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- MassiveTaTas, on 10/10/2007, -2/+105It sure helps to have big ***** though!
- haackers, on 10/10/2007, -4/+83Its not what you know its who you know.
- Sirocco, on 10/10/2007, -4/+65Truly smart people don't require massive amounts of money to lead a satisfying life.
- ramong, on 10/10/2007, -6/+57I think to be rich you have to be creative, passionate, a bit lucky and hard working. Intelligence is a welcomed asset, but not indispensable.
- Drexus, on 10/10/2007, -10/+59Really intelligent people know that "getting rich" is, and has always been a back-seat to "being happy". I won't go into detail about the personal profile of people who are wealthy, and those who are simply content, as financial success does not mean success in life. I've seen it many times: Owners of small and successful companies refuse to expand and grow wealth. They know how much more work it would be, and the amount it takes out of living.
A financial genius will drive 1 hour to his office in a cheap & reliable used car, saving every penny for investment...
A life science genius will drive 1 hour to his office in an new efficient luxury car with every available option - knowing that a large portion of his life will be sitting in that car - He comes home relaxed and less drained then the former comparative. The financial genius dies at 68 with a huge estate. The life science genius semi-retires at 40 and works from home. He lives to be 85 experiencing twice as much enjoyment from life as the former comparative. - LoJack, on 10/10/2007, -1/+50If you're smart enough to kiss ass, then you get a promotion. But if you're too intelligent to kiss ass, then they get rid of you - to eliminate competition. I've seen it at work. Your choice.
- qwerty1024, on 10/10/2007, -5/+53It pays to be rich
- jeffiek, on 10/10/2007, -1/+33Success in business depends heavily on being able to predict what most people want.
How in the hell are the smart people supposed to predict what the idiots want? - ehalasey, on 10/10/2007, -0/+27I've quite often found that there are a lot of terribly intelligent people who have a difficult time getting ahead professionally specifically because they find playing politics to be degrading. I suppose that certainly supports the theory that smart people are more likely to go against the grain than trying to fit in and ultimately means that their successes, though not monetary, are probably far more substantial on a personal level.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+25It is a problem when your name is "MrSteamTank"
- Error601, on 10/10/2007, -10/+34Primary reason: People tend to have a highly over-inflated view of how smart they are try to compete way above their heads. When it doesn't work out, they come up with excuses about how the system is flawed to avoid the conclusion that they couldn't cut it.
- satanatnmtedu, on 10/10/2007, -1/+25The life science genius lives a couple blocks from his work and doesn't drive at all.
- Terr01, on 10/10/2007, -1/+24It doesn't prove or disprove your point.
But then again, I suppose your over-inflated view of yourself caused you to make a spurious illogical rationalization blaming the flaws in the digg up/down system for the reason that your argument didn't cut it.
Original post dugg up anyway. - tradwolley, on 10/10/2007, -3/+22The overinflated personal view occurs more with the average intelligence people, to whom the education system is designed. The problem with intelegent people is that until they get a real job we never need to work hard. I coasted through school, and with the exception of about 4 classes in college coasted through there as well. The problem with smart people is more a lack of ambition, at least in my case.
- tradwolley, on 10/10/2007, -4/+19What if you love money?
- tripstreet, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16Let me throw this into the mix: maybe the smart people are too intelligent to become corporate CEOs, unethical lawyers, or any of the other mainstream professions that our society recognizes as well paying. By too intelligent, I guess what I mean is being smart enough to realize that the path to wealth ultimately (for the vast majority of cases) requires morals/ethics taking a back seat to profit margins, along with sacrificing long hours at a personally unrewarding job. Maybe the smarties choose to value living fulfilling lives over striving to make the most money possible, ANY WAY possible, everyone else be damned. I, for one, do not equate wealth with anything I aspire to do/become in my life, but hell, maybe I don't speak for the majority. Maybe it really is all about the benjamins..
- BassMastr, on 10/10/2007, -2/+16Doesn't matter how smart you are or how good your ideas are if you can't communicate them appropriately.
- Unlgued, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Helps to be greedy, underhanded, and amoral.
- santiago1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13 Wealth is measured not by how much you have, but by how little you need.
-somebody said it, not me - Euler2718, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15Because he doesn't get laid
- benphoster, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14It looks like someone in the marketing department of USA Today knows their demographic well enough to write a piece that would make them feel better about themselves.
- thcobbs, on 10/10/2007, -3/+16Not being stupid helps.
- kingkilr, on 10/10/2007, -4/+17*****, first smarter people don't get laid, now we don't get rich!
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -6/+17The smartest person in America is a bouncer who lives a trailer.
