Being willing to take on tasks as menial as picking up some pencils for the team might be a symptom of desperation. It equally might be a symptom of a lack of egotistical arrogance [that one is above such tasks].
Also called into question is the definition of a lesser task. You see, in the Feynman scenario they could not have got much work done in a short time without more pencils—no matter who was fetching them.
Being willing to take on tasks as menial as picking up some pencils for the team might be a symptom of desperation. It equally might be a symptom of a lack of egotistical arrogance [that one is above such tasks].
Also called into question is the definition of a lesser task. You see, in the Feynman scenario they could not have got much work done in a short time without more pencils—no matter who was fetching them.