I think the tale's point isn't that the way physics is taught is deliberately made to make people fail, but that the failures it leads to are features, not bugs

I think the tale's point isn't that the way physics is taught is deliberately made to make people fail, but that the failures it leads to are features, not bugs. I think he might have a point in that. The whole premise of the essay is that > Naturally intelligent people are quite worthless if they’re undisciplined. Someone who thinks so wouldn't have a very high opinion of his intelligence.