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Re:Where Do the Failed 0.1% Go? (2015) [pdf] by JoeAltmaier on Saturday December 10, 2016 @11:52AM (#13146492)
That sounds sort of average or even below. The Elks club probably looks like that. For the top 2% intelligent people in the world, that counts as non-achieving. Working in a bookstore or running a gas station is not what you'd expect from geniuses.
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Re:Where Do the Failed 0.1% Go? (2015) [pdf] by mikeash on Saturday December 10, 2016 @12:06PM (#13146573)
Median income in the US is not quite $52,000, so Mensa is somewhat above average.
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Re:Where Do the Failed 0.1% Go? (2015) [pdf] by mcguire on Saturday December 10, 2016 @06:43PM (#13148645)
That's the median household income; i.e. two incomes. The median personal income is more like $30,000.
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Re:Where Do the Failed 0.1% Go? (2015) [pdf] by mikeash on Saturday December 10, 2016 @07:22PM (#13148811)
Whoopsie. Thanks for pointing that out.
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Re:Where Do the Failed 0.1% Go? (2015) [pdf] by infinite8s on Saturday December 10, 2016 @12:02PM (#13146552)
How about working as a patent clerk or a lowly mathematics lecturer.
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