"In your country wealthy people are, on average, probably smarter (as in, higher IQ) than poorer people"
- Strongly agree36.1%
- Slightly agree39.4%
- Slightly disagree13%
- Strongly disagree11.5%
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Considering IQ’s extensive and well-documented correlation with income and professional success, I am surprised to see anyone selecting anything other than strongly agree.
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Better schooling and tutoring. Also more travel and parental pressure to not be a fuck up.
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how can anyone disagree? doesn’t it help to be rich? better nutrition, less lead, better schools, etc. hard to believe that can’t make people smarter.
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The next time you're on a plane or public transit, ask yourself, "How much would I pay these people for advice? How many would I hire for a high-paying role?" Now how does that compare to people from the Forbes 400?
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If you had ever interacted with billionaires, you would know that’s not at all true (on average).
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I bet it’s true but the correlation goes the other way: wealthy people can afford education and free time for study
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Only slightly agree because of the bad implication on the correlation.
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