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Seems like you’ve reversed causality there. Poverty is a social context that shapes many of the attributes you’ve described. It’s not as if you took a kid from
by claudeganon 6y ago
Seems like you’ve reversed causality there. Poverty is a social context that shapes many of the attributes you’ve described. It’s not as if you took a kid from a rich family and put him in with poor one, his genetic virtues would somehow make him come out on top.
- schnable 6y agoThe causality is reversed, but not in the way you are inciting. Regardless of background, married men tend to make more more and act more responsibly: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2015/04/02/dont-be-a-bachelor-why-married-men-work-harder-and-smarter-and-make-more-money/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2015/04...
- sjg007 6y agoPoverty was a reason to get married in the past. Lots of civil war brides.
- bjlorenzen 6y agoThere’s a lot of hard data which actually suggests otherwise. From the classic paper “Why G Matters”: https://images.app.goo.gl/X4wAFYFC6xQrSU259 https://images.app.goo.gl/X4wAFYFC6xQrSU259