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Originally Posted by cdcox
Truthfully, I don't hold a candle to DanT in mathematical ability and I'm pretty sure that DaKCMan AP and ENDelt made it through engineering school easier than I did. A lot of what modest success I have achieved are just through taking an intense interest in a narrow area and work at it harder than most people are willing to. And as you mention there are certainly different kinds of intelligence. My verbal skills are just so-so, frankly because I just don't find literature that interesting. I agree with you that there are a bunch of diverse intelligent people on the board that makes this place interesting.
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There are different kinds of intelligence, but you can definitely hold your own with me, cdcox. I'm just a junior faculty member trying to get where you've already gotten as a professor.
The Planet has all kinds of super smart folks on it.