The Eureka disentanglement puzzle

Not sure, but I think I was smart enough to solve that without watching the video.
On the other hand, I watched it to the end anyway and of course, now I am smart enough to solve the puzzle.
Am I smarter for watching the solution, or would I be smarter for figuring it out? AAARGHH!!111

All I know is the stress-free version is to watch the video. Heck, now I don’t even have to go out and buy the puzzle.
Also, if anyone hands me that puzzle in the future, I can crack it right away and be thought a genius (which I am anyway ;P.

Is that cheating? I learnt something in a couple of minutes, what someone might take hours to do.
Maybe I AM smarter. Aah, jeez I dunno…