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Wouldnt wealthy people on average be better educated and potentially more intelligent than the poorest group? I would expect wealthy to always be well represen
by groundzeros2015 7mo ago
Wouldnt wealthy people on average be better educated and potentially more intelligent than the poorest group?
I would expect wealthy to always be well represented.
- tock 7mo ago> potentially more intelligent than the poorest group It's easy to think this but its not true. There is just a ton of privilege involved in life. There are groups in India who purely tutor slum kids to the top IITs(the JEE exams in India are very hard). Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_30 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_30
- groundzeros2015 7mo agoSorry I’m not familiar with Indian culture and power structures.
- Noumenon72 7mo agoThey said "on average". Selecting 30 of the most talented from the poorest group does not contradict that.
- tock 7mo agoOn average more educated? Yes. More intelligent? Nah I see no data. Given the same access to resources I expect the kid from a poor family and a kid from a rich family to perform similarly.
- groundzeros2015 7mo agoI do not. Where do unintelligent people exist in your society? And at a certain point the argument about equal access is entirely hypothetical. For example can’t redo early childhood. So if that impacts your ability then it’s been impacted.
- tock 7mo ago> Where do unintelligent people exist in your society? Everywhere? Both in rich and poor households. > For example can’t redo early childhood. So if that impacts your ability then it’s been impacted. Ah I thought the argument was more about genes(aka born smart) and not something like nutrition. I think a good thought experiment is Formula 1. Most top F1 racers come from super rich backgrounds. Does that mean that more money == better driver? Its mostly a accessibility problem.
- groundzeros2015 7mo agoWhich premise do you disagree with? 1. Financial and career success are correlated with good test skills. 2. Good test skills are strongly influenced by genetics or early childhood. If you agree with both then you expect some correlation between wealth and test performance.
- tock 7mo agoI disagree that being born to rich parents == you have better genetics. It's mostly privilege. And just being born in America is one of the biggest privileges wrt career and wealth.
- groundzeros2015 7mo agoWell I’ll be charitable and interpret == as correlation as we are talking about averages. From your conclusion you’re telling me wealth is completely random or the capabilities of children is completely random. Neither of those holds up to any scrutiny. I don’t know what being born in the US has to do with the conversation.
- tovej 7mo agobetter educated I get, but more intelligent? That doesn't track.
- samultio 7mo agoYeah it'd be very slight, but things like stress and nutrition can affect your memory in the long term which is a part of intelligence.
- groundzeros2015 7mo agoAssuming that’s true, wouldn’t that mean you are less capable?
- bombcar 7mo agoYes. There as difference between unfair and unreal; someone who is malnourished when growing up will forever likely be weaker than someone who received a proper sequence of meals. We should perhaps recognize that and try to compensate for it, and it's not a value judgement on the person so afflicted, but pretending it doesn't exist just confuses matters.
- groundzeros2015 7mo agoIf the difference is real I don’t think the test is the place to compensate as its function is to select people who will succeed in that area.
- bombcar 7mo agoThat's been the entire fight over the last 20+ years, does the test identify anything real and if so, what should be done with it (equality of outcomes vs equality of opportunity, e.g.).
- groundzeros2015 7mo agoYes, very unintelligent people tend to not do well financially.