Re:I killed my teenager’s fancy college dreams
by roenxi on Friday December 27, 2019 @02:44PM
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There is also another aspect to the correlation-causation argument. The kids in college are presumably the smart ones in the cohort. We expect them to have much better outcomes than the rest based on intelligence even without getting a degree.
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Re:I killed my teenager’s fancy college dreams
by JamesBarney on Friday December 27, 2019 @06:54PM
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Conscientiousness is a huge factor too, but almost all of a person's attributes that would increase their earning potential also increase their chances of getting into college.
Re:I killed my teenager’s fancy college dreams
by marcus_holmes on Friday December 27, 2019 @03:47PM
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Does intelligence correlate to either education or wealth? I didn't think it did...
Re:I killed my teenager’s fancy college dreams
by loopdedoo on Friday December 27, 2019 @04:47PM
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Intelligence strongly correlated with education (~0.5), and adult intelligence is mostly determined by genetics.
https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/39/5/1362/802787
The correlation between intelligence and income also substantial, but seemingly not quite as strong. The correlation between intelligence and wealth is weaker still.
https://www.bcaresearch.com/images/Peter_PPT_presentation%20... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01602...
Re:I killed my teenager’s fancy college dreams
by marcus_holmes on Saturday December 28, 2019 @05:35AM
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interesting, thanks for the info. I've met some complete idiots with PhD's, some utter morons with huge incomes, and some geniuses who didn't complete high school. But I guess that's not the normal perception.
Re:I killed my teenager’s fancy college dreams
by JamesBarney on Friday December 27, 2019 @06:52PM
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It correlates strongly with education, reasonably well with income, and only little with wealth.