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Re:For gifted children, being intelligent can have dark impl... by GuiA on Friday February 12, 2016 @01:42PM (#11089386)
> Most people intuitively understand that a person with 25 points lower IQ than the average population is going to have unique problems and go through life in a slightly different path and order than the average. However, for some reason, this is not easily understood regarding people with 25 points over the average.

"Most people intuitively understand that a person with $25k less income per year than the average population is going to have unique problems and go through life in a slightly different path and order than the average. However, for some reason, this is not easily understood regarding people with $25k over the average."

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Re:For gifted children, being intelligent can have dark impl... by Lawtonfogle on Friday February 12, 2016 @02:03PM (#11089564)
These are two vastly different types of scales that cannot be compared so easily. Namely, IQ doesn't convert to power like money does.
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