One aspect may be that the issues we discuss and try to solve are often at the limit of human capabilities. Some people are way better at solving them than others, and since those issues are so often in the spotlight, it looks like the less able are totally incompetent. But actually, they’re not; it’s just that the issues they are able to solve aren’t discussed.
One aspect may be that the issues we discuss and try to solve are often at the limit of human capabilities. Some people are way better at solving them than others, and since those issues are so often in the spotlight, it looks like the less able are totally incompetent. But actually, they’re not; it’s just that the issues they are able to solve aren’t discussed.
Cf. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/e84qrSoooAHfHXhbi/productivity-as-a-function-of-ability-in-theoretical-fields