This is an underrated honest comment. By this time it's an open secret that successful people, in addition to high IQ, tend to have hypomania (among other peculiar traits): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypomania Not to mention, some of them tend to use stimulants and euheroics.

We should be more honest about fundamental biological basis of high productivity, and we should open the path to meaningful self-enhancement to anybody applying, not just a lucky few.