Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of death in 68 year follow-up

Re:Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of dea... by amelius on Sunday February 25, 2018 @05:56AM (#16458337)

I'd love to see the relation between IQ and happiness.

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Re:Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of dea... by jonplackett on Sunday February 25, 2018 @06:42AM (#16458451)

Have a look at this, albeit tongue in cheek, survey by card against humanity.

https://thepulseofthenation.com

One of he questions was ‘would you rather be dumb and happy or smart and sad’ and then the correlate it with voting for trump.

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Re:Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of dea... by hollander on Sunday February 25, 2018 @06:47AM (#16458465)

I can't imagine wanting to be dumb. However, if I got really depressed, then things may change. Another factor in this is wealth. Does dumb mean poor and smart rich?

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Re:Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of dea... by Neil44 on Sunday February 25, 2018 @06:06AM (#16458362)

I imagine it would be a negative one!

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Re:Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of dea... by Moodles on Sunday February 25, 2018 @06:30AM (#16458425)

Possibly, but I'm not so sure. If you're smart, you will make more money, and yes of course money doesn't make you actually happy etc etc, but studies have shown it actually does up to a point (or, at least, money gets rid of things which would otherwise make you unhappy, such as medical care, lack of new things, etc). It would certainly be interesting to see a study on this.

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Re:Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of dea... by amelius on Sunday February 25, 2018 @09:35AM (#16459117)

On the other hand:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/intelligence-mental...

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Re:Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of dea... by pbhjpbhj on Sunday February 25, 2018 @12:24PM (#16459984)

>If you're smart, you will make more money //

On average, just being 'smart' isn't sufficient.

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Re:Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of dea... by Moodles on Monday February 26, 2018 @05:28AM (#16464349)

I would be surprised if there's not a correlation between intelligence and average salary. Is there a study on this?

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Re:Childhood intelligence in relation to major causes of dea... by danieltillett on Sunday February 25, 2018 @06:40AM (#16458444)

There may not be one, but a high IQ can enable you to have a more comfortable misery.

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