Being poor doesn't make you stupid any more than a runaway process makes a computer slow. But being poor consumes mental energy and time, approximately equival

Being poor doesn't make you stupid any more than a runaway process makes a computer slow. But being poor consumes mental energy and time, approximately equivalent to a decrease of 13 IQ points[0], just as a runaway process will make the affected computer slower (regardless of how fast it would otherwise be). [0] http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/growing-up-poor-is-bad-for-your-brain http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/growing-up-poor-is-bad-for-...