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Here's a study you might be interested in: http://time.com/money/4779223/valedictorian-success-research-barking-up-wrong/ http://time.com/money/4779223/valedic

• overcast 9y ago
  Why must there ALWAYS be an auto playing video at the top of every article, that does nothing but play music, and show text.
  • thomyorkie 9y ago
    Probably appeals to people with different learning styles than you. Doesn't take much effort for you to stop the video from playing.
    • Broken_Hippo 9y ago
      It doesn't take much effort to start a video if you should so want it. This method has the added benefit of not annoying folks like me who seriously do not appreciate the noise pollution.
• usaar333 9y ago
  This study, at least as Time summarizes, seems to be quite badly formed. 81 valendictorians are far too small of a sample size to determine who goes on to be a visionary, given that the baseline odds of being a visionary (whatever that even is) are probably less than 1 in 1000. The fact that you can randomly sample thought leaders and see a reasonably high number of valedictorians (Peter Thiel, Ben Bernanke) suggests there's a positive correlation.