Nassim Taleb talks about this phenomenon in Fooled by Randomness, in a chapter titled "If You're So Rich, Why Aren't You So Smart?" Namely, we can't judge a pe

Nassim Taleb talks about this phenomenon in Fooled by Randomness, in a chapter titled "If You're So Rich, Why Aren't You So Smart?" Namely, we can't judge a person’s intelligence by their wealth. Just because someone is successful now doesn’t mean that success wasn’t generated in a risky, inconsistent manner.