True, but the pivotal point here is....

That those who do so without a conscience are sociopaths, and this makes all the difference in the world. People who can convince people of things may just have a different type of I.Q.

I.Q., as it is measured by today's methods, only measures a certain type of intelligence. In my experience with people with this type of high I.Q. (I've had quote a lot), I've found them to contain the lowest amounts of common sense (generally speaking, of course). This is a vital point to realize because this is partly why we're in the situation we're in today.

Most doctors—many who have high "traditional" I.Q.— lack the common sense ("practical" I.Q.) to realize simple things, especially when dealing with chronic diseases. They just do as they're told—which happens to make them perfect for distributing pharmaceuticals in a controlled market in light of the vast advantages of alternatives. This is truly amazing. Most of them have excellent memory recall, but when it comes to doing something innovative (alternative/outside the box) with the memory; Well, this is another story.

It was so well summed up in a meeting between the Provosts and department heads (all doctors) of a college that I worked at. After a series of stupid (extremely impractical, to say the least) decisions (there were countless bad decisions made by the doctors at this institution), the head electrician said,

"You can get mad at me if you want to but it seems that as soon as you add a few letters after someone's name, all common sense goes out the window".

It's amazing to me how true this is; Not always, but often.

Spending so much time (working) at this college and experiencing so many different types of people, I have found the following to be tendencies—NOT absolute truths (so don't get angry please). These are just my observations.

The type of person that goes to extended school:

• Has good factual memory recall
• Often struggles with new concepts and prefers to morph old ones
• Functions best in a structured environment and does what they are told to do
• Prefers to be guided through a learning "process"
• Leans towards bureaucratic processes of accountability
• Lacks instinct
• Solves problems by complicating a process
• Can be idealistic
• Can make groundbreaking discoveries
• Can be overly optimistic or "utopian"
• Often is motivated by pride

The type of person who is self-educated:

• Has good concept and people-related memory recall
• Often struggles with academic process (processes that don't immediately produce anything)
• Is self motivated
• Functions best under pressure
• Prefers to learn and "do it them self"
• Leans towards direct processes of accountability
• Solves problems by simplifying a process
• Applies common sense truths very quickly
• Has a natural instinct
• Can be skeptical, pessimistic, and critical
• Often has some degree of rebelliousness

(Many people have some mixed qualities of these tow types, but the attributes above reflect the most commonly grouped features.)

Again, both of these types of people have their advantages and their inherent disadvantages, but working together, they accomplish 10 times as much. Of course, working together can only be achieved by working on personal issues which are often disliked between the groups.

For example, the extended-school person is perceived as snobby, controlling, and unproductive by the self-taught person. The self-taught person is perceived as crude and inefficient by the extended-school person. Nevertheless, if the differences can be overcome—not an easy thing to do—they can work together and achieve amazing things.

Again, humility and realizing the value of people that are unlike you is a fundamental quality necessary for this type of cooperation.


In short: Let's just take a hard look at ourselves, realize we're all flawed and that those flaws we just discovered are already well-known by all of those around us, and humbly recognize the value of the ideas and work that everyone brings to the table.


"The A-graders at school end up working for the C-graders & the B-graders work for the government."

—Robert Kiyosaki,
Investor, Educator, Inventor