Not everyone is wildy successful by the age of thirty

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I rather like this article form Cracked:

5 Things TV Writers Apparently Believe About Smart People

I like the occasional 'genius' or prodigy (not necessarily the same thing) - hi, Spencer Reid - but there are rather a lot of them on TV these days. Being smart does not mean that you have free rein to be nasty, law enforcement is not filled with geniuses and becoming an expert in any subject requires years and years of patient hard work. Becoming an expert in more than one field of study ...

It would be nice to see that depicted sometimes.