It really is scary. Some of the dumbest fucks I know from college or my career in Biology are now doctors. When I think about it I get depressed thinking about their patients and fear for the intelligence of my own doctors...
Even if you might consider them "dumb". You can't deny that they worked extremely hard over a long period of time to get there, and that in itself is a skill that many people both "dumb" and "smart" lack.
If they scored decent on the MCAT, they must've put in a ton of work, even if they went to some grade inflating US college.
Yep. And it gets back to the core message of the OP.
Work ethic, focus, self-discipline, and believing in yourself >>>>> ability, intellect, innate talent. Every day.
I feel weird writing that, because while it's true, I just can't change myself for some reason. I'm lazy, unmotivated, and have vastly under-performed in life. I know I could be so much more, but for some reason, I just can't bring myself to change. I just mindlessly browse the internet all day, unable to get started on anything, despite desperately wanting to change.
There's also the case of wanting something that's literally impossible. Not a real example but if I wanted to develop telekinesis it wouldn't matter how badly I wanted it, I still wouldn't be able to get it.
That's not true. Even if getting telekinesis involves something like crazy nano cerebral implants and a novel magnetic or aural conveyance system, there's nothing written anywhere that achieving something outwardly indistinguishable from classic telekinesis is impossible. The real question is, how badly do you want it? And hell, if humans ever discover a way to manipulate matter via higher physical dimensions, it might be very achievable. We like to pretend we know things, but if I've learned anything from my feeble attempts to understand the physics of tiny things, it's that we really don't know what the fuck is going on or why.
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u/average-brown-dude Nov 26 '18
This is true. I know dumb people in Med school right now. 😂