I think that I'm actually not very smart at all - I feel dumber than "average" - yet somehow most other people are even dumber.
(My worst nightmare was where I was *significantly* more intelligent than I am while awake, in ways that I now find difficult to describe but subjectively remember. I could, for example, acquire fluency in a new language by staying up all night, and in the dream, I could tell you how I was doing this and what it felt like at every intermediate stage. I thought more quickly, more effectively, more *interestingly*, more **beautifully**. Then I woke up and was stupid again. I cried for hours. I'm still haunted by it.)
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I think that I'm actually not very smart at all - I feel dumber than "average" - yet somehow most other people are even dumber.
(My worst nightmare was where I was *significantly* more intelligent than I am while awake, in ways that I now find difficult to describe but subjectively remember. I could, for example, acquire fluency in a new language by staying up all night, and in the dream, I could tell you how I was doing this and what it felt like at every intermediate stage. I thought more quickly, more effectively, more *interestingly*, more **beautifully**. Then I woke up and was stupid again. I cried for hours. I'm still haunted by it.)