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Intelligence correlates highly with not having anti-social behaviors. So a lot of the time, it's not "being smart" that carries you to wealth, its avoiding the

Intelligence correlates highly with not having anti-social behaviors. So a lot of the time, it's not "being smart" that carries you to wealth, its avoiding the "disastrously stupid things" that stops you from being poor.

atomic_reed 8mo ago
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triceratops 8mo ago
> Intelligence correlates highly with not having anti-social behaviors. If we're talking about IQ, then there isn't strong evidence for this.
hirvi74 8mo ago
Looking at all the horrible and macabre weapons of warfare, destruction, and death that humans have created, I find it hard to believe those instruments were imagined, engineered, and developed by unintelligent individuals.
- WarmWash 8mo ago
  They weren't. Intelligent people can be anti-social too, and usually with terrifying large scale outcomes. But thankfully, most crime in the aggregate is done by unintelligent people.
  - hirvi74 8mo ago
    If a child shows some sort of exceptional proclivity for academics, then I strongly believe there needs to be an examination for empathy and pro-social behaviors prior to being enrolled in some sort of advanced program. > most crime in the aggregate is done by unintelligent people. That is a tough one. For I believe there is more to reality than what data can currently capture. While I do agree that most violent crime is carried out by unintelligent people, there is an untold amount of crimes being committed by individuals that are average to beyond intelligent. So, I would argue the unintelligent ones get caught more frequently and that skews the perception that they commit more crime.
    - Jensson 8mo ago
      > If a child shows some sort of exceptional proclivity for academics, then I strongly believe there needs to be an examination for empathy and pro-social behaviors prior to being enrolled in some sort of advanced program. Luckily that is no longer needed, as in capitalism such a person can provide good value to society just via greed. He shouldn't be a leader, but a greedy engineer isn't an issue.

atomic_reed 8mo ago

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triceratops 8mo ago

> Intelligence correlates highly with not having anti-social behaviors. If we're talking about IQ, then there isn't strong evidence for this.

hirvi74 8mo ago

Looking at all the horrible and macabre weapons of warfare, destruction, and death that humans have created, I find it hard to believe those instruments were imagined, engineered, and developed by unintelligent individuals.

WarmWash 8mo ago
They weren't. Intelligent people can be anti-social too, and usually with terrifying large scale outcomes. But thankfully, most crime in the aggregate is done by unintelligent people.
- hirvi74 8mo ago
  If a child shows some sort of exceptional proclivity for academics, then I strongly believe there needs to be an examination for empathy and pro-social behaviors prior to being enrolled in some sort of advanced program. > most crime in the aggregate is done by unintelligent people. That is a tough one. For I believe there is more to reality than what data can currently capture. While I do agree that most violent crime is carried out by unintelligent people, there is an untold amount of crimes being committed by individuals that are average to beyond intelligent. So, I would argue the unintelligent ones get caught more frequently and that skews the perception that they commit more crime.
  - Jensson 8mo ago
    > If a child shows some sort of exceptional proclivity for academics, then I strongly believe there needs to be an examination for empathy and pro-social behaviors prior to being enrolled in some sort of advanced program. Luckily that is no longer needed, as in capitalism such a person can provide good value to society just via greed. He shouldn't be a leader, but a greedy engineer isn't an issue.