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> Generally life is an IQ test and rewards those who make optimal choices WRT events in their life. Do you think that if you'd been born in a slum you would ha
by patrickdavey 9y ago
> Generally life is an IQ test and rewards those who make optimal choices WRT events in their life.
Do you think that if you'd been born in a slum you would have a decent chance of winning in the IQ test & optimal choice events in your life? I would imagine that almost anyone reading these comments has been unbelievably fortunate to be born into relatively wealthy circumstances & had things like "books" around to help bolster their IQ.
- nql 9y agoBeing born in a slum more than likely means that your parents failed the IQ test, which is a strong signal about your IQ.
- KSteffensen 9y agoI hope that was meant to be ironic. If not that was one of the most depressing statements I have seen in a while.
- URSpider94 9y agoThat is completely untrue. When researchers have actually taken the time to do IQ testing in poor communities, they find a similar distribution of high and low IQ's as in the general population. There are a lot of 130 IQ people living in the slums.
- state_less 9y agoAmericans went from riches to soup lines (living in slums/squalor) over various periods of time. Though their IQ did not vary over that same time period. A strong signal IQ is not, maybe a nice tailwind, but that doesn't help much if you are born in the bogs.
- oh_sigh 9y agoThis is just downright stupid. Slums are societal issues which ant individual has little control over. Perhaps you failed the IQ test too?