everywhere compared to the European thin walls is fascinating to me. It signifies a huge degree of collaboration that I feel particularly unique. I am also interested in learning physics because honestly the ideas are super cool. I also hope I can have some times to learn more language aside from mandarin and English. I also wanna learn the European languages too, but I kinda lack the interests because I dont feel like I can relate to those in Europe.
Aside from the research interests, I actually don't have much hobby because I never really did instrument as a kid nor do I have the space to store instruments. Actually, I really like to sing; it's the reason why I like to learn languages in the first place. I really like to listen to russian bands(mostly military) such as the Š°Š½ŃŠ°Š¼Š±Š»Ń ŠŠ»ŠµŠŗŃŠ°Š½Š“ŃŠ¾Š²Š° and chinese songs like https://youtu.be/nbP7BqbJzds?si=uxRmKdZlqLCYg5Jy I love those songs, as I feel like I can participate in the culture as a descendant of han chinese. I also used to be obsessed with the Greek and Roman gods but that was like 6-7 years ago, and I think I forgot most of it already.
Edit: I actually forgot to mention my love of horror and lovecraftian horrors + OBSESSION with from software games lore( check bloodborn lore out, it's pretty darn cool!!!)
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u/Hattori69 Feb 08 '25 edited Feb 08 '25
That's usually because outside the US, imo, most people lack nuance when reading English and so they parse everything through allocations and they are not very good at that either: so naturally these exams from India or China are like exams for Latin in the Italian educational system. It's all rote memorization of forms that in practice are either misunderstood ( hence unapproachable) or not well integrated into the usage of the language ( unaccessible); renderingĀ then the exams very difficult and inefficient due to this burning out grinding process of literal memorization. The US, more than the UK, seems much more concerned with performance... That's why they often read so fast!!!Ā
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u/Sigmamale5678 Feb 08 '25
It's only english though, as in other subjects, it's quite literally harder. For example, math in china, though needs practice for speed, also can't be memorized. It needs you uto understand it enough to be able to solve it. Science also needs a huge understanding and memorization of the subject, I'd even argue that the US uses more memorization than China, whose results of academic researches has shown in the critical tech tracker.
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u/Hattori69 Feb 09 '25
Most of that math you see in tests are usually flawed when rigorous proof is applied, the whole thing regarding formulas in calculus tend to be a whole bunch of thumb rules which never explore the extrapolations of the concept of derivatives, for example. If the foundations are like that you can't expect much abstraction in people that follow such rat race, that's why they ( Chinese )fail miserably ( and cheat so much ) at foreign universities.
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u/Sigmamale5678 Feb 09 '25
Wdym misunderstanding??? Have you ever even look these exams up? It's not just simple writing the formulae and paste it there. It needs an understanding and extensive practice of mathematics. Like this https://youtu.be/rqegzK3vgIc?si=t9VB6D-XjShuLbYi can you tell me where the "misunderstanding" is? Also the reason they cheated it probably is because the "foreign" university chinese are more the absolute lowest academical ranks and mostly rich chinese
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u/Hattori69 Feb 09 '25
Your very video proves my point, you can literally memorize the nature of e and logarithmic calculations beyond integers ( Napier's tables are a good device for this) but yet again there is no true deduction and synthesis from this. Even if we talk about an inequality as opposed to an equation, you get to see the problem within a very restricted number of values as the rage is within which the array is set up is very well defined.
This is arithmetical in nature, arithmetics as a system are by definition deterministic: you assume the mere notation (when not dealing with very specific numbers ) implies there is something to solve or a "correct" answer to give when the very statement could be trivial and null, providing proof ( solving) it will require understanding of the mathematical idea, specially when there is no given values like in this example.Ā
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u/Sigmamale5678 Feb 09 '25
Ofc you can if you know the test. The problem lies on the fact that the test is specifically decided to not be memorizable. Ofc you can do that, but how much can do "memorize" until your brain fries? Even a gifted person can't endure without understanding. It's not only this problem, there's also trigonometry, geometry, more number theory, furthermore, English and science and chinese. Each of which, is very difficult comparable to or even harder than this. The amount of info is simply too much to remember without understanding. Also remember that the Napier device can't be brought into the exam room. Lemme ask you how would you memorize every aspect of pi and log with other subjects and more content? Say you need abt 2 days to do this, then you have the calculus and biology works, doing that is very inefficient.
