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You get out what you put in. I normally don't speak in aphorisms, so rest assured that I actually mean this one. All of the things you said are true of the lowest common denominator, and occasionally even the highest (even hubski, gasp), but they don't have to be. I learned a long time ago not to be disappointed in the "average" person. I reserve disappointment for when the standouts act like they're average. Sometimes yes on the internet, but often no. Any tool that allows me to read the personal blogs of physics professors at MIT, machine intelligence researchers on the west coast, authors everywhere... these are brilliant people I would never have met. Bottom line for me.