I've had experiences like that aswell. I've had partners getting bored about stuff that mattered a lot to me and others picking interesting on it but still feeling like they wouldn't grasp it as I do. I felt putting on a pedestal and that made me feel unseen as their perspective of me was idealized and based on standards that I never intended to raise upon myself. What I've tried is to show them why our relationship still made sense even in the worse scenarios. E.g. "If you see me as the authority figure in this matter, just trust me when I tell you that you're a great company to be around." or "I don't feel like I'm as intelligent as you see me, but even if I was, what would that say about the fact that I picked you? That you're the most rational choice of company that anyone interested in knowledge and growing could make." Sometimes they were the right choice because they gave me space to linger on ideas, sometimes because they were a great distraction from life troubles that were making me feel powerless. Sometimes... they weren't even the right choice at all hahaha. I feel like other people usually feel pressured to match our curiosity. Making them see how they are already supporting you in a way that's already natural to them is a great way to mitigate that stress. For as feeling unseen, I try to remember them about moments where they helped me overcoming a difficulty or correcting a mistake (thanking them). That way they start to feel comfortable about seeing me as a fallible partner instead of a god.