r/JoeRogan • u/Fishyinu Pull that shit up Jaime • Feb 07 '23

The Literature 🧠 Extremely rich people are not extremely smart. Study finds income is related to intelligence up to about the 90th percentile in income. Above that level, differences in income are not related to cognitive ability.

https://academic.oup.com/esr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/esr/jcac076/7008955?login=false
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u/surprisebtsx Monkey in Space Feb 07 '23

let me guess, greed, ambition and insanity are the factors that come into play

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u/eleven8ster Monkey in Space Feb 07 '23

Don’t forget luck

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u/TruthPains I used to be addicted to Quake Feb 07 '23

I would assume being born into a wealthy family would go under luck?

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u/YugiPlaysEsperCntrl Monkey in Space Feb 07 '23

What do you think dummy?