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u/Sigmamale5678 Feb 09 '25
Math doesn't have depth. It is what it is wherever it is. Thus, it can be derived from both lower or higher ends. The lower ends approach is good, yet it will limit our applications of the concept to only a few problems, it could be very deep, but ultimately unfruitful. This is in contrast of the more "no extrapolation" approach, which utilizes a shallower but broader application of the said subject.
Your argument is also flawed because you assume everyone doesn't understand it nor do they care to, which is entirely fault. They do need to understand it because it lowers the load they need to learn. They also don't just write down proof or write down formulae, it's too easy. They require you to understand and apply the concept because it is harder, and make a better test to test the students. Although these rhetoric of chinese needs more rote learning is very widespread in the west, it is not very true when you define what a rote learning and understanding mean between the two people. Rote learning for the west is that they just need to remember formulae and stuff to get great grade. In china, or harder countries, it's impossible to do that because then the test will be too easy. What they mean by rote learning, I'd assume that it is more of doing an algorithm without understanding its proper utilization. That being said, it's still far more understanding than the US understanding because they really need to be able to apply the concept
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u/Hattori69 Feb 09 '25 edited Feb 09 '25
"Math doesn't have depth. It is what it is wherever it is."
Tell that to Godel. Flawed math is what I call engineering math... You can use the notation as a mnemonic to keep calculations within certain boundary but ultimately it turns to be a deterministic affair. Good proof goes beyond that and in time can be applied with models and so on, but you need a good foundation which is what I'm talking about when describing these standardized tests as memorizable data.Ā
Also, you assume too many things. Most people have no abstraction about math, it's a known fact acknowledged by many mathematicians like Godel, Grothendieck, or Lockhart ( mathematician's lament .)Ā
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u/Sigmamale5678 Feb 09 '25
Wdym good foundation? Could you give me an example? Also I think math is mostly deterministic because we aim to the real goal, it's just that it is hard so it is deterministic with approximation feature
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u/Sigmamale5678 Feb 09 '25
Also good proof can't do anything with models. Proof are here to connect everything rigorously, that's it. You don't understand that proofs in of itself it useless. It's very useless because no one would care how the proof comes from, they only care for the result of the proof. Like, the mean-value theorem. You just need to know that there's a value between a and b that produces the (f(a)-f(b))/a-b this is enough to work with. The proof is pretty much useless because it is techniques on how to make this thing rigorous. Rigors of these things are needed only to serve as a foundation for logical consistency, NOT to do anything else
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u/rjwyonch Adult Feb 10 '25 edited Feb 10 '25
Difficulty is related to volume, not just ability. The purpose of the test also matters. My understanding from Asian friends (mostly Chinese) is that the North American tests are relatively āeasyā but thatās because we donāt have large volumes of information to memorize. The Asian tests are more like hurdles, you must do well to reach the next stage. The North American tests have easier portions, because the score is meant to be a general signal of ability - they arenāt pass/fail, a good score can get you into a good school but a mediocre score can be overcome with a good transcript from regular classes.
There are standardized tests that are more for population monitoring than individual performance. There standardized math test in grade 3, 6, 9, the literacy test in grade 10, etc. donāt matter at all for individuals, but they do matter for how postsecondary evaluates graduates of different schools, policy-makers identifying in-need areas, and for school boards to inform them of their relative performance.
The purpose of the test and how meaningful it is to your future both contribute to the Asian tests being āharderā. As a kid, I didnāt even know what day those test would be onā¦ it wasnāt something high pressure and it wasnāt culturally something people were encouraged to study for. If anything, they didnāt want us to study, because that could disrupt the point of the test which was education quality and benchmarking.
So for many people, the first time a standardized test matters at all is the SAT (in Canada, we donāt even do the SAT, thereās no university entrance exam). Whether the test is hard or not almost doesnāt matter, itās the stress of it mattering (itās the only time one exam has that much meaning, at least until later).
