I feel like I’m missing something, forgive me.

I’ve read your entire thread, and I don’t mean this negatively… but I can’t tell if you’re larping.

Take this example: “[They learn] piano as easily as molecular engineering”

Pretty much anyone with a career will have one or more other interests, like playing an instrument. And yes, at elite levels. Or sports, I know multiple olympians… but like… they’re quite normal. It’s obviously impressive, sure, but… what you’re saying doesn’t reflect my experience so I feel like I’m missing something!

I have never met any ivy league elite, actor, scientist, musician or anyone else that felt like they were super human.

The only ones who felt unworldly were billionaires because they could hire so many people to work on their projects in parallel.

I didn’t say they were super human. Nothing human, is super human. They, themselves, most of all, see nothing abnormal in their abilities. I said they are different. They think differently. They learn differently.

Maybe an illustration with the benefit of hindsight. There were many renaissance men and women, but Leonardo was a bit different. That takes nothing away from anyone else, but the works of Leonardo are a bit different.

So what I’m saying, is that at MIT, most people are not Leonardo. But when you come across one, you know. Whether they make history with their gifts, is up to their own inclination.

This doesn’t mean everyone else at elite schools are any less special. But it does mean those individuals are operating at a level that many of us just don’t.