Dramatic contrast also makes for a better, more memorable story. That's what gets written, that's what gets spread around by word of mouth. Survival of the fitt

Dramatic contrast also makes for a better, more memorable story. That's what gets written, that's what gets spread around by word of mouth. Survival of the fittest maximises contrast in the story. BTW a variant I've heard is that people who get 2nd class honours do better in their (non-academic) careers than those who get a 1st. BTW2 Einstein actually did do badly in one subject at school - practical physics. src: Isaacson's bio