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You seem to be a very bright young man.   You scored lower in mathmatical abilities but did well with verbal-linguistic fields.  You seem like myself in that regard.  I have always been a creative person and was an art major in college.  Artistic self-expression comes relatively easy for me.  it's just the way my mind works.  But, put me in a position where I have to deal with mathmatical concepts and I am an idiot. 

  By contrast, my older brother is extremely gifted in math, he took accelerated math classes in highschool, was an accounting major in college, became a CPA, etc.  He can do algebra in his head and I can't even do it on paper.

 But in a general sense he is not significantly any more intelligent than myself.  We are just gifted in different areas.

 Just make the most of your abilities; depending upon the area of expertise you will always be better than some and worse than others.  Don't worry about whether you'll be accepted into Mensa or if you are a modern day Einstein.

That's very interesting. If you're 16, that means you still live with your parents, I presume? Do they know you are an atheist? I ask because I was born into an atheistic Jewish family, and we didn't know many Orthodox Jews.

I agree with them, and I chose to be rational over faith. 

Welcome to the forum!

There are different kinds of giftedness, not just math and logic based. There is physical giftedness, visual, aural, interpersonal, etc. The idea that there is only one kind of intelligence has pretty much become passe. Find a good book on giftedness, or better yet find a professional who deals specifically with giftedness. If you're bored in school, that's a major sign.

From your brief description, I would not be surprised if you have a giftedness with language. But I'm not a professional, so don't take my word for it. Even if you're not 'officially' gifted, whatever that is, you may be borderline, aka bright, and encounter a lot of the same problems. Don't worry so much about labels. Learn as much as you can about it.

nothing says you cant be stupid and gifted >.>

idiot savant for example

I hope that didnt dash to many self-esteem walls

Not exactly. Actually, it was around my adolescence that I started participating in discussions on religion and politics. I was constantly praised for my intellect at the time(perhaps in part because I constantly asked questions that people couldn't answer, and to another part that I was very good at getting a grip on something once I'd learned it). It took me a couple of years of adulthood to destroy the ego that was built as a result of so many compliments(ie: everyone is stupid, except me), once it became clear to me that I didn't know everything, or anything, better than a random other person. I had to normalize myself, if that's a word, before I could appreciate my own intellect compared to others. I ended up accepting that everyone is different to a point that noone can truly appreciate. I am by no means a great scientist, but I have never met or even heard of someone who can read faster and more comprehensively than myself. It occurred to me that everyone had their own strengths and weaknesses which may make them appear smart or stupid under certain circumstances, when such was not the case on average.

I don't know if this will help or confuse you. > >

You are still indoctrinated into theistic use of language. "Gifted" is a mythological word to explain away your genetic luck(randomness)

People are good at some things and not so good at others. Do not mesure yourself by what you cant do, there is pleanty you cant do. Mesure yourself by what you can do, and it is not a gift, it is simply what you have adapted to.

The bullshit remark I get from well off people is, " If you are so smart, why arnt you rich"(a point Bob Spence, fourm member pointed out to me)

I know poor people who can rebuild car engine and rich people who cant change their oil. Being able to do, or not being able to do, certain things doesn't make you a retard anymore than it makes you gifted. "Gifted" is a theistic word whereas rationalists would simply call it "lucky" or " random.

Your style of writing puts you ahead of most humans on this planet as far as education, but that wont mean that you wont die from a desease or you wont get hit by a bus tommorow, or that you wont win the lottery tommorow.

You are focusing on your hits and ignoring the misses. OF COURSE there will be people smarter than you, not only in your field, but outside that field as well,

My assesment is that if you can articulate like you have, even if you never get past minimum wage where you live, you are still doing better than most of the world's population that is uneducated and lives in poverty. Consider yourself lucky to have what you have.