That&#x27;s not true that they come from the brightest people, I&#x27;d say that&#x27;s very much a bias.<p>Much like how YC often says that the best startup founders aren&#x27;t necessarily the smartest people in a room. Occasionally, being the very brightest can even be counter-productive because in the end the people who are less smart and realize it will strive to work harder.<p>And that&#x27;s what research really is, really hard laborious work. Not this fantasy of someone bright sitting in a chair thinking up discoveries. That&#x27;s why research is hard.