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Based on my experience that's half true: rich kids aren't noticeably smarter than middle-class kids, but middle-class kids are noticeably smarter than the truly
by hughprime 17y ago
Based on my experience that's half true: rich kids aren't noticeably smarter than middle-class kids, but middle-class kids are noticeably smarter than the truly poor kids.
This is about what we'd expect, assuming a society which is reasonably meritocratic and intelligence which is at least partly inheiritable.
- scott_s 17y agoIt's easy to explain that phenomenon without calling upon meritocracy or inherited traits: people with more resources (human and material) have more opportunity to become smarter.
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- sp332 17y agoOr maybe poor people value something other than intelligence. This argument works for both heritable and learned attributes.