[aurareturn]

>Some people are indeed much better.

At what? I consider myself a quick thinker and generally high IQ. But my sister has a way of connecting with children that I will never be able to replicate.

So who is "much better"? And at what?

[mewpmewp2]

You just said it yourself, you are much better at abstract thinking, while your sister is much better at connecting with children.

[bbor]

High IQ. I don’t believe in IQ but the commenters above are discussing inherent talents that our society chooses to reward.

Ps, I personally don’t find “I’m smarter than you but at least you can do X” to be a super comforting thing. I’m sure that comment makes sense in your context with your sister, but I definitely bristle whenever I read it. Smacks of prideful engineers & scientists trying to appear nice while still affirming their base insecurities about being superior to others.

But maybe all that’s just pedantic

[aurareturn]

  but I definitely bristle whenever I read it. Smacks of prideful engineers & scientists trying to appear nice while still affirming their base insecurities about being superior to others.

Growing up, my sister had better grades than me and was tutoring me in math.

  inherent talents that our society chooses to reward

Society doesn't work if we can't raise children.

[collingreen]

I think the comment you're replying to has the same sentiment, ie who is to say what "talent" is better than any other