>>3177701Your medal is in the post. Just because people aren't intelligent doesn't mean they're not human or not people. I've spent a lot of time in academia as well and most of the decent people walk away from it because the environment created by concentrating so many smart people together is almost always horribly toxic, petty and competitive. Actually as time goes on I find I enjoy the company of simple folk more and more. They don't scheme. They don't feel the need to posture to justify their insecurities. They don't stab you in the back or lie to your face.
