Good article, but I can't help but see that the author is conflating smartness and research-acumen/ivory-tower-living. Being in academia != intelligence. In mo

Good article, but I can't help but see that the author is conflating smartness and research-acumen/ivory-tower-living. Being in academia != intelligence. In most of my experiences in the Ivory Tower, the smartest people tended to leave after a short while. Modern US based academia 'hires' on intelligence and 'promotes' based on blind loyalty to the system, boiling off anyone with dignity, honor, or self-respect.