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Re:Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of dea... by vixen99 on Sunday February 25, 2018 @03:42AM (#16457900)
It would seem reasonable to suppose that much of this is related to the known association between delayed gratification (self control) and intelligence (the marshmallow experiment described as for instance in https://jamesclear.com/delayed-gratification)?
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Re:Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of dea... by truculation on Sunday February 25, 2018 @04:47AM (#16458107)
And yet intelligent people are said to use more drugs:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-scientific-fundamen...

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Re:Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of dea... by icebraining on Sunday February 25, 2018 @04:58AM (#16458137)
It's not clear if they controlled for other factors. It may be that they simply have more money to buy them.
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Re:Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of dea... by pantalaimon on Sunday February 25, 2018 @12:50PM (#16460140)
Drugs are not that expensive, but not everyone is so curious to try them.
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