The non ideological people I know think being smart helps you perform in school.
99th+ percentile math student here. Working hard helps more. Having the right mental outlook and drive to succeed helps more. Hell, having money arguably helps more.
Being smart doesn’t magically give higher performance in school. You can best model being smart as “certain kinds of problems are easier for smart people”.
99th+ percentile math student here. Working hard helps more. Having the right mental outlook and drive to succeed helps more. Hell, having money arguably helps more.
Being smart doesn’t magically give higher performance in school. You can best model being smart as “certain kinds of problems are easier for smart people”.