I got a fancy reputation. During high school, every puzzle that was known to man must have come to me. Every damn, crazy conundrum that people had invented, I knew.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What seems like a crazy idea today eventually grows. It's a 'with hindsight' thing. One day, someone will turn around and say, 'That was genius.'
I always knew that there was something that made me different, and by the time I was in high school, I understood what it was.
I had a reputation in high school for making trouble.
I won some genetic lottery. I always happened to be strangely good at mathematics in my head. I just popped out weird.
I decided to be an inventor when I was five. My parents had given me a few various enrichment toys like erector sets, and for some reason I had the idea that if I put things together just the right way, I could create the intended effect.
I was always good at math and science, and I never realized that that was unusual or somehow undesirable.
I get intrigued by a puzzle, and writing a book is the best way to solve it.
In some parts of life, like mathematics and science, yeah, I was a genius. I would top all the top scores you could ever measure it by.
I realized that lab research was the perfect path for me. It allowed me to spend every day figuring out mysteries/puzzles that have to do with what make us alive. What could be a bigger mystery or puzzle?
I guess that's just the life of an inventor: what people do with your ideas takes you totally by surprise.