I was an academic in a past life. I left before I made it a profession, but I spent long enough there to see what I'm talking about. The people with the most su

I was an academic in a past life. I left before I made it a profession, but I spent long enough there to see what I'm talking about. The people with the most successful careers get there by getting press, which doesn't usually correlate with academic rigor. That said, I grant your broader point about selection bias.