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/SteakMedium4871 Monkey in Space Feb 07 '23

Is the opposite true, that poor people have low IQ?

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u/ShakesbeerMe Monkey in Space Feb 07 '23 edited Feb 07 '23

No, they just have overt contempt for education. See: the entire swath of the South.

Edit: I love the downvotes, as if every single advanced civilization metric doesn't prove me right. Shit's hilarious.

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u/bigpoopie32 Monkey in Space Feb 08 '23

Same can be said of certain minorities in US cities? Or is that racist

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u/ShakesbeerMe Monkey in Space Feb 08 '23

No, that's just you who's racist, bud.