The PhD is the holy grail of intellectual and academic achievement. No wonder business leaders, when asked, say that the keen mind and superior deduction skills of the PhD are what literally keep this country going. Many are called but most unfortunately simply do not have the abstract critical thinking skills to attain this academic level. That is normal, do not despair, and realistically is Darwin's expose in a nutshell. Yes, not everybody can cruise at 160 IQ - the upper 1% in the Gaussian probability distribution of smarts. We shall all celebrate the new hires regardless of their mental capacity.