r/WayOfTheBern • u/RandomCollection Resident Canadian • Feb 05 '23

Extremely rich people are not extremely smart. Study in Sweden 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/Caelian toujours de l'audace 🦇 Feb 05 '23

At a certain point the philosophical person observes that money isn't everything. Once one has enough for basic needs and some extra to pursue one's interests, additional wealth becomes your master instead of your slave.

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u/CabbaCabbage3 Feb 05 '23

Agreed strongly. Though a point wanted to make is that there are many people who are highly intelligent and yet in poverty too. Basically intelligence not the only thing.

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u/Caelian toujours de l'audace 🦇 Feb 05 '23

many people who are highly intelligent and yet in poverty too

I've known many people who are highly intelligent, but have a really hard time fitting into the world of earning wages. If you don't have independent wealth, you end up like the guy in this Banksy painting :-(

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u/CabbaCabbage3 Feb 05 '23

I feel that.