[wombatmobile]

Well, literacy and education, as nice as they are, don’t actually increase intelligence, do they?

I think I get what you are saying if you mean that there are a lot of law grads who have knowledge and capabilities that distinguish them greatly from people who haven’t learnt the law. All the more so for the people who come top of their class.

If I was in the presence of a top legal mind in a court of law, with much to lose or gain, I’m sure I’d be in awe. I’d certainly be prepared to suppress my own volition and be lead by their learned advice.

Outside of a court of law, I don’t think I’d have the same reverence for such a person’s vocational skills. They have knowledge of a system, and their intelligence should enable them to obtain desirable outcomes from that system. Outside of the system, I’d expect them to be more mortal.

[timwilder]

For sure - how to resolve the statement is almost entirely about definitions here.

I said something that would reasonably be interpreted way more broadly than what I meant, and was rightfully called out for it by a few folks.

My intent was to in a pithy way support how it's maybe not a great comparison to pull the top of one field and compare to the median of another when discussing compensation.

Bad take on my part in support.