Hello.

I mentioned in a recent post to you that there are more important things than intelligence. I'm fairly certain that you don't believe it, but it is true.

I am being tested in January. They'll discover that I am on the autism spectrum as well.

Again, an obvious and overzealous jealousy toward intelligence. I too am a certified genius. Full academic scholarship to Philips Exeter *look that one up and be amazed* Although I didn't make it to college till I was sixteen. *hangs head in shame*

Full stop. Look, as BuildABridge correctly points out, people can say anything on the internet. Including me - so don't take what I say at face value, think about it and if it makes sense - then believe it.

I have made significant contributions in a number of fields as well, including but not limited to hydroponics, optics, encryption, and heck, I just realized how long this list is going to get so let me stop right there. My point is, I am not hated in any of those fields. It's about understanding people and how they operate - and not talking down to them. And you know why I don't talk down to them? Because I'm not better than them. I may be smarter, but I sure as **** aren'y better. Sort of like this person may be skinnier than me but they aren't better.

What is it that ever single person in the world wants? It isn't money; it isn't sex; it isn't intelligence. Think about it - what it is that you want more than anything in the world? If people are honest, they'll realize that the one thing they want more than anything in the world is to be happy. Now it is true that some people think that a billion dollars, or irresistible sex appeal, or another hundred IQ points will give them happiness, but that's what their after. It's what your friend is after too, but for all her intelligence, she's not smart enough to figure out how to be happy.

People can feel inferior all by themselves; secure people don't allow some pompous *** to bring those feelings out in themselves - and no one MAKES you feel anything.

Unless every single one of those companies folded up and went bankrupt after she left, she was not indispensable.

You teach people from where they are, not where you want them to be. I've taught as well. It's imminently more satisfying to find a way to bridge the gap between one hundred IQ points than it is to teach someone who is sufficiently intelligent to have taught themselves out of the textbook. It sounds much more likely that she is unbearably intolerant.

We've spoken in the spirituality forum before. What I didn't say there that I'll say here is that my spiritual beliefs have borrowed from many traditions. Among the more heavily borrowed from are Buddhism, Taoism, Huna, and psychology. In fact, when I'm forced to check a box, I check Buddhist. So let me give you a line from another pretty intelligent guy - the Buddha.

One might argue about whether or not she chose the right time, and we'll assume that she is always right and give her 'truth'. Can even she make the argument that what she says is spoken affectionately, or that it is beneficial, or with a mind of good will? And let me suggest that true or not, it is not beneficial if the person can't hear you - even if it is through a fault of their own.

There is nothing in your description of her that speaks of spiritual enlightenment. You'd be surprised at the folks I met in thirty-seven years of practicing Buddhism and they all have certain qualities in common. She's missing all of them.

It is mildly entertaining to hear her talk about ego, and immeasurably sad.

You are entitled to your own definition of perfect, but objectively, this isn't it.

What on earth is the point of writing the most perfect book ever if no one reads it? What if you wrote a book that explained perfectly how everyone who read your book could achieve everlasting happiness - but no one could understand it? A book is worthless if it can't connect with the reader.

I encourage you to write.

Take a look at this person's shortcomings.

There are two ways to lift oneself. One is by stepping on others. Lifting oneself at the expense of others is not greatness.