I was listening to a video of a nuclear scientist who thought he was on the trail of efficient, clean nuclear power. He was lamenting that he could not find scientists who could do the engineering required for his reactor — he said he’d have to go back to the 20’s and 30’s to find them. At another point, he said he wanted to put together a group of scientists and engineers to oversee the program, but the qualified ones were all over seventy. This nuclear scientist has since died of old age.....
We are screwed up, and we don’t know how to fix ourselves. The dumb breed faster and faster, and the brilliant abstain from reproduction. We better embrace some eugenics, or at least eliminate the negative eugenic pathologies in our culture, or there is no hope.
I know some incredibly brilliant people, but they only have we average folks work with. In the old days, there were universities and other social collections made of nothing but brilliant people, who had to compete, and were supported by none but other brilliant people. That was where all the great things were done. The advancements we make now are simply fruit shaken from the tree by the old timers.
You are right of course. The simple chalkboard was the canvas for many new discoveries and ideas.