Invisible wrote:
> My hypothesis: I'm actually not very intelligent at all.

That would be incorrect.  Many intelligent people don't see how stupid most 
people are.

> Basically I'm the sort of sad loser who will spend 4 hours trying to 
> work out something, when normal people would give up and go do something 
> productive. 

You mean, they'd give up because they can't do it, and go off and do 
something they're not too stupid to do.

> while any healthy individual would go find something more entertaining.

Nonsense. You were entertaining yourself, which is more than what most 
people are capable of.

> In a directly related mannar, I'm beginning to realise that I'm not 
> actually very good at playing music either. 

Condoleezza Rice was recently on an interview I saw. She said she wanted to 
play the concert piano when she was young. When she was 15 or so, she went 
somewhere and saw 8-year-olds sight-reading music and playing it better than 
she could after months of practice. So she figured she'd need a different 
career.

I don't think she made a bad choice.

If you enjoy it, then you're good enough at it. I played music for years in 
school, and I hated it. Be happy you've found something you can enjoy 
practicing even if you aren't a natural at it.

> haven't mastered it yet.

So? :-)

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Insanity is a small city on the western
   border of the State of Mind.

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