- brainScan, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13"People with 140 IQ scores (a score of 100 is average) missed payments and maxed-out their credit cards more often than their lower IQ counterparts."
- So, your credit cards used to be maxed-out, and you were always late on your payments. Now they're not maxed-out and you pay them on time. It wasn't hard work or discipline that helped. Your IQ simply dropped.
Now, THAT'S an example of "correlation does not imply causation". - noahhoward, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Another part of the problem is the more indispensable you make yourself in a role, the more likely they are to keep you there while they promote someone else.
- gungaroo22, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13It's about doing what you love, not chasing money.
- gmurray, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11Obviously written by someone who is not smart. ;)
- wassim2k, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Another fabulous USA Today hack piece.
- Piedramente, on 10/10/2007, -7/+16Problem, we have a Houston.
- jonathansoeder, on 10/10/2007, -4/+11FTA: ""It is still not well understood why some people are rich and others are poor,"
What complete nonsense. It is very well understood why some people are rich and some are poor. It has been for over a century.
One group of people own the means of employing people, and another group has to be employed. The group which owns the means of employing people can pay 10 dollars for an hour of labor which produces a good or service which can then be sold for 100. Repeat that process for 40 hours a week, for more than one employee, and voila. You have wealth. - MrSteamTank, on 10/10/2007, -5/+12Bonus! My ***** are huge. Although I always thought it was a bad thing. You learn something new every day!
- unclefire, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8This study was done by somebody with not alot of intelligence. There are too many factors involved to easily tie IQ/intelligence to wealth. Motivation, drive, luck, family situation, etc. etc. That said, clearly some level of intelligence helps you to make more money-- a really good programmer will always be "wealthier" than a convenience store clerk (assuming said clerk is not a smart cookie who simply is ok with working at 7-11). Intelligent people tend to go into professions which require that intelligence - doctors, lawyers (debatable, but still), scientists, computer geeks, etc. People of limited intelligence tend to end up in low paying menial jobs-- And then there's "professionals with skills" (Plumbers, Electritians etc.) That later will make decent living (not rich per se unless they own decent size businesses), but are not usually the sharpest tools in the shed. Then the you're so smart, you're stupid. Einstein is well known as a scientist and ginourmous brainiac. Yet, its reported that he couldn't understand how his wife baked a cake. Point is, some of these really smart people are only really smart in a narrow area and lack the other skills to make them smart. I've seen many a college prof or braniac that I thought was clueless (except in their field of study). Which brings me to my last point--- Common Sense. There's smarts and there's common sense. They're not the same. I've known many people who are quite smart, but lack any reasonable form of common sense. I think this is what leads to the 140 IQ people who can't manage their own finances.
- enginbeering, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I like this part about why smart people tend to get into financial distress.
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— They may have a better memory and are more likely to remember financial mistakes on their surveys. - Infantrydude, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Not sure this study "proves" anything. No defined parameters (at least in the article). They did a sample survey, not an IQ check on the top 5 or 10% of income earners. And if you marry rich did you "earn" it (yes) or if you inherit it or win the lottery (no)?
- QuietRyan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6unless you're a guy
- meekar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6You should stress lucky a little bit more.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -5/+11we? What makes you think you are part of the smart person group?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Sure helped George W Bush.
Of course the billions his family gets from the Saudis helps a lot too. - Intoccabile, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5And you forgot to say beautiful! While some of the richest people in the world aren't all to good looking the majority of beautiful people get paid more than ugly people! You should know, it was on front page yesterday. Beautiful people get paid 12% more or something i don't remember the figures.
- W3Coyote, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8The ultimate genius makes millions selling magazine pictures of hot naked women, builds a mansion in L.A., lives off of beer and viagra, and spends his free time banging models and sipping cocktails by the pool.
- thirdoffive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Invest in shiny objects.
- stupergenius, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8What is life science...
- jimmiss, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Agreed, when I hear about someone getting a job without "networking" their way into it I'm pretty surprised.
- ReturnToFreedom, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Perhaps truly wise people realize that scientific, philosophical, or other intellectual pursuits will make one look back on one's life with greater satisfaction than increasing the number of zeros in one's monthly bank statement.
- spyd3rweb, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6If you get to be too smart, you begin to realize money is completely worthless, and is just a tool to get you to work your life away.
- phmfthacim, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I can just see digg users:
"I always knew I was smart!" - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Down by the river??
- Lane, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5being intelligent doesn't mean being successful just as being pretty doesn't mean living happily. This world is far to random to have one factor to guarantee any quality of life.
- bosks, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Smart people just know that life isn't all about money. :>
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