Across virtually any measurable trait or collection of traits with a reasonably normal distribution, about half of the people will come out better than average.
Iratewizard may or may not be better than everyone else; but he/she is almost certainly better than average at a lot of things. We all are.
Your skill at a job doesn't equate to your value as a person. A job is just a way I and most others contribute back to the world. It's in everyone's best interest if there aren't unnecessary barriers to that contribution. For instance, universities' poor curriculums and the way they predatorily pretend to be the gatekeepers of "prestigious" jobs.
Iratewizard may or may not be better than everyone else; but he/she is almost certainly better than average at a lot of things. We all are.