I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s much of a paradox that people who excel at  memorization and taking tests (and choose to pursue such a demanding test and work on it for years) are not that good at doing actual meaningful work afterwards.<p>I&#x27;d venture that a lot of effective, hard-working, achieving people would simply not spend so much time and energy on such a test. Given the amount of memorization involved, it probably discriminates for people with a faith and trust in the established system, more like ineffective bureaucrats than reformers.