[facedown]

Members of academia tend to be a bit smarter than average.

Not in my experience.

[Bigun]

"Members of academia tend to be a bit smarter than average."

Yep! In their cloistered world agreement = smarter!

[Twinkie]

In many cases, those who can't DO, teach others how it
OUGHT to be done. I said in many cases, so don't flame me.

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

Members of academia tend to be a bit smarter than average.

Not in my experience.

Academics are undoubtedly smarter than average when compared to the overall population. When compared to other successful individuals the difference declines substantially or disappears. There's no shortage of idiots walking around with PhDs these days.

In my parents' generation, I think a college education generally meant something. Today, so many people are getting degrees--often times encouraged and abetted by government-sponsored discrimination programs--that a college degree, even a PhD, has much less meaning than it used to have.

[sarasota]

They speak from the books, but lack the experience. "Those who can do; those who can't, teach."