I noticed this is our education system even when I went to school, and I’m 62 years old. I have definitely met people with a great memory that were actually quite stupid, they could recite technical details but not have a clue what they meant or how to apply the knowledge. The really scary thing about this is the amount of these people that made it into supervisory or management positions. In my time I have had some amazingly, mind bogglingly, dumb supervisors, that truly did not understand what my job was or how I did what I do. Think of the Dilbert cartoon, and it’s popularity, this was its subject matter, it obviously must be rampant.