good point rob,
when i won the qld state maths contest in grade 6 (competing against kids in grade 7 mainly), i got hauled up at assembley and lauded as a child genius.
all my life, people having a crack at me for anything to do with intelligence has just been water off a ducks back.
its simply never fired me up.
i suppose it would be like someone telling megan gale she's ugly or telling steve jobs he doesnt have an imagination

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it really is great to live with self confidence.
i suppose its a problem that sometimes one is therefore seen as arrogant, but arrogance is often the partner of excellence.
its how i know the lefties in the labor party just arent that smart. they fire up SO quick if someone calls them dumb. paradoxically, this only makes them seem dumber

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i apologise for my spelling and grammar, english bored the sh*t out of me at school and i felt it was a complete and utter waste of time. sort of like a fish being asked to study water