alt Hacker NewsPolitics also require quite a bit of emotional intelligence and charisma and ability to get diverse people to come to the table for compromises. Academic achievements are orthogonal to all these.
Best case would be multi-talented persons who have both IQ and EQ and good character. Just IQ is not enough.
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palata • today at 12:21 PM
Academia actually involves a lot of politics... just not the kind that says it's all the immigrants' fault.
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ACCount39 • today at 11:25 AM
The two are strongly correlated.
Intelligence is a tool - one that can be put to use against any problem. "Get diverse people to come to the table for compromises" is no exception.
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You think you navigate a career in academia without working through different opinions, collaboration etc.?