You sound pretty angry. Lucy's claims, true or not, clearly struck a nerve with you. I think even if she did have more data you'd find someway to discredit it.

You sound pretty angry. Lucy's claims, true or not, clearly struck a nerve with you. I think even if she did have more data you'd find someway to discredit it. You could have easily just shown the very real examples of rich people from poor origins, but you didn't do that. You jumped straight from poor Japanese man in Japan to minorities & women. Probably because Lucy's comments directly conflict with your world-view and opinions of minorities & women and that's what offended you. What do you think of the following articles? Do you find their implications as disturbing as Lucy's claims? "Poor people, generally, make bad decisions—bad in the sense of their long-term physical, mental and financial welfare. But their bad decisions aren't the reason for their poverty. They're caused by it." @http://killermartinis.kinja.com/why-i-make-terrible-decision.. http://killermartinis.kinja.com/why-i-make-terrible-decision.... "Growing up poor is bad for your brain" @http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/growing-up-poor-is-bad-for-.. http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/growing-up-poor-is-bad-for-....