When did you realize you're smarter than, on par with or below other people in intelligence?

[Telekinetic-Potato]

One day I kinda just noticed people talk about stuff, having no idea what they're talking about and then I thought about how hard it was for me to learn about the topic in question and then I thought about all the times in class they were wrong about the types of things you would need to be good at in order to know the information they claimed to know... And I tried to help them save face by subtly pointing it out to them only they thought the two things were completely unrelated and tried to use it to embarrass me... And I feel like that was around when I realized what being smart actually means.

[Anonymous]

I started feeling like a lot of people were dumb. I didn’t know if I was delusional and the actual stupid one or if a lot of people are in fact stupid (at least compared to me). An iq test confirmed I’m pretty smart, well above average, so then it made sense that a lot of people felt dumb to me.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

I feel like thinking you're stupid is part of the smart people rite of passage 😂

[slatyb]

I was a mathematical prodigy, algebra at 8, calculus at 11, all on my own. Growing up I was almost always the smartest person in the room, and basically thought I was the smartest person in the world. When I went to Uni I was still the most talented math major in my class but there was a woman who was nearly my equal. But in the wide world there are thousands of people smarter than me. They are still fairly rare, but in high tech I have met a few.

[DryGermanGuy]

In primary school. Not only could I read and write earlier than the others, but because of my reading material. I read Germany‘s most important political magazine, when the others were (virtually) still at stories about why the little bear stole the honeypot. I think once my parents were summoned because I showed around an article about the American mafia, including pictures of the murdered Paul Castellano.

[Razp_Sorbet]

When I was 14 and had to explain to my friend that 1. You can use a tampon if you're a virgin and 2. You can pee with it in because it goes in a different hole.

[strateguy632]

Not until i was 3. Other boys ran and yelled like animals i was the only homo sapiens male.

[ABC1x1x]

In 5th grade when I tested 142 IQ and I just stopped going to school. It was all bullshit. Everything is bullshit.

[OlderAndWiser]

When I started school, I was in a first grade class for only two weeks before I was promoted to second grade. I knew something was happening.

[NathanDavis]

on my first day at day-care... around four years old

[queenofcardio]

I feel on par with my peers

[Raydergman26]

When is learned think before you speak