The 'glass floor' keeps the children of the rich at the top

Re:The 'glass floor' keeps the children of the rich at the top by BrainInAJar on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @01:11PM (#21260926)

there's no such thing as "smarter", even. That's a projected property not an innate quality.

People who prefer classical music are trying to project an air of sophistication and intelligence but aren't any better at anything than anyone else

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Re:The 'glass floor' keeps the children of the rich at the top by Andrew_nenakhov on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @01:35PM (#21261243)

Various studies [1] [2] seem to support the theory that people who prefer more complex music are generally more intelligent.

You also probably missed the part where I said, 'from my experience'. I know several people who rose from the extreme poverty of Soviet Union rural villages and shitty rural schools to university professor positions (basically the highest position you could achieve in USSR without participating in the Communist party activities), and you know what, for some reason, every one of them acquired a taste for classical music at one point of their lives. Coincidence? I think not.

[1] https://nypost.com/2019/05/22/smarter-people-listen-to-instr... [2] https://psmag.com/social-justice/classical-music-linked-to-h...

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