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A recent paper in the journal 'Medical hypotheses' suggested that creativity and intelligence are the most important personality factors for 'revolutionary' scientists. They claimed that a long, drawn out education system and the potentially unrewarding nature of research instead selects for traits like conscientiousness and agreeableness, which includes qualities like perseverance and willingness to please; which are unrelated to intelligence and creativity. As such, selecting for these traits reduces the average IQ and creativity levels of scientists who have the determination/discipline to make it through the system.
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