Anyway, I understood your original point to be "Fortune favors the brave" and I replied that this is cool because I can compete with my big brass balls ;-) I don't necessarily have to be as smart as my competitors.
Oh totally, it's cool for people who are in that camp :) Not sure it's so good for the world as a whole though. There are plenty of stories of shy, retiring mathematicians and scientists who have done great work only to be ignored.
Anyway, I understood your original point to be "Fortune favors the brave" and I replied that this is cool because I can compete with my big brass balls ;-) I don't necessarily have to be as smart as my competitors.