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Why was Stanley so smart?

posted a year ago by TheMan18 (12520)
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Seriously, even for a clever kid his age, how did he know obscure paintings and literature and was even able to sing a song in French with correct pronunciation and right lyrics?

Was he a born wizard, wunderkid or Indigo child?

Also. How come he was able to answer questions correctly on that kid game show that the presenter started with like 3 or 4 WORDS (how was he even able to correctly even predict the QUESTION without hearing it first?), and wouldn't it be grounds to suspect of cheating or implausibly knowing such answers in advance like say in the 2008 "Slumdog Millionaire" movie? (Even if as a kid they say couldn't punish him like they did with that young adult contestant Jamal Malik there.)

Even if he spent most of his life studying and reading books, his level of intelligence was almost that of that boy in "The Shining" (1980) if not more so.

(And yet he peed himself and gave up and had no idea about "endorsements" and benefits of having a personal agent, lol. But no one is perfect I suppose so hey...)

What do you think, thanks. 😀✅

[–] TheMan18 (12520) a year ago

Also, was it ultimately MORE than just him peeing himself that caused him to give up on that show and not participate and refuse to correctly answer anymore questions?

And how come his two co-contestants were not only not even remotely up to his level of intelligence, but knew practically nothing overall and could not answer ANY question on that show themselves and practically just sat there in embarrassing silence?

And if they themselves were not at all "smart kids", then how and why did they even get invited on that show, family connections or there friend Stanley somehow managing to do a friendly favour for them?

[–] TheMan18 (12520) a year ago

If Stanley also himself had a problem (and possibly before for quiet some time him pissing himself in that show) with him being the smartest and having to do everything himself, then why couldn't he say in advance try and get his dad or people on that show to recruit kids of similar intelligence and abilities to himself so that it will be an almost equal team effort for him that is also more emotionally satisfactory?