> an average person could study for an hour and a half instead of an hour and easily surpass them They would need to do this consistently every day for their e

> an average person could study for an hour and a half instead of an hour and easily surpass them They would need to do this consistently every day for their entire school career. Also, what if it's exactly this behaviour that creates the top (book) learners to begin with? In my experience, most people just don't have any interest or motivation to sit and work hard on book learning things every single day for years on end. Some people want to do work on practical stuff, others want to spend their time on athletics, and yet others want to spend time involved in social activities say creating music or other kinds of performance art etc.