This is plain silly. How do you plan to measure "intelligence and capability"? By this logic, a brilliant-slacker-underachiever should be the most sought after

This is plain silly. How do you plan to measure "intelligence and capability"? By this logic, a brilliant-slacker-underachiever should be the most sought after candidate. Who cares about results, after all, when all that matters is someone's raw intelligence (regardless of whether or not it has been or will be applied to anything at all).