Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27872929-20161115044535/@comment-61022-20161216200030

How is it impossible to conceive that someone younger can be smarter and more adept at something than someone twice their age?

Stark pioneered the technology, Riri lives in a world where it's actually being applied in her world. She has the benefit of not having to spend decades in R&D literally inventing new science and innovation to learn the exact skills that Stark has and, quite possibly, improve on it.

If you want a real world example, take a look in the mirror. You're a product of a more technological age. You didn't invent the technology, but you can probably use it better or even alter it in ways someone twice your age couldn't manage.

Now, take that very basic concept and keep in mind that the majority of information on how that technology was made and how it works is available and you can learn how to create your own with the right amount of study and resources.

We are also living in a world where young people are being taught more and more complex things. When I was in high school I was doing math that my uncle just briefly learned about in university.

Also we live in a day and age where some young people have a high aptitude and are highly intelligent.

Take Eugenie de Silva, he graduated from Harvard at the age of 16 http://www2.le.ac.uk/news/blog/2015-archive-1/january/student-becomes-youngest-to-graduate-from-harvard

Michael Kearny graduated from the University of South Alabama at age 10 https://www.reference.com/education/youngest-person-graduate-college-b64a5e30968ef52

Hey here's even a nice list of young people who completed university at young ages: http://www.gradschoolhub.com/10-youngest-people-ever-to-achieve-a-doctorate-degree/

So the idea that Riri Williams could be an inventor of equal to or greater skill than Tony Stark is not impossible in a real world application.

Also, Tony Stark had to start somewhere, he was a brilliant young inventor himself. If you bothered to invest anytime in his past history you'd know he had been inventing things since he was a child. On top of that a lot of his education and skill application was thanks in part to the inventions his father made.

So how is it so impossible that Riri Williams could not achieve the same level of aptitude?

By your incredibly ridged criticism, Tony Stark could be considered a Mary Sue as well.