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u/Sigmamale5678 Feb 11 '25
I agree. Asian tests are mostly seen as hurdles if anything. I also agree that Asian test needs you to memorize A LOT of info. But I want to also underscore that while you need to memorize, you also need to be able to apply it too. So, I wouldn't think memorizing like this vs the US memorization differs. I think both are quite the same. The difference lies in the sheer volume of what you need to understand and memorize to be able to score better. I agree
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u/rjwyonch Adult Feb 11 '25
Nah, what I mean is, thereās nothing to memorize for any standardized test Iāve written, itās entirely applied, so you donāt have to study unless your skills are behind.
Not saying one is better or worse in terms of quality, but Iāll take the North American tests over the Asian ones. The hurdle aspect makes it stressful, regardless of relative content difficulty
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u/Sigmamale5678 Feb 11 '25
That said, I think it's hard to say which education system is better simply because memorizing informations is information processing. I kinda feel like the more information, the better per education measuring.
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u/Hattori69 Feb 08 '25
That feels like a honor but in retrospect it feels dirty... I often got comments from people saying things within the lines of " if you are so smart why are you here/ why are you an underachiever." I was pretty much against the system I was in; by force of repressing and self deluding I got to a point where my masking was my identity almost 24 /7 and it was burning me out bad.Ā
I now know what can be done and what others achieve fairly or thorough " privilege."Ā So career planning not only have evolved to be something that has to be done constantly throughout your life but also it clarifies how it has to be done.Ā
Being molested might have also had some important effects on my academic development... But that's a quagmire I don't want to get into here. On a funny note I often relate with the character Vanellope von Shweetz: I got my glitch.Ā
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u/MementoMoriendumEsse Feb 06 '25
A brain that knows what others are about to say before they say it (natural pattern recognition).
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u/rice1cake69 Feb 07 '25
I have an idea for a movie about telepathy but it being basically crazy pattern recognition. Even across cultures, languages, nature vs nurture. Thereās always a pattern and nothing is truly ārandomā but you can definitely āforceā randomness to a perceiver
Probably already a movie/story/book
Nothing new under the sun
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u/EhOsGuri69 Feb 06 '25
Yes! I love being like this.
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u/doggo_pupperino Feb 07 '25
I find it super annoying. I have to politely let the other person finish their sentence even when I know the rest of it is irrelevant. I just want a "Skip Dialogue" button IRL.
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u/MementoMoriendumEsse Feb 07 '25
True. I try not to interrupt ppl but I'm pretty sure I have adhd (besides my diagnosed autism lv 1) so whenever I am too engaged in a conversation I do interrupt.
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u/Select_Baseball8461 Feb 06 '25
probably understanding intentions, implications, & the roots of others reasoning
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u/GoDawgs954 Feb 07 '25
Behavioral pattern recognition, I usually know what people are going to do before they do, which makes me a great therapist.
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u/LARRYBREWJITSU Feb 06 '25
quick problem solving. Learning skills fast. like someone else posted, intuitively having a good idea hownsomething is made from looking at it.
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u/UnlikelyMushroom13 Feb 06 '25
Seamlessly switching my thinking hats in and out without even intending to and unconsciously most of the time, seeing the not readily apparent links, lateral thinking, vulgarizing super efficiently, language learning.
Or I might sum it all up as thinking outside the box to both understand and problem solve, and being able to efficiently communicate that process to people of any intelligence level below my own.
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u/AutisticGayBlackJew Feb 07 '25
The one Iām most grateful for is being able understand whatās wrong with something and then fixing it quickly even without the right tools, and along with that goes very good kinaesthetic understanding of my own body to be able to execute the process precisely.Ā
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u/EhOsGuri69 Feb 06 '25
Ability to learn new languages, memory (both photographic and long-term), pattern recognition (especially on a behavioral level) and spatial intelligence/situational awareness.
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u/spectrum144 Feb 06 '25
Psychometric and visual thinking.Ā Ā It's made a huge difference when it comes to repairs on vehicles and other equipment.Ā Everything just kinda makes sense inherently.Ā Ā
Beyond that I'm very very average at most things.Ā Ā
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u/rhubbarbidoo Feb 07 '25
Isn't psychometric the part of Psychology [as a Science] that tries to assess/measure psychological ability?
