my favorite counter-example here is john bardeen[1]; wins 2 nobel prizes in physics (theory and experiment!) and yet by all accounts was warm and friendly and p

my favorite counter-example here is john bardeen[1]; wins 2 nobel prizes in physics (theory and experiment!) and yet by all accounts was warm and friendly and polite[2]. every time there's some kind of comment like this it always strikes me as self-serving or projection. i have always believed and argued that if you're smart enough for the difficult things (arbitrary tough stem thing) then you're smart enough for the simple things (pleasantries). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bardeen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bardeen [2] https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-01-25-0301250052-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2003-01-25-030125...