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I'd say it's the general normal for people with low IQs, many of whom happen to be poor. However, when a poor person wins the genetic lottery and is born with
by programmarchy 9y ago
I'd say it's the general normal for people with low IQs, many of whom happen to be poor.
However, when a poor person wins the genetic lottery and is born with a high IQ, that's a predictor of moving up a socioeconomic quartile, as well as increased lifespan and lower chance of smoking.
Conversely, a child of a rich person that has inherited wealth but regressed to the mean tends to become poorer.
It seems that general intelligence is the driver behind both accumulating wealth and living longer.
- anovikov 9y agoSadly, it is an oversimplification. Maybe low IQ means a high chance to get poor, but high IQ doesn't mean a high chance to get rich. There is no IQ band in which you are most likely to earn in a $1M+ a year band, and i know a ton of quite average intelligence guys and girls who make it. If you are smart enough to finish a somewhat better than average college, becoming even smarter doesn't help you much in making more.
- programmarchy 9y agoRecent studies [1] have found that genetic markers for intelligence strongly predict adult outcomes, even when controlled for social-class origins. [1] https://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/handle/10161/12447 https://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/handle/10161/12447