Meta powers are certainly unique, and Trump's Meta, or Musk's Meta, aren't mine. I'm a Renaissance Myn-style Meta, maybe the only one in the world. Back when I was a young man, I received some notoriety for my abilities but it was before all the accomplishments, I was just a potential Renaissance Myn. I was surprised & disappointed that when I finally achieved Mynhood, that nobody gave a shit. I thought it was because I was "old," but it turned out to be the egalitarian times we live in, and the Identity Politics that demonizes and diminishes the achievements of old White males, combined with the Internet's ability to make everyone think they know everything. (Though "knowing" things is only a tiny part of Mynhood - it's doing things.)Hanarchy Montanarchy wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:30 pmYou might have, but imagine: there may be metas you have encountered, but their lack of fame makes it easy to dismiss them. Your meta abilities might not make you the absolute best judge of character.Martin Hash wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:20 pmNot being famous doesn’t mean absolute obscurity. I’ve been tiny semi-famous (mentioned in 5 magazines in a single month, offered free blowjobs by attractive women, given my autograph). I’ve discovered the other 18 people who have the doctorate trifecta; I’ve looked up other multiple license-holders; I’ve done the Hollywood thing and been to Cannes; I’m part of the 100+ countries visited cadre; if there were budding unknown Metas out there, I’d have caught a glimpse.
They would seem mildly interesting, but not Meta, because what ever the Meta ability that attends fame acts as a dampening field around incredible people who aren't famous. There are superbly talented people that live and die in obscurity every day because peoples' cognitive space is filled to capacity with charm.
If it is any consolation, if 'Meta' is a thing, you probably are one. But... you will never be as famous as a Charm-Meta...
Too honest.
One of the reasons I support this forum is it was here that those realizations came, and I could talk about it with someone, even if two-thirds of the time I was being ridiculed. DB, specifically, identified the Google aspect of the problem; but just having a place to post my discoveries, like finding out the importance of fame, and my quest to achieve it, also have a lot of value. For example, I use the 90-9-1 argument all the time now to describe the situation that I must overcome.