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> incompetent people ... without the insulation and support structures that foster education

I haven't read the study yet, but - does it make the link between education and competence, or is that a cultural assumption?

I won't deny that education increases competence in specific ways. But I also think there is plenty of disparaged competence even in the uneducated.

Academia selects for conformism first closely followed by cognitive abilities ([paste link to paper here]). But who cares ?

I certainly don't I'm more interested in the groundbreaking implications of this thesis:

"Contribution to the characterization of three texture descriptors: crispness, crunchiness, and brittleness through acoustic and sensory approaches."