I can't say I'm outraged. Other people are even more outraged than me. They feel that I am too dismissive of the honors that they value.
I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you.
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.