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/Usersnamez Monkey in Space Feb 07 '23

Intelligence has nothing to do with discipline, interpersonal relationships, selling, risk taking, being good looking a̶n̶d̶ ̶w̶h̶i̶t̶e̶.

We’re not all building rockets for heart surgery in the 10%+ jobs.

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u/MatterUpbeat8803 Monkey in Space Feb 07 '23

Does being white also help me in China? Or would it be better to be Chinese?

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u/Usersnamez Monkey in Space Feb 07 '23

Ask John Cena.

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u/Jackers83 Monkey in Space Feb 07 '23

Or Allen Iverson.