The kind of people who are inclined to think across disciplines are the same kind of people that are inclined to look at education an think, "this is bullshit."

The kind of people who are inclined to think across disciplines are the same kind of people that are inclined to look at education an think, "this is bullshit." They may not know why they think this, because it takes some real experience and perspective to understand why, but they can smell the stench from miles away. Training a mind to see patterns across disparate fields also gives it an intuition for seeing what is fundamental, central and essential to a thing. This intuition leads to the realization that grades, awards, scholarships and the like are but the mere artifice of achievement. The kind of person that deserves a Rhodes scholarship according to the author's definition of what one should be is the kind of person who would be unlikely to play the game necessary to qualify for one.