Strong Military

[Productivity]

If some one knows complex math they will not be better then a person of average intelligence if they are in the middle of baghdad. It will be who is better under stress.

I'm not saying send them into the battlefield.

We need some guru smart people but if every ones like that who will be in the infantry. And other dangerous jobs.

Education is pyramidal though. To get one brilliant genious, you need 100 people with PhDs, 1000 with honours, 10000 with a bachelors degree, 100000 with basic high school educations etc. Maybe not those numbers, but you can't just pick one person out and say you're going to be a genious and that's what we'll train you for, you need to train lots to get a few at the top and you need those at the top.

I'm not saying everyone needs a PhD (or even university) education, just that you need a strong base level education system. You seemed to be indicating that very little education was needed at all.

You dont become a super power with teachers