A big part of growing up is finding yourself at the age and of people like leaders and experts and decisions makers, realizing you’re the age your parents were when you were born, and that the people you always thought had the answers… were people like you and just winging it too or doing their best or copying the example set to them by the people before on how to do things. But- nothing about a degree says you are “smart,” it says you stuck through to the end and did what was asked. That’s it. More over, you don’t have to be “smart” to be “good.” I’ve known people that engineered space craft and all manner of complex machines that fly or build things or save lives, take lives, or go under water etc. People who ran companies or organizations where billions of dollars were in their hands and all sorts of folks with these high stakes situations and…. A good deal of them if you met or got to know you might call them dumb in their ways.
Which is a bit of the point. You don’t need to be able to find Canada on a map to be able to diagnose a patient. I knew a bio engineer who couldn’t spell for crap let along complete a proper sentence (English was their only language..) and constantly didn’t know BASIC things a grade schooler would know. But- what part of that applies to being able to do the job? That’s the thing- especially as knowledge or skills become specialized- there are engineers who’s one job is to design and spec screws. They don’t need anything in their head to do that well except the knowledge concerning screws and what makes them suitable for something. What does a doctor do on an average day? The body is complex, but at the same time- the majority of patients going to the doctor are there for “menu item” stuff. The average GP doesn’t need to be the TV doctor “House,” as long as they can do the job they can be dumb.
not wisdom.
pffft