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Sadly, 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 whi

Sadly, 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 ago
Recent 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