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u/spectrum144 Feb 07 '25
Something like that.Ā Ā It's how much you can think/visualize simultaneously in a specific amount of time..
It's hell if you have ptsd
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u/Spute2008 Feb 06 '25
I am regularly told I have really adept social skills, social confidence, in public speaking type activities, MC-ing events, being in (in front of) a group of strangers with no apparent fear, and being able to hold attention or have influence on them, fairly quickly.
Plus I guess I'm quite good at reading people in terms of how they like to interact, and can adjust my style and approach to make others relax and be comfortable quickly.
In told I use humour well to also help relax others.
And I'm not really conscious of these things.
I chalk it up to my parents mostly but older siblings too, who are all that way too but each in our own unique way with slightly varying abilities. So I didn't know it was uncommon until people and employers (and customers and colleagues) started saying stuff.
I wish I could bottle it and sell it.
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u/Xemptuous Feb 06 '25
Memorizing music. What will take most people weeks or months I can memorize in a day. Never knew it was a gift until I went to school and saw people struggle. Sometimes I find myself wondering "How do you not have it memorized yet?" But then I remind myself that not everybody can do that as fast.
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u/YamAdditional9808 Feb 06 '25
Almost instantly distinguishing subtext in media/news/text (through language and pattern recognition). I can swiftly feel out political, cultural or other nuanced sub-information (like subjective vs objective value).
Used to be a fun sport, useful when learning about and understanding cultural context in shows I watched through deduction. Nowadays I feel more like a shitometer for news and content, scanning for authenticity. I didn't know this was abnormal for sure, until the last few years and social media hit.
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u/Ancient_Researcher_6 Feb 07 '25
I'm kind of like that too, I've always considered it my 'bullshit sense'
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u/DragonBadgerBearMole Feb 06 '25
An instinct for irony, I think, and a font of luck that almost defies explanation.
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u/NoIntroduction5343 Feb 07 '25
The ability to understand things very quickly based on rational connections in pre-existing mental structures. I often feel less intelligent than my peers or that Iām āslow,ā but then I hear my friends or my peers ask questions about what i perceive to be basic information, or express confusion on basic pieces of what we are doing. Iāve only started realizing this since Iāve started going back to school, beforehand I always thought everyone was smarter than me and people were just being nice when they complimented me.
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u/Tempus__Fuggit Feb 06 '25
I follow a bunch of interconnected calendar systems. It seems difficult for people to change calendars.
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u/shannonsurprise Feb 06 '25
Spelling; Iāve always been a great speller and Iām amazed at how many people arenāt.
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u/New-Communication637 Feb 07 '25 edited Feb 07 '25
To know that I donāt know everything and to be cautious when it comes to both making decisions and drawing conclusions. I find that more than most if not all of my peers, from what is observable on the surface at least, that I am constantly shifting my perspective in things no matter how āpersonal,ā those beliefs may be. I am constantly oscillating in-between multiple paradigms, both old and new, I have found myself reading, practicing, and integrating select elements of Buddhism, Atheism, Agnosticism, Christianity, Hinduism, etc. this also goes for Politics and Philosophies and just about everything in my life; especially my own experience with my personal life and the observations I have developed from those experiences. I have never identified with any of it, I consider myself more of a wandering pilgrim, my home is not safely nestled in some ideology, only things I have determined to be universal laws and principles; using principles from things such as loving all things, maintaining and expanding my openness to experience, being as genuine at all times, always telling the truth, and never identifying with labels, ideologies, race, or where I was born etc.
Suffice to say I have always been growing and changing, constantly and forever adapting to my environment, experience, and data. Most of my beliefs and behaviors have changed drastically over the years and I believe they will continue to do so till the day that I die. The only things that remain constant about me are the beliefs and behaviors that have proven to work 100% of the time while also holding and providing me with a deep sense of meaning and purpose. Itās a shame to see so many people never change much due to traumas or intellectual shortcoming etc. I wish everyone was able to grow and heal and change at the rate I have. It breaks my heart that some never change much at all and ultimately die with a life littered with regret.
