[Sean Conolly]

"William Sommerwerck" wrote in message
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snipping an interesting story worth reading for those inclined

Thanks for posting that - I enjoyed that.



For the detractors - here's something to consider. When your IQ is well into
the top 1% of the population, and you spend your life studying, researching
and, well, proving to yourself what is what you will end up in a position
where you ARE usually right, or find the answer first, or are closer than
anyone else around you. Even when you're not right it's usually because you
didn't entirely understand the question or problem, or you're working with
'accepted' data which turns out to be wrong (which is why you tend to
question everything).



I'm close to that level myself, close enough to make a nice living as the
go-to guy for all the really hard problems. I've had the privilege a working
with a few of those guys over the years - they can be difficult to
understand and can almost sound like an idiot or a lunatic until you can get
far enough in to understand what they're saying. And despite the personality
issues that most of them had I was very glad to have a chance to work with
them and learn from them.



Moral of the story is: don't worry about it :-)



Sean