Glad to hear it! But I think a little compassion is due here to the very common experience in this community of not being confident about one’s own intellect or abilities, or among people who are confident about themselves, very much not being confident that they will be perceived as capable and taken seriously by their peers.
It wasn’t intended as snide. I think it’s probably just hard to convey tone and emotions over text, especially in a heated conversation.
Sorry if it came across that way. I should definitely try to err more on the side of speaking extra nicely when commenting on the forum, to make up for all of the psychological forces pushing against it being interpreted that way.
Glad to hear it! But I think a little compassion is due here to the very common experience in this community of not being confident about one’s own intellect or abilities, or among people who are confident about themselves, very much not being confident that they will be perceived as capable and taken seriously by their peers.
But they are not talking about you or perceiving you as less intelligent.
They are talking about averages.
Just because you feel like people are talking about you does not mean that they are.
This feels unnecessary. This topic is hard enough without snideness.
It wasn’t intended as snide. I think it’s probably just hard to convey tone and emotions over text, especially in a heated conversation.
Sorry if it came across that way. I should definitely try to err more on the side of speaking extra nicely when commenting on the forum, to make up for all of the psychological forces pushing against it being interpreted that way.