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u/saurusautismsoor Grad/professional student Feb 07 '25
Highly interested in topics that bore most people
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u/Unlikely-Trifle3125 Feb 07 '25
The confidence to figure it out. Iāve never doubted myself alone. The doubt comes in when other people are around, putting their two cents in.
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u/Smooth_Sundae14 Curious person here to learn Feb 07 '25
The ability to recall multiple information after reading the materials a few times it has greatly helped me when it came to test that I wasnāt able to prepare for in advance.
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u/Gold_Introduction614 Feb 07 '25
This has been a game changer for me at work by learning what my best skills are. Itās easier for me to grasp complex concepts and correlate them with unusual stuff to create innovative ways of solving problems. I also have ease to QA issues and find problems others donāt. And one of the best things I guess is documenting/ writing everything that I do in a way people can visualize and easily understand the logics / complexities about specific projects. And all of this is hyper focus to me ā¤ļø
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u/Idea_On_Fire Adult Feb 07 '25
My intellectual pace is quite fast. I think fast, speak fast, and move quickly through problems.
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u/b673891 Feb 08 '25
My brain is able to skim any document very quickly and decipher what is relevant and what is superfluous then summarize the key points in my own words. My reading comprehension skills, that is to read with understanding and insight, are advanced as well.
One thing people have noticed about me is my ability to make decisive decisions very quickly just using my previous experiences and knowledge. They are often unsure about my decisions and whether or not Iāve thought it through enough but they are always shocked that I made a reasonable choice. I am not sure what youād call that, probably pattern recognition? Itās a rapid process where I draw on previous experiences and connect them together to relate to the new stimulus.
I had no idea these were odd things until I was an adult. I definitely take it for granted.
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u/senorjah Feb 08 '25
Being able to see the center rather than leaning far left or far right. It seems hard for the average person to not just pick a side. There are good and bad policies on both sides when you relate them to real world issues that effect the average middle class person. Both sides care little for the lower class and enrich the upper class. Systemic social issues now seem to have more to do with appearance and identity than class but most people would not sit in the middle of the divide and have an us vs them mentality.
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u/upsetusder2 Feb 08 '25
Good Grades never studied in my life for them. And then I see others studying and still not getting good Grades. It makes me feel bad
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u/RedEyesDumbassBitch Feb 09 '25
Analyzing things, social context, politics, movies, etc. I follow a YouTuber that analyzes movies and I like listening to his pov, I like how he puts it all in words and ofc sometimes he makes observations I didn't, I watch mostly videos about movies I haven't seen tho and when I look at the comments ppl usually say how amazed they are at him analyzing anything and saying things like "he could make an analyzing out of Peppa Pig if he wanted to", well yeah, nothing is just "what it is"
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u/praxis22 Adult Feb 12 '25
The ability to learn, read fast, intuit, what an old boss called "voodoo sysadmin" but mostly that I can do "hard things" Primarily I think because of alexithymia, I don't feel the fear, "when you get rid of anger you get rid of fear" I don't feel period. I can force myself to do things by force of will even when I can feel my body resist. (a new discovery) also that I am a different person depending on who I talk to. AI has been a revelation that way.
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u/praxis22 Adult Feb 13 '25
I have intellectual versions of empathy, responsibility, fairness, etc. I do feel love however.
I forced myself to go out and walk for an hour every morning then lifted weights in front of the TV when I was doing chemo. I walked there and back everytime. High pain threshold.
I saw one woman on YouTube who explained it once I read about it in a dossier prepared by someone else's AI.
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u/Daaaaaaaark Feb 06 '25
Having an unemotional/rational mind every second of every day
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u/redstal Teen Feb 06 '25
Not sure thats a flex bro
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u/WeebR3axt Feb 06 '25
for some people it is because it makes them perfect machines
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u/Chordus Feb 07 '25
If the person "flexing" isn't impressing anybody else, it's not a flex.
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u/WeebR3axt Feb 07 '25
some people wish they could be emotionless machine but tbh they only idealize that and if they were living like that most would go back to feeling something
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u/Sorry-Reception3184 Feb 06 '25
Can pretty much imitate any accent from Any region or language once I've heard it.