Absolutely. It's also a privilege we tend to admire or blame ppl for lacking even tho it's not earnt & we can do nothing about it.https://twitter.com/christianjbdev/status/903909814597816320 …
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Beauty is an unearned privilege which affects how other ppl perceive us whilst intelligence affects how we are able to perceive everything.
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I envy ppl who seem to effortlessly grasp things that take me much longer to get my head around &wld love to borrow their brains for an hour
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I do see a problem with pushing the idea that anyone can do anything, as well-intentioned as it is. It screwed up my brother-in-law's life.
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He struggles to learn anything & left school illiterate & innumerate but worked well as a forklift driver & as a supervisor of others.
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His girlfriend could do the finances & read their post whilst he earnt most of the money to support their family so it worked fine.
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But then health & safety laws changed & he was required to pass a literacy test to do his job. So he could read safety notices etc.
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His employer paid for him to have adult literacy classes but no. Since then the unemployment office has sent him on 4. No.
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Every time,report is that this isn't dyslexia or a lack of education. Its just not within his capabilities. His job was well within them tho
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There is also some evidence that physical prowess are in fact less heritable than g, yet often viewed as less so
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