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[MCU] What exactly did Rocket mean when he said Tony is only a genius on earth?

From what I've seen, the average alien isn't much smarter than the average human, they just have access to better tech.


Tony would be firmly above average regardless of what planet he's on, imo.
gpt
Across all the MCU, we’ve see dozens if not hundreds of species that have galaxy spanning, space faring societies with FTL travel and incredibly advanced tech. Tech like an arc reactor, AI, mech suits, etc are probably common place. 

To Rocket, all of Tony’s inventions that make him a genius are regular bits of kit he’s used plenty of times before. Plus he’s shit talking as he commonly does.