truthsharer, what in the world is that supposed to mean? Are you aware of the kind of Talmidei Chachamim that existed just a few generations ago? How many people that Pasken Shaalos do you know of that are well versed in all of Shas and Poskim, as if they just learned it?
Just to throw something in to the Kollel conversation, in past generations people would learn for hours after completing their day’s work. Today it is rarely possible to grow and amass great knowledge in Torah.