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This seems like selection bias. I would bet that far more people end up successful because they started out successful.
by jakelazaroff 7y ago
This seems like selection bias. I would bet that far more people end up successful because they started out successful.
- Broken_Hippo 7y agoThis. There are a lot of immigrants: So many simply aren't rich and never will be, really. I mean, how many migrant farm workers are there in the world? How many work in the fishing industry? How many in restaurant kitchens? Am I supposed to believe they will all be successful? Probably not. I'm guessing that the immigrants started off better than others.
- enaaem 7y agoWe have to define what success is. Not all become millionaires, but most have build a good life for themselves in the upper middle class.
- stouset 7y agoData or it didn’t happen. “Most” and “upper middle class” tells me you’re probably making this up whole cloth. “Most” Americans don’t make it to the upper middle class.