“Feynman Was My Father [On IQ]”, 2024-02-17 ():
Feynman was my [Carl Feynman] father.
Once when I was in about second grade I said something like “The other kids in my class are like me except I’m smarter than them.” He sharply retorted “Don’t ever talk like that.”
The lesson I took from that is that I could think it but not say it.