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Intelligence != capable of socializing. You need both in order to be paid well. I think the belife that criminals are uninteligent is due to 1) Intelligent peo
by swiley 5y ago
Intelligence != capable of socializing. You need both in order to be paid well. I think the belife that criminals are uninteligent is due to
1) Intelligent people recognizing that crime rarely has a positive expected profit
2) There might be more unintelligent people than people who are both intelligent and so incapable of socializing that they can't find work.
- sudosysgen 5y agoAs long as you're not at the bottom 2-3 rungs crime can have a huge positive expected profit. It's the lifestyle that sucks which is why intelligent people don't get into it unless something in their life makes it a compelling option.
- inetknght 5y agoIt's amazing to me to see how many people run out the tropes that intelligent people don't commit crimes. More accurately, intelligent people don't get caught committing crimes.
- sodality2 5y agoAka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias