Because the only way someone can be intelligent, is if they wasted 5 years of there of life, not working, but reading old theories and academic papers that don'

Because the only way someone can be intelligent, is if they wasted 5 years of there of life, not working, but reading old theories and academic papers that don't line up with the reality we actually live in? I'll rather save 100k and listen to the blowhard on the radio, than be in debt and listen to the blowhard on a podcast.