Possibly relevant quote from Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions (talking about the early '60s): "The prevailing attitude at Oxford at that tim

Possibly relevant quote from Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Questions (talking about the early '60s): "The prevailing attitude at Oxford at that time was very anti-work. You were supposed to be brilliant without effort, or to accept your limitations and get a fourth-class degree. I took this as an invitation to do very little. I’m not proud of this, I’m just describing my attitude at the time, shared by most of my fellow students."