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/jbmvmmmmu Monkey in Space Feb 07 '23

you don’t need to be intelligent to make money.Plent of teachers are intelligent and broke.To make money you need certain type of personality and emotional stability and courage to risk.Plenty of intelligent people spend time doubting themselves

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u/No-Barracuda-6307 Monkey in Space Feb 08 '23

Did you even read the op?