@alh Allow me to finish my thought before the conversation takes another turn.
As I said in my last post, the little rationalist in me reasoned that if decades of empirical evidence are pointing at general cognitive ability and conscientiousness, and that I can only do something about conscientiousness, the solution should be obvious. Hone my “creativity”? Sure I should, but I must work on analytical thinking as well. (The idea here is not to compete with theoretical physicists, but to get ahead of other fellow wordsmiths). When supply is greater than the demand, I must do all I can to get as far up the pecking order as possible.
Are students doing that?”Doesn’t look like it.
Perhaps that is why they are still drifting: